Resonate , Nancy Duarte’s latest book, is for the serious student of presentations. If you’re a presentation geek, you’ll want this book on your bookshelf. Presentation booksResonate delves deep into the art of presenting and analyzes precisely what makes a presentation persuasive and memorable. MORE >>

Two books came across my path this month, both of them about crying--and both with data that women can use to better manage expressing themselves with tears at the office. Her book includes not only survey data but a new take on the Myers-Briggs Indicators to help you determine how you handle tears and emotion at work. Was I at fault? MORE >>

   More often than not it masks itself as a noble intention, such as publishing a book.    After all, until the post-print era, books were considered almost sacred. Yet, these books have a way of killing a career in such a theatrical fashion that the phenomenon might be called Suicide by Book. MORE >>

I have clients and colleagues whose books sold well on Barnes and Noble and crashed on Amazon.com.  So, it's no surprise that Bob Dilenschneider's book AMA HANDBOOK ON PUBLIC RELATIONS has been having relatively brisk sales on Barnes and Noble.  My interest in this particular book is not detached.  MORE >>

 All these are significant factors depressing the book industry in 2010.    The book game has fundamentally changed.    What we're learning is what no longer sells books.    Here are some of those changes in the game: Preface authored with a big name doesn't move books.  MORE >>