The following is a list of books compiled from Amazon.com bestsellers for 2007, (not Amazon.co.uk), that I believe would be enjoyed by those who have an interest in any of the following subjects; Technology Entrepreneurs and Management Psychology and Philosophy books. (I have no proof, but I expect that everybody give these as gifts to rich entrepreneurs. Perhaps there is a reason for an electronic book reader to be on sale at Amazon. Who wants to dust all those books? Wouldn't look so good if you sold your friends books on Ebay but easy to mislay them from our gadget. Another gadget. This solves the problem of ugly bookcases.)

I've tried my best to group the books into three areas, Philosophy, Entrepreneurial, Workplace Wisdom and Self Improvement. If you like to read what others are reading so you can talk about the same things this list may help. It’s interesting to watch what is listed as being popular and selling at both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. Amazon.com also lists top 10 Editors Picks for Technology, Business, Business Narratives and customers favorites for Business and Investing and Computers and the Internet. Amazon.co. UK lists its Bestsellers and customers most wished for items

Philosophy

• God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

• Einstein: His Life and Universe

• The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-making and Democracy

• Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Entrepreneurial

• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

• The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

• The Reagan Diaries

• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Book Big Profits)

• Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything

Workplace Wisdom and Self Improvement

• The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

• Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear

• Little Green Book of Getting Your Way: How to Speak, Write, Present, Persuade, Influence, and Sell Your Point of View to Others

• Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't
• Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance

• Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao

• Strengthsfinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now Discover Your Strengths

• Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny

• What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

• Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life

• Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves

• Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

• Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits

• The Astonishing Power of Emotions: Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide (with Audio CD)

If you think you'd like to write and publish your own book, all the tools you need to do this are available at Lulu.com , Blurb.com or Shutterfly ; but don't forget the power of blogs for promoting and selling books on-line. 13 great blogs or 100 web pages filled with content statistically proven to be enjoyed by the viewer gives you an idea that you are well on you way to publishing a great book.

I don't really understand why but I often find myself influenced by the words "buy new" and the images of the front covers I'm more familiar with and the sort order when I shop at Amazon.co.uk.

Some may continue to argue that the best way to sell a book is to give some to all your friends and hope that at least one of them and hopefully all of them makes a big deal about it to their friends. Then you just have to hope the word of mouth continues and you end up with more money in your pocket then you spent trying to make the bestseller list. If on average people only read one book a year what chance have you got that your friend will read yours and the bestseller? The secret has to be finding a way to identify people with the same interests as you. The question then is can social networks help by finding people that read and looking at what they read. If the topic matches do you dare make friends with a stranger who may be male or female, and probably won't look a bit like their on-line picture?

Still, whatever happens, if you choose to self publish through a vanity publisher, at least you can say you left a legacy of a book written by you regardless of your  knowledge of the rules of spelling, grammar, and preference on quotation theory.

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