People like to complain about business books. I am not sure if it happens more in this genre than other publishing segments. I certainly notice more given both my personal interest in the category and my professional pursuit as a book publisher. It might be that people just like to complain. 🙂 The most common […]
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New / Popular / Best for May 2022
New The Sale: the Number One Strategy to Build Trust and Create Success by Jon Gordon (4/26) A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger Martin (5/3) After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul by Tripp Mickle (5/3) Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things […]
New / Popular / Best for April 2022
Hi. I am trying out a new monthly feature here on the blog. I have been thinking lately about the kind of update I wish someone put together that featured the new books in the inspiration how-to space, what book was popular at the moment that should be paid attention to, and what was a […]
The One Book Bard Press is Publishing in 2022
Bard Press is publishing one book in 2022. And with today being Twosday (2/22/22), I couldn’t think of a better day to share the news. Our 2022 book is… When Everyone Leads: How The Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved by Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride. We describe the book by saying: This book […]
Books In Review 2021
I have been watching the replay of fireworks all over the world today as we wait for the New Year to arrive here on the west coast of the United States. I decided to sneak out a post before the clock strikes midnight. Here is a list of book things that still have my attention from […]
Full Shelf – Page Nineteen
There are so many links I come across and there is never enough time to write longer posts about all of them. For this issue, the theme is books and publishing in a very general sense. Happy Holidays! How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home? (New York Times) – […]
Writing
So, now you have to write. And this is when it gets hard for people. I don’t think it is the task of writing itself. We’ve been writing papers since grade five. We write email every day. In the course of your career, short or long, you’ve written resumes, proposals, memos, training, documentation, and reports. […]
Full Shelf – Page Eighteen
There are so many links I come across and there is not enough time to write longer posts about all of them. Borrowing an idea from Ben Dowdy and his Misfill feature at The Pen Addict, I have started sharing these links in a blog post with a short description about why each article is interesting […]
The Throughline
There are a set of touchpoints that the reader moves through in making the decision to buy a book. Their journey starts with the front cover with the title, subtitle, and design of the cover itself. If the cover appeals, the reader next reads the book description, either on the inside flap, back cover, or […]
The Frame
Pick any problem and you’ll find an endless number of ways to present it. You could take a big, broad view and describe the challenge in a way many would understand. You could also take a specific approach in an attempt to address a particular aspect of the problem. And as you think about the […]
