Recent Careers Posts
The Future
“The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.” –Aeschylus... Read more »
Lee Eisenberg’s Shoptimism (and 50% off of The Number)
One of the books we really tried to get people to read in 2006 was Lee Eisenberg’s The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think about the Rest of Your… Read more »
The Portfolio Catalog & Business Beat
Being the publisher of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, we’re obviously fond of the folks at Portfolio. Beyond the personal connection, though, we feel they have consistently… Read more »
Shifting the balance of power. (Mainstream media stinks.)
I wake up Wednesday at 4am to a phone call: The Guardian, in London, asking for an interview about my miscarriage twitter. Then a half-hour later, an Irish radio station… Read more »
October’s Best Selling International Titles
It’s been awhile! A whole summer, in fact! Have you felt as much out of the loop as to what’s HOT across the seas, oceans and borders of the world… Read more »
Brainstorming?
Every day, people come together in groups to brainstorm: share ideas, create projects, and turn dreams into reality. The leaders of those groups would be well advised to serve the… Read more »
Jobs
“There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man [or woman] who holds the job.” –George Crane... Read more »
Barbara Ehrenreich in Milwaukee: November 4th, 2009
If you are in Milwaukee on November 4th, we encourage you to attend Barbara Ehrenreich’s appearance at Alverno College’s Pittman Theater at 7pm. This event is co-sponsored by Boswell Books… Read more »
The News Hour on the Publising Industry
As most who read this blog know, there’s a lot happening in publishing right now. Price wars, eBooks, Todd Sattersten leaving 800-CEO-READ… Well, The folks at The News Hour with… Read more »
