Don’t expect “how to” type of advice from Dov Seidman’s How. The “how to” doesn’t help you get ahead of competitors. You could lower prices, do things faster, and customize the product to the customer’s exact specifications. The competition can easily turn around and lower prices, do things faster, and customize more. It turns into … Read more
Renegades usually don’t follow rules because that is what makes them renegades. Rules for Renegades aims to share Christine Comaford-Lynch’s experiences. She states that she started with no special advantages and that 10 life lessons — the rules — she shares will help readers gain confidence and self-esteem, build strong relationships, and become financially independent. … Read more
Businesses have been taking advantage of many online tools not originally created for business purposes such as blogs, feeds, wikis, forums and more. These help businesses create a community, build relationships and gain trust and credibility. Would you buy a book on this topic? If so, what do you want from the book that you’re … Read more
Taking cue from The One Minute Manager, Zapp!, Fish! and Who Moved My Cheese?, The Hamster Revolution uses a parable to show how to better manage and organize e-mail and information. The hamster represents people endlessly running on the wheel of e-mail. Right away, I start using concepts from the 90-minute book. Considering I’m an … Read more
Books on writing often reiterate the same advice we learn over time, the reader sometimes lucks out in using a tidbit or two. Realistically, no one has time to study the advice and put it to practice. Thus, it’s not a bad thing for a book on writing to cover the things we’ve read before. … Read more
Spoilers in this one, but I’ve attempted to write a benign paragraph so no one accidentally sees anything. I can’t help but write another post about Harry Potter as the story takes up much of my thoughts since finishing the book. The Leaky Cauldron’s Leaky Lounge has an absorbing discussion going on around the finale. … Read more
First — Spoilers are in invisible ink. So you can’t accidentally see anything unless you try. I want to thank Amazon a thousand times for delivering the book around 10:00 am, Saturday, July 21. We were prepared for it to arrive between July 24 and July 26 because of the embargo figuring the publishers put … Read more
Who will benefit from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) and the series in the short term and long term? This previous post discusses how killing Harry could potentially hurt future sales once the current popularity dies down. People still buy The Lord of the Rings though the series is old by today’s … Read more
Updated: 8 October 2019 Occasionally, I receive an e-mail from someone who wants advice on becoming a professional writer. There’s too much information out there, so the best thing to do is learn a little at a time. The following is what I tell those interested in a writing career. Join a writing community: The … Read more
As a mother of two young girls, Huffington wanted to provide a guide for female fearlessness. She does this in On Becoming Fearless by capturing her experiences in dealing with fear. Her first serious encounter occurs when her own mother shows the courage to stand up to German soldiers who threatened to kill everyone if … Read more