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January 16, 2008
In The Books: Most Notable Business Books 2007
It's here!
Yesterday a pallet of boxes arrived at our office. We get pallets nearly every day, but this one was special: it contained copies of our first ever 800-CEO-READ review of the year in business books.
The publication is called In The Books: Most Notable Business Books of 2007. Our editorial team here at 800-CEO-READ, along with help from Erika Andersen, Dan Roam, and designer Joy Panos Stauber, compiled this annual of what we consider to be the year's most notable titles and trends in business book publishing. Check out the Table of Contents below to get an idea of what's covered.
We're extremely proud of this publication; it marks a big step for our growing business and the people here who make 800-CEO-READ such a fun place to work. We hope you'll see the spirit of our company throughout the piece.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Jack and Todd's Year in Review
2 Our Mission
3 An Insider's Perspective
4 Why We Love Business Books
Awards
7 Book of the Year
8 Sales
9 Leadership
10 HR and Organizational Development
11 Entrepreneurship and Small Business
12 Finance and Economics
13 Advertising and Marketing
14 Globalization
15 Fables
16 Biographies and Memoirs
17 Personal Development
18 Innovation and Creativity
19 Industry
20 New Perspectives
22 800-CEO-READ Best Sellers
Trends
25 China Redux
28 We the Internet
30 Sustainability is Smart
32 Business is You
34 The Silent Revolution: A ChangeThis! Manifesto
38 InBubbleWrap: A Farewell Interview
Views, Reviews and Excerpts
41 Jack Covert Selects
44 The Value of a Good Story
46 Industry Books
48 In Their Own Words
53 On the Importance of Books
56 The Birth of a Book
Order your copy here: http://800ceoread.com/products/?ISBN=8crannual
Interesting idea. Does this new book provide detailed summaries of the year's best books? Or just reprint Jack's (and other's) original reviews and blog posts?
Posted by: Andrew at January 16, 2008 12:23 PMHi Andrew,
It's really a combination. We included 11 Jack Covert Selects which you've probably seen on the web site, a section of excerpts from industry books, a section of synopses as told by the authors themselves, and then several essays about trends in business book publishing (e.g., China, Web 2.0, Sustainability/Environmentalism) and the books we felt represented those trends well this year.
There is a synopsis of each runner-up and winner of each award category, and a list of our 2007 bestsellers (through November). We have talked about many of the books over the past 12 months, but a few were new to us since they were submitted to the awards program, and it was fun to see things we wouldn't have come across, otherwise.
And, of course, we discuss the company a bit and our impressions of what's happening in the publishing industry.
Thanks for asking - hope this helps!
Rebecca
Posted by: Rebecca at January 16, 2008 1:45 PMCurious if indy bookstores have been pitched on stocking the new magazine or if ceoread is the only source?
Grand idea...but I want to hold it and find a comfortable chair.
Tim
Denver
This reminds me of a great new book I read by Clifton Lambreth, Ford and the American Dream. Clifton Lambreth has demonstrated extreme courage in telling the inside story of what went wrong at on of America’s biggest corporations – Ford Motor Company. This should be required reading for every college business major and every MBA student before they are allowed to graduate, Congress and the Senate should be forced to read as well!!! Thank-you Clifton Lambreth for standing up for America and American Jobs!
Ford and the American Dream is the best book written of 2007!
Hey Tim: I'm a bit late on this one. Indy bookstores haven't been pitched on carrying this...yet. We're hoping at least a few will want to carry it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Posted by: Kate at January 18, 2008 11:56 AMThank you Dylan for sending through the copies -- "In the Books" is a fantastic piece! Please pass on my compliments to Jack, Todd, Kate, Sally, Jon, and Joy.
I'm going to tell a bunch of folks to order a copy. I hope you printed a lot!
Thanks again,
Dan