As the year comes to a close, ‘Fast Company’ asked leaders which books they sought out for guidance and leadership advice. In 2022, as they faced a tight labor market and a looming economic downturn, business leaders had a lot on their minds. With the year coming to a close, Fast Company asked... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2022-12-14 07:00:00 UTC ]
Flexibility and follow-through, new business books say, are key to navigating a world in flux. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has snapped up rights to two new major business books, with plans to publish in 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-26 18:00:07 UTC ]
This author stumbled on a new trick that allowed him to finish more business books (and it’s not listening to audiobooks). We all need to read more. Warren Buffett spends 80% of his day reading. Bill Gates reads a book a week. Reading is the only way to stand on the shoulders of the giants all... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
From leading with grit to practicing deep work, these page turners introduced us to some new ideas this year. From leading with grit to practicing deep work, these page turners introduced us to some new ideas this year.Whether you wanted new ways to think about your... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2016-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Carole Tonkinson’s new non-fiction imprint at Pan Macmillan is to be called Bluebird, with the tagline “books for life”. Tonkinson joined Pan Macmillan from HarperCollins in autumn 2014, and has already signed a number of books for her inspirational lifestyle imprint, which specialises in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yes, you judge books by their covers. Here's what draws you in.I review a lot of business books. Consequently, publishers often send me copies of new releases. As I was cleaning out my office the other day, and staring at about 50 book covers, I had a thought: Why are so many of these books blue... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
After attending the FT Business Book of the Year ceremony in London, Roger Tagholm wonders, what if novels had subtitles like business books do? The post What If Novels Were Treated Like Business Books? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The editor bought U.S. rights to TED curator Chris Anderson's 'Talk This Way! The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking,' the first acquisition for his new line of business books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rick Wolff, who was laid off from Hachette in June, has been hired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to start a new line of business books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
TV shows and Hollywood blockbusters aren't America's only cultural exports. The book industry is also expanding overseas, according to a report released Friday by the Association of American Publishers that looks at book exports for the first time. Exports by U.S. publishers, which are dominated... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]