Several of my fellow writers are busy writing their nonfiction books. Since I’ve published a number of books, they’ve asked me to take a look at their book covers. Too often, the cover does not do the book or the author justice. The title is too small, the author’s name is way too small, and […]
In several recent conversations, new nonfiction authors and consultants asked how to best use their time to promote their book or consulting business. Some people asked if they should run ads or otherwise promote their books. (Promotion works differently for fiction. This post is just for nonfiction.) That’s when I asked if they knew the
Are you worried about your ability to pay for books you want to read? Several of my newsletter readers have that problem. They’re unemployed and trying to figure out what to do next, their pivot. Since they read my newsletter and blog, these people trust my advice. They have asked where to find my free
The nice folks at shepherd.com asked me to create my curated list of “scaling” agile books. That’s when I realized there is one core thought behind what we need to scale agility: collaboration between people and teams. That core thought is why I wrote Agile and Lean Program Management. And why I recommended these books:
Several times in the past few months I’ve looked for a specific book because of an article I read or a podcast I heard. (That’s a big thumbs up for marketing.) But the book was only available in hardcover or paperback. Why? Some indie authors say that potential readers can “search on my blog for
I had the pleasure of interviewing Stefan Wolpers about his new book: The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide: Challenges Every Scrum Team Faces and How to Overcome Them. Here’s our conversation: Stefan’s LinkedIn profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanwolpers/ And here is a universal book link for Stefan’s book (all the stores in one link): https://books2read.com/u/mVn8JJ
I am thrilled to announce a book birthday: Successful Independent Consulting: Relationships That Focus on Mutual Benefit. People often ask me how long it takes me to write a book. Every book takes the time it takes. But this one took much longer than I expected. Here’s the story of the consulting book. In the
While a pandemic might bring out the best and the worst of us, scams persist. I received an email this morning from a so-called “self-publishing” company. They are quite happy to help me get my book to traditional publishers. They didn’t say what it would cost, but they wanted the pdf of the interior and
I’m delighted to announce I published the Conference Proposal book! I collated all the conference proposal posts into a book. And, I added more content only available in the book. The book is through copyediting. You can buy it on Leanpub now in all electronic forms. Yes, I will upload the book to all the
I’ve been a part of geographically distributed teams since the mid-80s. I’ve taught and written about agile distributed teams for several years Now, I’m pair-writing a geographically distributed agile teams book with Mark Kilby. We’ve tweeted a little. We’ll be talking about our process at Agile 2018 in an experience report. We need your help.