Author Dan Poynter has written over 100 books. Think he knows something about publishing? Not only has he written three digits worth of books, but he also has a publishing company that publishes and distributes many quality articles, resources, and books about publishing. Writing Nonfiction is an easy, educational, fast, and enjoyable read. Poynter goes … Read more
Lulu.com did a study of book titles and determined what makes a good title. The company looked at every title of nonfiction and fiction books from 1955 to 2004 and analyzed what works. But of course, the title doesn’t guarantee failure or success since the analysis says The DaVinci Code is considered less likely to … Read more
Successful blogger, Robert Scoble, and co-author Shel Israel, push businesses to blog and explain why it would benefit them. The “naked” in the title represents talking straight to the readers rather than filtering the blog’s contents through company public relations, lawyers, executives, and phoniness. The book starts with a foreword from Tom Peters and proceeds … Read more
When I received Shel Silverstein’s CD to review, I was excited as I love his works (the children’s stuff) and I thought it’d be a great tool for practicing my listening skills. I was disappointed that most of it was set to music, but I didn’t let that interfere with my review as I have … Read more
Having been in process management in a software organization for over ten years, I’ve seen too many articles and books on the topic that worked better than Valium for putting me to sleep especially since they have no side effects. Joel Spolsky is known as one of the best (if not the best) writers on … Read more
Man, I’m on a serious book kick. I love books and always want to read them, but it’s an obsession these days. I won’t surf on the Internet. As soon as I get work done, I’ll go read. Since my eyes have been aching a lot in the last month or so, it’s been a … Read more
Edward Tufte’s ASK E.T. section, which resembles forums, has a delightful conversation about children’s books. Because of this, I bought The Water Hole and received it today. We read it to my youngest and I don’t know about him, but we loved it. Might have to get Graeme Base’s Animalia. This discussion is dangerous to … Read more