Business Book Reviews | Self-Publishing Review

Review: Self-Publisher’s Legal Handbook by Helen Sedwick

Each year more and more authors have opted to self-publish. Many of them probably read a how-to guide before venturing into self-publishing. There are many handbooks that are insightful, informative, and helpful. Yet, when a certain topic comes up, most of the authors say that they can’t give any advice since they aren’t experts. What’s the topic? Legal issues.

A lot of people don’t like to think about legal issues. Many more don’t understand or stick their heads in the sand and hope for the best. Helen Sedwick noticed that there weren’t any legal handbooks for self-published authors when she […]

Review: Global Economic Boom & Bust Cycles By Khafra K. Om-Ra-Seti

Global Economic Boom & Bust Cycles: The Great Depression and Recovery of the 21st Century by Khafra K. Om-Ra-Seti is an essay on the economic crises and recoveries of recent years and the predictions of the author of where these circumstances will lead us in the near future, what must change and what has lead us to this situation.

The book predicts a “major global economic collapse” within the next few years that will lead into a period of difficulty that will eventually produce a renovation of the economy similar to previous boom-bust cycles in the past and argues its […]

James Grimsby2019-01-22T17:17:05+02:00September 24th, 2013|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business Book Reviews, Economics Book Reviews|

Review: Why Leadership Sucks by Miles Anthony Smith

The book by author Miles Anthony Smith reads as a meaty and backed-up book choc full of crafted points on business leadership – nothing I haven’t read before, but it was all here in one book and documented thoroughly. I didn’t really fully grasp his rendition of the Level 5 Servant Leadership doctrine (I think some explanation is needed further using the originators of this theory as examples such as Greenleaf or Collins – thankfully I am familiar otherwise would have been lost) but thoroughly enjoyed his “start stop continue” team instruction: telling your team where to stop, start and […]

Cate Baum2014-05-06T22:33:43+02:00March 5th, 2013|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business Book Reviews, Religion Book Reviews|

Review: 5 Core Methods Of Innovation by Sanjeev Sharma

Did you know bees can smell bombs? Or that it could soon be possible to fly from the US to Japan in 30 minutes? Would you like to know exactly how your Kindle works? How could a tree be related to a laptop? Did you know there is a handshake invented to combat Swine Flu? And is SMS more popular in Asia due to people having thinner fingers? Would you like to know how to build a well without going down a hole?

Sanjeev Sharma, a New York-based consultant and US citizen who moved from India in the 90’s, gives […]

Cate Baum2014-05-09T21:21:37+02:00December 5th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business Book Reviews|

Review: Basic Options Trading by Rocco Pendola

Basic Options Trading: Options Strategies For Beginners by Rocco Pendola is not a get rich quick read. If you are looking for a book to offer you outrageous guarantees about fast cash and then retiring along the Mediterranean this is not the book for you. However, if you are looking for a sensible, down-to-earth guide about the basic principles of options investing then Pendola’s eBook is a good start. The writer focuses on defining the concept of basic options, not giving advice as to how to make a quick buck. He writes, “I want you to be able to use […]

T B Markinson2019-01-23T12:49:29+02:00February 9th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business Book Reviews, Non-Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Starving the Artist by William Aicher

Building on some of the ideas in this post, Starving the Artist makes the persuasive case against stealing an artist’s work. Aicher, the author of the self-published novel, The Trouble with Being God, is also the director of marketing at Musicnotes.com, so the book covers the gamut of copyright theft. Much of the book methodically lays out the amount of time and effort that goes into creating any work of art – so you can’t just boil it down to the materials involved, but the hours it took and other sacrifices to make any work of art. […]