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Books and Literature


Ryan Blair, Author of Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain

He is a self-made multimillionaire and serial entrepreneur. His book is currently No. 1 on the best-selling business books list sponsored by 800-CEO-READ and Inc.

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Comic Books for Entrepreneurs

Six popular business books get an illustrated makeover.

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How to Self-Publish Your Book

So you're interested in self-publishing your book? Here are 10 things to consider before you go the indie publishing route.

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Start-Ups 2010: Publishing Children's Books for the iPhone

Lynette Mattke of PicPocket Books is hoping to expand beyond 100 downloads a day.

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Author Alan Fine writes about how we should rely on what we already know to be successful.  Read more

Written Any Good Books Lately?

More CEOs are putting pen to paper, turning the book into a new kind of business card.  Read more

Re: How to Get Your Book Published

Think you've got the making of the next blockbuster business best-seller? Take it from a pro: it's not as easy as it looks.  Read more

A New Chapter for E-Books

After falling flat in the early 1990s, are digital books ready to fly? Entrepreneurs are betting that new technology is creating a legitimate market.  Read more

Ladies Torture Tech Focused Kid Lover

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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz brings a warm cup of coffee to the Big Apple for some frank talk.  Read more

How to Write a Business Best-Seller

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A Guide to Do-It-Yourself Publishing

Major publishing houses aren’t your only ticket to the bestseller list. These days, more and more self-publishing options are popping up.  Read more

A New Chapter for E-Books

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Get Your Book Published

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This Article Cannot Be Read Aloud

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The Merits of Madness

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Tim O'Reilly is Silicon Valley's leading intellectual and the founder of O'Reilly Media, a steadily growing $100 million company. His life is a vivid demonst...  Read more

The Swifty Lazars Of Software

One of the hottest agents around these days is a fellow by the name of John Brockman. He does not represent movie stars, or rock singers, or professional ...  Read more

Chris Guillebeau, Author of The Art of Non-Conformity

The entrepreneur talks about his new book, how he turned a blog into a real business, and offers tips on travel hacking.  Watch video

Great Expectations;

FEW EXECUTIVES WITH EVEN MODest egos could resist the temptation when Iacocca: An Autobiography reached the number one spot on best-seller lists in 1984. ...  Read more

Jonathan Fields, Author of Career Renegade

Jonathan Fields is an entrepreneur, small business consultant, former hedge-fund lawyer and the author of Career Renegade .  Watch video

In Search of Small Giants [Audio]

Editor-at-Large Bo Burlingham, author of the new book Small Giants, discusses his search for companies that choose to be great instead of big.   Watch video

Finding A Place Among The Best-sellers

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Inc.'s Book Club

Join the discussion! Read Inc .'s March 2005 "Book Club" column by Reporter Darren Dahl here, post your comments about the book, and e-mail us qu...  Read more

Funny Business

Company develops home-monitoring bracelets for prisoners based on an idea from a Spiderman comic book.  Read more

The World According To Me

What can you learn from a CEO's autobiography?  Read more

The Executive Club: Oprah Meets Operations

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Ordering information for 'Connected Executives' by Bernard DeKoven on making meetings more productive.  Read more

Editor's Letter

A number of years ago, I followed a boyfriend down to a coastal town in Georgia, where, I recall, we were asked to be in a regatta (don't ask me why). Ou...  Read more

Review: Overconnected

Author William H. Davidow writes about the role of the Internet in magnifying problems.  Read more

Making Connections

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Lawsuit Against Apple Apps, Books Having Antennas—Should We Freak Out?

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The Independent

Clint Greenleaf, the founder of Greenleaf Book Group, gives authors an alternative to the stodgy New York publishing industry. So what does it take to pen...  Watch video

The Race for E-textbook Readers

Carrying hefty textbooks may soon be history.  Read more

Think Twice About Following The Leader

Jack Falvey, like so many consultants, doesn't actually practice what he preaches ("Follow the Leader," Marketing, July). We are the value-added direct ma...  Read more

Take Me To Your Leader

Biographies of corporate leaders have long been a staple of the business bookshelf. But when you ask a handful of today's best-known management theoretici...  Read more

The Complete Legal Guide For Your Small Business, By Paul Adams. Ronald Press, 605 Third Ave., New York, Ny 10158; 218 Pp., $19.95.

Not at all "complete," the book deals exclusively with wording, adapting, negotiating, and modifying agreements for licenses, employees, purchase orders, ...  Read more

Obituary: Hollywood's Book Guy Michael A. Viner

Love him or hate him, Michael Viner brought Hollywood to the audio book business  Read more