Scott Adams, in new book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, gives us some tips for success that seem contradictory to what we have always thought.
Noted in NPR's Thursday, November 21 report on the National Book Award winners was that "a visibly shocked (James) McBride accepted the fiction prize. Considered the clear underdog, he said he wouldn't have minded if any of the other finalists won because they 'are all fine writers.'"
McBride's novel The Good Lord Bird is about a young slave (delightfully named 'Little Onion') who joins the abolitionist John Brown in his anti-slavery mission.
Time is running out in 2013 to still reach your objectives. Here are five things you can do to make your numbers this year.
The Association of Publishers for Special Sales (APSS) held its first annual Book Marketing Conference in Philadelphia last week for publishers looking to sell titles in traditional and non-traditional bookstores. To do that, many speakers emphasized, takes a great deal of creativity and plenty of branding.
Now that I'm no longer in the book publishing industry I've realized something very important: Amazon isn't killing book publishers. Publishers are killing themselves. Book publishers, or more accurately, their products, are becoming less and less relevant every year.
Amazon, aptly named The Everything Store by Bezos biographer Brad Stone, is ready to embark into original programing with two new series hitting the internet this November.
Publishers typically think about the individual contacts they have with prospective or existing customers (touchpoints). Perhaps a more profitable way (for both parties) is to examine the interaction among touchpoints - the journey the consumer takes with the publisher. Here are the Top Ten Considerations for a Rewarding Series of Customer Interactions.
Success occurs when you become effective (doing the right things) rather than efficient (doing things right). You can become very busy doing the wrong things right, and that will lead you away from your goals. Remember, action is not the same as accomplishment. Like the revving engine of a car stuck in traffic, you can be busy working without moving ahead.
Today app analytics company App Annie announced its first foray into the ebook sphere with App Annie for Ebooks.
Intelligent action is based on the understanding that knowledge is different from wisdom. Knowledge is information, but intelligence is the prudent application of knowledge earned through experience. It is the good judgment that prevents mishaps from recurring or enables you to act differently when they do.