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ISBN 9781936719006 Published March 2011
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Poke the Box
By Seth Godin, Seth Godin 

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Rounding Up the Best of 2011
Posted Nov. 29, 2011 5:14 a.m. by dylan
In - 800 CEO Read Blog

Posting the strategy + business list before the Thanksgiving break reminded me that we haven't seen quite as many "best of 2011" business lists at this point of year as we have in years past. Beside the Goldman Sachs/FT award and s+b's list, The only two I've seen have come from booksellers—Amazon and Hudson.

Amazon's Best Books of 2011 were announced earlier this month. The books in the Business & Investing category are:

But the list of books that would interest a business reader doesn't end in the business category. It extends into Biographies & Memoirs with Walter Isaacson's bio of Steve Jobs, and even Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. Foer's book also made it in the general Nonfiction category, along with The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick and A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor. The design nerds among us might also enjoy Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield, which made the Nonfiction list as well.

Hudson Booksellers Best were announced quietly late last month. The Best Business Interest included:

Other, less business-centric lists have been announced, such as Publishers Weekly, whose (admittedly long) Nonfiction list includes a smattering of books that would be of interest to the business reader:

There will most likely be many more coming soon. The Economist is making an event out of their list this year, with their first “Books of the Year” festival at London’s SouthBank Centre early next month. We’ll get that list to you when it’s announced, and will keep you updated as more come in, including our own!



Amazon's Best of 2011 ... So Far
Posted June 27, 2011 9:20 a.m. by dylan
In - 800 CEO Read Blog

Amazon's books editors have announced their "2011 Best Books of the Year So Far" list. I don't recall them putting out a mid-year list in the past, but it's a great idea and they've picked some very worthy titles.

Their top ten in the Business & Investing category are:

On that list, Disciplined Dreaming author Josh Linkner contributed a manifesto to the February issue of ChangeThis, and we have a manifesto from Simon Mainwaring coming on July 6. A few of these books were also Jack Covert Selects when they were released, including Onward, Enchantment, and The Thank You Economy.

There are also books in the general nonfiction category that business readers might find of interest, including:

For the editors' complete list of mid-year favorites, check out Amazon's Top Books of 2011 (so far).



Poke the Box
Posted Feb. 22, 2011 9:29 p.m. by jon
In - 800 CEO Read Blog

Bestselling business author Seth Godin made waves in the publishing industry when he recently started his imprint The Domino Project. His first title, and a book he authored, is Poke the Box, which is now available.

The Domino Project is powered by Amazon, who are really great at offering single copies of books at a low price. For those who don't know, buying bulk books is quite a different scenario. So, for Poke the Box, 800-CEO-READ have arranged a special bulk discount of these books for customers who want at least 25 of them. Check out the deal and the book here.

Here's how The Domino Project describes Seth's latest work:

"We send our kids to school and obsess about their test scores, their behavior and their ability to fit in. We post a help wanted ad and look for experience, famous colleges and a history of avoiding failure. We invest in companies based on how they did last quarter, not on what they're going to do tomorrow. So why are we surprised when it all falls apart? Our economy is not static, but we act as if it is. Your position in the world is defined by what you instigate, how you provoke, and what you learn from the events you cause. In a world filled with change, that's what matters - your ability to create and learn from change.

Poke the Box is a manifesto about producing something that's scarce, and thus valuable. It demands that you stop waiting for a road map and start drawing one instead. You know how to do this, you've done it before, but along the way, someone talked you out of it. We need your insight and your dreams and your contributions. Hurry."

Hurry, indeed!




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