Great stuff for your new Kindle

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Approximately a million people...

You might be one of them. A new Kindle and nothing to read. Despite my entreaties that it come stuffed with free ebooks, the Kindle arrives empty.

Now that you've got one and the stores are closed, what a perfect chance to start buying and reading. It becomes a cycle, though. You've been warned.

Not to fear, there's an entire section of free Kindle books here as well.

PS Linchpin has been chosen as BOOK OF THE YEAR by a writer for Toronto's Globe & Mail, and one of the best business books of the year by the Miami Herald and 800 CEO READ.

Drive on the Kindle 

Drive

Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2010)Buy Now

This book, like everything Dan writes, will grab you early and won't let go. You'll be thinking about the key takeaways for months... especially if you're a boss.

Syrup on the Kindle 

Syrup

Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2010)Buy Now

This is book is funny and fast and insightful and addictive. And Barry has a bunch of others once you get hooked.

Hugh on the Kindle 

Ignore Everybody

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Hugh's stuff works on the Kindle, and it works for creatives, and it works for people who are stuck.

Oh no, it's Panda Poet! 

Panda Poet

Amazon Price: $2.99 (as of 12/27/2010)Buy Now

Totally addictive. Do not buy this. Do not stick with it for an hour until you get hooked. Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!

(yes, it's a game, and yes it's on the Kindle, and yes my high score is 2,000,000 he says with pride.)

Some of the most popular business books of the year 

Linchpin on the Kindle 

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2010)Buy Now

If you haven't read it yet, I hope you will.

Guns, Germs and Steel 

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

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The title is deceptive. It's not really about any of these. It's about the achingly slow evolution of culture, and how it has changed everything about the world we live in. This is a fabulous book, a book I wish I had the chops to write.

The history of PARC 

Dealers of Lightning

Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2010)Buy Now

And the fact that you don't instantly know why PARC is important is reason enough to read this painstakingly researched yet fast and fun history of the Xerox PARC, the Mac, the Internet and everything.

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    kmckeon Dec 25, 2010 @ 8:41 am | delete
    If you like the Dip, you'll enjoy The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle. May just give you that extra umpfh to push through the dip.

    Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin
    Teach Like a Champion, Doug Lemov

    Totally shameless plug: Miss Mentor's Little Black Book of Grammar. Hey, it's $5 and if you are preparing for an old school standardized test, it's all the Grammar you need without all the other fussy stuff.

    Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell - very conversational, approachable reading.
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    sjohnson717 Dec 25, 2010 @ 6:48 am | delete
    Start with Why
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    LeslieLKossoff Dec 25, 2010 @ 6:09 am | delete
    My best book of 2010 (and it's on Kindle, too!) is Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers by Deborah Cadbury. It's got everything - Innovation. Globalization. Competition. Failure. Success. Indomitability and Vision. Great takeaways and a great read. You can read about one of the biggest takeaways at http://bit.ly/evbhr3 . Thanks, Seth, for everything you do - and Happy Holidays to All!
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    sgroyle Dec 25, 2010 @ 6:02 am | delete
    I would like to suggest my own novel, 'TAG'. USD2.99 on Amazon. That may seem cheap, and yes it is less than cup of coffee at Starbucks, but that does not mean it was produced cheaply.
    Read the reviews and judge for yourself - if your tastes run to Sci-Fi with a near future thriller bent - you can't go wrong. Just search for TAG - Simon Royle on Amazon.

    Merry Christmas

A bunch of freebies 

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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

I loved this book. It's actually way better than t more...0 points

Shuffled Row by Amazon Digital Services

Shuffled Row by Amazon Digital Services

Not as addictive as the pandas, but that's a good more...0 points

Marketing books 

A friend asked me for some books to get her started in Marketing. Here's what I came up with...

Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide by John Jantsch

Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide by John Jantsch

Ostensibly for small business, actually for everyo more...0 points

Blogs on the Kindle 

Seth's Blog

Seth's Blog

Me.3 points

Boing Boing

Boing Boing

Fabulous.2 points

Instapundit

Instapundit

Political.1 point

The Onion Blog

The Onion Blog

Funny.0 points

A few more! 

How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work by Megan Hustad

How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work by Megan Hustad

Surprising, helpful and well written, from a risin more...2 points

Program or Be Programmed by Douglas Rushkoff

Program or Be Programmed by Douglas Rushkoff

Doug will challenge you (in a good way).1 point

The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing by Lisa Gansky

The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing by Lisa Gansky

As I've previously highlighted. A good one.1 point

Tag (The Zumar Chronicles) by Simon Royle

Tag (The Zumar Chronicles) by Simon Royle

On 15 March 2110, 6.3 billion people will die.One more...1 point

Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar

Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar

The classic, the one and the only. A must read.0 points

Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow

Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow

Cory is fantastic. This one is a keeper...0 points

And more books by me 

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

A tribe is any group of people, large or small, wh more...2 points

Permission Marketing by Seth Godin

Permission Marketing by Seth Godin

Ten years old but still relevant1 point

Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable--Includes new bonus chapter by Seth Godin

Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable--Includes new bonus chapter by Seth Godin

A book that might make you rethink what marketing more...1 point

The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable by Seth Godin, The Group of 33

The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable by Seth Godin, The Group of 33

33 of us got together to raise expectations (and m more...1 point

Graceful by Seth Godin

Graceful by Seth Godin

In this 32-page short eBook, I share 30 ideas for more...0 points

Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas by Seth Godin

Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas by Seth Godin

Short essays, older blog posts, things worth think more...0 points

Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? by Seth Godin

Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? by Seth Godin

"Gotta get me some of that New Marketing. Bri more...0 points

Survival Is Not Enough by Seth Godin

Survival Is Not Enough by Seth Godin

You can't embrace change any faster...can't make t more...0 points

Zen Unicorn by Seth Godin

Zen Unicorn by Seth Godin

(three years of Seth's blog)0 points

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