Thanks to Susan Weiner for pulling together this list of favorite writing-related books for writers.
A few are on my shelf. And a few are now on my wish list.
Do you have any trusted writing resources that are missing from this list?
I’m proud to announce the publication of Career Launcher: Manufacturing. Published by Ferguson, authored by me.
If you’re interested in manufacturing careers or know someone who is, check it out.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to predict the future?
Check out Eric Garland’s book Future, Inc. It’s all about how the futurists predict the future. And how you can, too. It’s not as hard as you might think.
Or check out his blog about forecasting.
Fun stuff, with the potential of serious impact on your business.
Movable type - 1040
Printing press - 1454
Dot matrix printer - 1970
A format in which words do not have to be printed to be read - The present
A format currently only imagined? - The future
Freakonomics…you read the book (and enjoyed it, I hope). Now read the blog.
I can’t wait to read SuperFreakonomics, the new book by this amazing team.
The cover story in this week’s Publisher’s Weekly is about an interesting new way to publish books and still make money. Counterintuitively, it includes giving away a free e-book. It also includes some pretty creative ways to monetize the effort. But it isn’t all about the book.
Maybe it isn’t all about the book anywhere anymore. Maybe it never will be again.
Good luck to Cory Doctorow. I hope is experiment is wildly successful!