Her post is part of Rebecca's Bare Necessities series, «in
which authors and book industry professionals share annotated reading lists of books they love.»
There are four main criteria that Archway Publishing uses to determine
which authors and books will be featured in the bookstore: quality, quantity, timeliness and remarkability.
Interested to see
which authors and books are available on the Authorgraph platform?
It takes an exceptional bookstore who can anticipate
which authors and books will sell.
Not exact matches
Amazon's dominant position in both
book publishing
and book selling means that it would be incredibly dangerous for the company to start picking
and choosing, on moral grounds,
which authors it chooses to work with.
He is the
author of the award - winning 2012
book Going Social: Excite Customers, Generate Buzz,
and Energize Your Brand With the Power of Social Media,
which teaches brands large
and small how to use social media for business success.
Roberta Matuson, a Boston - based business consultant
and author of the 2013
book Talent Magnetism, says small firms need not be bound to rigid formal HR processes,
which creates the opportunity for more creative hiring practices.
According to Jeffrey Augustine,
author of the blog The Scientology Money Project, the church has a
book value of $ 1.75 billion, about $ 1.5 billion of
which is tied up in real estate, mostly at its headquarters in Clearwater
and in Hollywood, Calif..
In his
book, Navy Seal Training Guide: Mental Toughness (
which by the way goes for $ 790 on Amazon),
author Lars Draeger says there four pillars of mental toughness: goal - setting, mental visualization, positive self - talk,
and arousal control.
Traditional answers often focus on various sectors
and involve more or less hand - wringing about their rise
and fall, but according to the
author of a forthcoming
book on entrepreneurship
and economy, there is another, better way to view our economy — as one single ecosystem, a sort of one - sector economy that interacts as a unit much like a forest
and which should be nurtured as it grows
and recycles itself.
According to Goodman, your
book should have three things upon launch: social proof, i.e., a number of Amazon reviews; an «intangible,» e.g., a quote from a renowned expert in the field, say a New York Times bestselling
author;
and lastly a good
book (
which may seem obvious, but...).
Most experts agree that an apology letter should open with a salutation
and a warm greeting,
which helps you soften up the recipient, says Julie Miller, founder
and president of Business Writing That Counts
and author of a
book by the same name.
Patton
and Getting to Yes's principal
authors, Roger Fisher
and William Ury, had earlier collaborated on a
book for international mediators,
which is of course a rather small audience.
Follow the platinum rule,
which authors Tony Alessandra
and Michael J. O'Connor defined in their
book The Platinum Rule, «Do unto others as they'd like done unto them.»
The teachers: Salvatore Scibona was named to The New Yorker's «20 under 40: Fiction Writers to Watch»
and is the
author of 2008 National
Book Award finalist «The End,» the research for
which he conducted while on a Fulbright Fellowship.
«If this was a straightforward guide to business success
and personal growth,» Harford writes late in the
book, «this would be the point at
which the
author would urge you to use the principles of adapting to gain wealth
and success.
The Secret Life of the Grown - Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle - Aged Mind (Viking) is a roundup of the most recent science on how the human brain ages, as well as a guide to «toning up your brain circuits» to better weather the onset of age —
which is itself a relatively new problem for humankind, writes
author Barbara Strauch, The New York Times «s deputy science
and health
and medical science editor, whose earlier
book, The Primal Teen, considered the teenage brain.
Award - winning
author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave this iconic TED Talk in 2012,
which later got adapted into a
book of the same title
and was partially quoted in Beyoncé's 2013 song «Flawless.»
Collins is the
author of the best - selling business
books Built to Last
and Good to Great, both of
which address this simple but vexing question: Why do some companies become great while others flounder?
A publisher pays the
author an advance,
which could be anywhere from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand dollars,
and then invests an enormous amount of resources in producing
and marketing the
book without any guarantee that it will sell.
He is also the
author of two
books, Security Analysis
and The Intelligent Investor, both of
which are considered must - reads among the investing community.
Over the past several years more
authors wrote their own
books covering this topic
which lead to more competition for keyword rankings
and fewer sales to go around for everyone.
The rules on the content that's allowed on television, particularly children's television, should extend to YouTube,
which is soaking up more
and more of young people's screen time, says Keen,
author of the upcoming
book How to Fix the Future: Staying Human in the Digital Age.
His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's
and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department;
authoring many
books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017];
and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off
which Western big bankers feast
and apply lessons he
and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.
Pure Barre teacher
and author, Emily Liebert, recently released a new
book, «Some Women,» in
which the main characters find inspiration for life from the Pure Barre mantra, «You're stronger than you think.»
Levinson has worked in corporate marketing
and is the
author of the Guerrilla Marketing series of
books, the first of
which appeared in 1984; Horowitz, who lives in Hadley, is a marketer
and environmental activist / organizer
and author of eight previous
books.
