Tweet Looking for books to populate your reading list for 2011? Last year I set myself a challenge: reading a book every two weeks throughout the year (I actually managed one more than that). Here’s the list of books they suggested, along with a few books I plan on reading myself (links are Amazon affiliate links): Non-Fiction. booksHere are a few to think about. also reached out to you – the readers of this site – for suggestions on what to read, and they obliged. was so pleased with the results that I’m doing the same in 2011. MORE >>

m in a couple book clubs and always push for fiction when it comes time to vote. The following is a list of the top 10 fiction books I’ve read and how they can, and will, play a part in my professional life. The Handmaid’s Tale :  This is my sister’s favorite book of all time and I’ve read it twice now. The Paris Wife :  I’ve always been infatuated by Ernest Hemingway so when I heard about a book based on one of his lovers I just had to read it, and I’m glad I did. All the Dragon Tattoo books: If you have not read these yet, it’s not too late. MORE >>

At least they are supposed to… Since spring break is here, and many of us have begun traveling for the annual conference season, here are some books I hope to read. highly recommend this book if you need a something light. Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin : A National Book Award winner, this book takes us back to New York City of the World Trade Center towers in the 1970s. Poore sets the book in the American civilization, making for a tongue in cheek play on morality. The first book, at least. Writers read , right? Fiction. MORE >>

One of the questions they asked me yesterday was how six months of book tour travel and speaking had gone and whether or not I’d self-publish my second book. Book Publishing. Book publishing is fascinating. In today’s immediate gratification, fast-paced world, book publishing is on its own time. It took us a few months to outline, research, and write the book. The book came out in May of this year. It took another couple of months for people to read the book and write reviews. We have  no idea how the book is selling. MORE >>

ve known him for a while and, while I always enjoy sparring with him , I consider him a friend so readily agreed to take a look at his new book – UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. The book is also replete with examples of companies who have “done it right” – from Cirque du Soleil ’s Jessica Berlin , to the Freshbooks RV tour, to the culture of customer delight created at Zappos , there are plenty of anecdotes of companies adopting tactics which just “feel” right. The footnotes throughout the book are simply hilarious, too. Tags: books MORE >>