Reading marybeth’s book at the park chalet
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We are hanging out at the Park Chalet, a favorite spot in San Francisco this afternoon, reading Marybeth Williams’ new book, Gimme Shelter.
You’ll want to buy the two copies so you can read it with your spouse and share the hilarity and the tragedy together.
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I got a review copy of a book in the mail today. It made me realize that even though I have a stack of books next to my nightstand that is literally two feet high, the practice of sending me review copies of books is definitely to be encouraged.
The business address is the best place [...]
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Link: I am offering 60% of the U.S. royalties of my second novel to “the public”
Shareholders will receive checks (and copies of the royalty statement from my publisher) in the mail every 6 months after the book’s publication (probably Fall, 2009 or Spring 2010). Shares can be resold at any price at any time, I [...]
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I’d been meaning to recommend this book since before the time I became the holistic accidental accountant to the stars, but now’s as good a time as any, I guess. Austin Grossman’s Soon I Will Be Invincible is an excellent novel in the suddenly-omnipresent post-modern superhero genre. It tells the story of the super-villain and [...]
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Link: Clayton Christensen’s Innovation Brain.
"Christensen doesn’t criticize managers, as many ivory tower professors do in their books. Rather, a major theme is that great managers miss disruptive innovations precisely because they’re focused on their customers, working hard to create returns for shareholders, and trying to do everything right."
There’s an excellent interview with Clayton Christensen, the [...]
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While perusing some information about Atlas on Scott Guthrie’s blog, I ran across this: O’Reilly has started releasing "Rough Cuts," downloadable technical books released while the book is still a work in progress. You pay a lower cost to download the prerelease version of the book (for the Atlas book it’s $17.99) and they send [...]
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File under "who knew?": former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is one of Amazon.com’s top 1000 reviewers. He’s done 139 book reviews to date and says he never writes a bad review; he only reviews "books he thinks you might enjoy." That’s mighty nice of him.
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I’m reading this book, a biography of Benjamin Franklin. It kind of rules. Here’s a quote:
“Tocqueville came to the conclusion that there was an inherent struggle in America between two opposing impulses: the spirit of rugged individualism versus the conflicting spirit of community and association building. Franklin would have disagreed. A fundamental aspect of Franklin’s [...]
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