Dan is the
author of the New York Times
and Wall Street Journal bestselling
book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success (St. Martin's Press),
which is a # 1 Barnes & Noble business bestseller
and was named the # 1 career
book of 2013 by The Chicago Tribune.
Alfie Kohn is the
author of four
books, including No Contest: The Case Against Competition
and the newly published Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise,
and Other Bribes, from
which this article is adapted.
We aligned the
book with a strong corporate brand through one of the
authors and rolled out a series of
book signing receptions around the country entitled: «An Evening of Enlightened Power at Eileen Fisher»
which successfully took the
book into non-traditional retail venues.
In this episode of the Tony Robbins Podcast, you will hear from Renée Mauborgne — professor at INSEAD
and co-director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute,
and author of the best - selling
book, Blue Ocean Strategy,
which has sold over 3.5 million copies across 5 continents
and was recently updated
and expanded in 2015 — as she discusses how any business can break away from the competition, build a strong brand,
and get the world of social media to start talking.
Leading
author and speaker, Brian Solis, spent three
and a half years working on his latest
book, X: The Experience Where Business Meets Design, during
which time he found clarity about why «experience» is a topic we won't be dismissing as buzz or hype any time soon.
He is the
author of thirteen
books,
which is pretty amazing when you consider he's only really saying three things; buy index funds, keep costs low,
and stay the course.
Jack Tatar is the
author of the
book, «Safe 4 Retirement: The Four Keys to a Safe Retirement»
which takes a holistic approach to retirement that considers not only the financial aspects but the need to focus on health, wellness, mental attitude
and staying involved as keys to living a long
and safe retirement.
Michael Lewis,
author of «Moneyball»
and «The Blind Side,» speaks with Eric Topol about his latest
book, «The Undoing Project,»
which delves into the world of perception
and cognitive bias.
Social media games that ask for personal information such as pets» names, favourite activities,
authors,
books,
and more, probably are used to tell you
which celebrity you're most similar to.
She has won seven National Newspaper Awards
and is the
author of several bestselling
books, two of
which won the National Business
Book Award.
Based in the
author's experience with pursuing his dream
and opening his own company, the
book describes the
author's feelings
and thoughts that took him to this stage
and talks about topics
which he considers important for the young entrepreneur's success.
He is the New York Times
and Wall Street Journal bestselling
author of Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success (St. Martin's Press)
and the # 1 international bestselling
book, Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future (Kaplan Publishing),
which combined have been translated into 15 languages.
Oh,
and he is also an active real estate investor, entrepreneur, traveler, third - person speaker, husband,
and author of «The
Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (
and Low) Money Down ``,
and «The
Book on Rental Property Investing»
which you should probably read if you want to do more deals.
Matthew is the
author of several articles, kits,
and books including «Product Idea to Product Success»
which has been used by inventors, entrepreneurs, colleges, government agencies,
and sold into 14 countries.
He is
author of two
books: Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead
and Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media,
and Blogs,
which is in its seventh printing, has sold more than 50,000 copies, has been translated into nine languages,
and peaked at # 17 overall on the Amazon bestseller list.
He's the
author or co-
author of three
books, including The New York Times bestseller «Taking Time Off,»
which encouraged young adults to take a year off between high school
and college or sometime during their undergraduate years.
It is highly acclaimed
and written by none other than Seth Godin who has
authored 18
books which have been best sellers across the planet.
He is Joel Greenblatt, a great value investor, financial thought leader
and author of several bestselling
books including The Little
Book That Still Beats the Market,
which is considered an investment classic.
Many others are well - selling
authors who make a lavish living from passive income from advances, royalties, seminars,
and product sales —
which all started
and then snowballed — from the sale of their
book (
which of course started with writing a
book proposal).
-- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling
author of Drive
and A Whole New Mind «In this valuable guide Chris Guillebeau shows that transforming an idea into a successful business can be easier than you think... You are in charge of
which ideas deserve your time,
and this
book can help you wake up every morning eager to progress to the next step.»
Veteran broadcaster
and ordained priest, Patrick is also an
author whose
book, The Gospel of Folly, explores the connections
which bring hope to a stressed society
and confused Church.
The
book's most irritating flaw is the
author's relentlessly polite Episcopalian - scholarly prose: readable
and informative, but not the penetrating or polemical critical analysis for
which this topic calls.
Since the universe
and beings exist,
and within them are acts
and creation;
and since an orderly act can not occur without an
author, a meaningful
book can not be without a scribe,
and a skilful embroidery be without an embroiderer, for sure, the purposeful acts
which fill the universe have an
author and the meaningful letters
and amazing embroideries
which cover the face of the earth
and are renewed from season to season have a scribe
and an embroiderer.
In April, a «pontifical mandate» was given to uncover the source of hundreds of personal letters
and confidential documents that leaked to Gianluigi Nuzzi, an Italian journalist
and author of «Sua Santita,» a
book that translates to «His Holiness»
and included the documents, some of
which were thought to have come off the pope's desk.