There are three hardcover business books that debuted on today’s Wall Street Journal best-selling list (May 28-29, p. C 16). They are: # 4 – NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE by Christopher Voss (Harper Business) # 5 – YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A SHARK by Robert Herjavec (St. Martin’s Press) #10 – MAKERS AND TAKERS… Read More Three New Debut Best-Sellers
For a few years, I have listed the titles and linked to the New York Times list of Business Hardcover Best Sellers. I prefer this list. Amazon updates its list hourly; other sources (e.g., the Wall Street Journal) publish a weekly list. But I know enough to know that an hourly, or even a weekly… Read More For those who are looking for the New York Times Business Best Seller List – There hasn’t been one lately
Here is the New York Times Hardcover Business Bestsellers list for September, 2011. A couple of observations: we clearly still want to know just what caused the financial meltdown, and we keep looking for explanations. And, personal and finance books seem to be in need. There are a lot of “still on the list” books: … Read More Here is the New York Times Hardcover Business Bestsellers list for September, 2011.
Here is the April list of Hardcover Business Best Sellers from the New York Times. As I have written often, this is the list that I most watch – it is a monthly list, which I think better captures what is selling (the Amazon list is updated hourly, and any one hour may be misleading;… Read More Here’s the April, 2011 list of Hardcover Business Best Sellers from the New York Times
Here is the latest (January 2, 2011) Hardcover Business Best Sellers list from the New York Times. If you take out some of the finance-related and investment-related books, we have presented most of these at the First Friday Book Synopsis. (I am presenting the number one book on the list, All the Devils are Here,… Read More The 1st New York Times Hardcover Business Best-Sellers List of the Year – January, 2011
As I have blogged about before, I believe the best list of business best-sellers is the New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list. It comes out at the beginning of each month. There is a new title at the top of the list, a title that we have not yet presented at the First… Read More A New Title at the top of the NY TImes List: Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh of Zappos
As I have written before, the best-seller list I pay the most attention to is the New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list. It is updated only once a month, thus it does not demonstrate the flux of the hour-by-hour Amazon list. They just published their latest list (dated June 3). (I blogged about… Read More This Month’s Business Best Sellers – Led by The Big Short by Michael Lewis
This is a simple “information – fyi” blog post. It’s hard to know what the real business best selling books are. But one list that comes out only monthly is the New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list. Because it is only once a month (thus it’s not updated hourly like the Amazon list,… Read More What Books are on the Current Business Best Sellers list?
How do you choose your books for the First Friday Book Synopsis? I’m asked this question all the time. And there is no good/easy/simple answer. But I have a master list of all the books that we have presented, and at the end (it’s just a very, very long Word document) I have pages of… Read More Rework, for May, for the First Friday Book Synopsis
From today… …l’m making it the responsibility of this government… …to find a job for every American who wants one. Have you seen the look in someone’s face… …the day they finally get a job? I’ve had some experience with this. They look like they could fly. And it’s not about the paycheck. It’s about… Read More What I’m Not Reading – and why I’m bothered by it (should companies focus, much more, on nurturing jobs?)
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