Here’s a rundown of some recent business books I read (or started): Confessions of a Public Speaker, by Scott Berkun Verdict: thumbs up Jan Schultink recommended this book and I enjoyed it. The book has enough useful substance, and a healthy dollop of humor, to get my vote. By this point, I’ve done a fair amount of public speaking to …
Publishing needs to learn from Music (but probably won’t)
I had an enjoyable lunch the other week with a former client in the book publishing industry. It got me thinking how publishing is tremendously lucky to have a lesson plan of what not to do laid out by the music industry. The question is whether they learn the lessons, or will they fall into the trap of DRM and …