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Help w/ new edition of Myths of Innovation

Posted on March 18, 2010 in Books, Myths of Innovationby Scott Berkun

Currently I’m in talks with O’Reilly Media about releasing an updated version of The Myths of Innovation in paperback…

Free chapters from Confessions

Posted on January 20, 2010October 14, 2018 in Booksby Scott Berkun

My book Confessions of a Public Speaker used to have two free chapters on the amazon.com page as a…

Book review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

Posted on January 14, 2010 in Booksby Scott Berkun

The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us -Franz Kafka…

Improved images in Confessions

Posted on January 8, 2010 in Booksby Scott Berkun

There was a minor issue in the first print run of Confessions. The in-line photographs of the book, of…

Best things of 2009

Posted on December 28, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

Went through my list of stuff acquired this year. Turns out I read a lot of books. Here’s the…

Slashdot reviews Confessions

Posted on December 8, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

Yesterday the new book was reviewed on Slashdot – It’s a most excellent and positive review. The book is…

Why you need a public speaking book

Posted on December 8, 2009 in Books, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

While on tour in SF this week I ran into some folks who read my earlier books. They were…

Confessions /Amazon shipping issues – explained

Posted on December 4, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

Some of you have noticed Confessions is currently listed on Amazon as shipping in 1 to 2 MONTHS. And…

CNN covers Confessions

Posted on December 1, 2009 in Books, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Nice article in CNN & Fortune about the new book. Beat stage fright at work

Reviews for Confessions so far – updated

Posted on November 30, 2009 in Books, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Reviews are coming in every few days now – here’s what we have so far. All have been super…

Wall Street Journal reviews Confessions

Posted on November 24, 2009 in Books, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Really great, high profile review here – check it out Mr. Berkun’s book is packed with tips on how…

Confessions now shipping from Amazon.com

Posted on November 7, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

In a nice surprise, the book is in stock at amazon as of tonight – didn’t expect this for…

First review of Confessions is in

Posted on November 6, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

Mike Riley at Dobb’s Journal posted the first review I’ve seen of Confessions on a blog. Here’s an excerpt:…

Boston Book Tour Report: Days 1 & 2

Posted on November 4, 2009 in Books, On Tourby Scott Berkun

5 lectures down, 3 more to go. The week started with my featured talk at UI14, where I got…

Do you listen to audiobooks? Advice wanted

Posted on October 29, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

I’m in talks now with O’Reilly Media about producing an audiobook for Confessions of a Public Speaker. I’ve never…

Confessions #1 on amazon.com

Posted on October 28, 2009 in Books, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Thanks to your help in getting the word out, Confessions is currently #2 #1 on amazon.com for books on…

Teaser video for Confessions book: now up!

Posted on October 21, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

The first in a series of videos O’Reilly Media has made for the book is up. This also appears…

Confessions (new book cover and more)

Posted on September 14, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

The new book is on it’s last lap. Copyediting is mostly done. Photographs and layout are in the works.…

The explosion of innovation books

Posted on September 3, 2009 in Books, Innovationby Scott Berkun

Nice bit of research on the spike in numbers of books with the word innovation in the title. Based…

Help me find photos for the new book

Posted on August 5, 2009 in Booksby Scott Berkun

The new book, Confessions of a public speaker, is wrapping up and one of the fun challenges remaining is…

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