[[DownloadsSidebar]] Telling CEOs these days that leadership drives performance is a bit like saying that oxygen is necessary to breathe. Over 90 percent of CEOs are already planning to increase inves
InterVarsity wants to disciple students in all aspects—heart, soul, and mind. We want to see them deepen their relationship with Christ and their engagement in his kingdom. In 1943 we published our first domestic piece: a Bible study guide called Discovering the Gospel of Mark . A few years later in…
February 23, 2016 The Publishing Experience (1) What will publishing be like in fifty years? Will we be reading books from our brain implants? Will people still love print books but be printing and binding them in their home or office? Will reading increase because people will have more time as they…
State of the Art Twitter, to Save Itself, Must Scale Back World-Swallowing Ambitions Credit... Stuart Goldenberg Twitter is the world’s most important social network. That might sound like the ravings
Pronunciation: sacrament#_gb_1.mp3 /ˈsakrəmənt/Forms: ME–15 sacrement, (pl.ME sacramens, ME sacramenz, sacremenz, ME sacremens), ME sakermente, ME sacramen, sacriment, sakyr-, sacurment, ME–15 sacramente, ME– sacrament.(Show Less)Frequency (in current use): Etymology: < French sacrement (12th cent.…
For more than 60 years, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has been a leader in discussions about race and diversity among evangelicals. It began after an incident in the late 1940s, according to former InterVarsity president Alec Hill, who stepped down earlier this year, after being diagnosed with…
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To design responsive websites effectively and responsibly, I had to completely redefine the way I view the web. It pains me to admit it, but I wasn’t too keen on responsive web design right out of the
Expert publishing blog opinions are solely those of the blogger and not necessarily endorsed by DBW. Recently, I’ve been talking to people in the book industry about a new program my company is launching that allows individuals and organizations to retail ebooks and audiobooks like the big three do:…
Do I have thoughts on Donald Trump today? Why, yes. Yes I do. 1. Without offering this up as an excuse — it’s rather the opposite — I don’t think Trump planned to become the face of 21st century American fascism. I suspect rather strongly that he entered the presidential race for the usual reasons…
Coaching 8.95 Buy Copies Executive Summary Job satisfaction is often directly related to the relationships we have with our bosses. But how can managers help their employees have satisfying work exper
[[DownloadsSidebar]] What are the sources of corporate growth? If, like many executives, you take an average view of markets, the answers may surprise you: averaging out the different growth rates in
[[DownloadsSidebar]] Growth is magic. It makes it easier to fund new investments, attract great talent, and acquire assets. But the environment for growth has been difficult since 2008, and while ther
I have been part robot since May. Instead of legs, I move on gyroscopically stabilized wheels. Instead of a face, I have an iPad screen. Instead of eyes, a camera with no peripheral vision. Instead of a mouth, a speaker whose volume I can't even gauge with my own ears. And instead of ears, a tinny…
[[DownloadsSidebar]] Good managers— even great ones—can make spectacularly bad choices. Some of them result from bad luck or poor timing, but a large body of research suggests that many are caused by
“You spent too much time talking about race in this class.” Of all the student evaluations I’ve received over the years, this one rankled me the most. I teach criminal law. In St. Louis. It’s not possible to talk too much about race in that context. In past years, our class discussions on race have…
Programming Digital Book World and the kind of consulting we do require that we spend a lot of time in our office trying to figure out what the industry should be thinking more about. On that topic, t
[[DownloadsSidebar]] The challenging economy is putting consumer companies such as airlines, banks, and retailers in the difficult position of cutting back the service levels that customers have come
by Douglas Bursch Today during worship, we were singing a song about God being our loving Father. As we sang, I realized it was the kind of song manly-men Christian pastors hate. It’s the sort of song they rail against while crusading for the resurgence of “real men” Christian masculinity. As we…
Expert publishing blog opinions are solely those of the blogger and not necessarily endorsed by DBW. Many publishers think direct-to-consumer (D2C) programs are difficult to implement, expensive to operate and generate heaps of extra work that their bottom lines can never justify, leaving those…
Expert publishing blog opinions are solely those of the blogger and not necessarily endorsed by DBW. When it comes to selling a book, whether it’s self-published or distributed by one of the top-tier publishers, there’s the traditional way of marketing , and then there’s the way that works today. To…
Recommendations Like iOS 7 before it, Yosemite is an aesthetic one-way valve . Though the new appearance is not particularly radical, it’s so comprehensive that it quickly establishes itself as the new normal. Switching back to Mavericks after a week or two in Yosemite is like returning to iOS 6.…
The saddest thing about Brittany Maynard’s journey towards suicide is not that she is making the wrong choice, though she is. It’s the fact that her choice has made her a cultural celebrity, an adulated icon that symbolizes Western idolatry of youth, vitality, and sexiness. I can’t look at Maynard,…
Crumbs from the Communion Table Hey! My primary blog has moved to GeekyJustin.com . I will continue posting videos and short snippets here from time to time, but for the full experience, make sure to sign up over there! I'm Justin Lee, LGBT Christian advocate and author of TORN: Rescuing the Gospel…
As part of their recent relaunch, Pelican Books–the non-fiction arm of Penguin Books, which originally ran from 1937 to 1984–wanted to make covers just as important for e-books as they are for physica
T wo months before he went to Nashville to record John Wesley Harding, Bob Dylan spent some time in the basement of his upstate New York home. There he made a rough but very listenable tape with thirteen songs. There is enough material — most all of it very good — to make an entirely new Bob Dylan…
We met a guy named Vijay at a conference where he and I were speaking. About six months later, we heard from him.
“So I wanted to let you know, I’m out of here,” said Vijay on the phone.
“What’s the story?” we asked. “When we met you, you loved your job.”
“I loved the job I thought I had, which is…
Giulietta Carrelli outside the Trouble Coffee & Coconut Club. (Photo: Jeff Singer) All the guy was doing was slicing inch-thick pieces of bread, putting them in a toaster, and spreading stuff on them. But what made me stare—blinking to attention in the middle of a workday morning as I waited in line…
Paragon Software Group , a developer of multi-platform dictionary and reference applications for mobiles and computers, has identified the 12 most important mobile reference applications trends for 2013 based on sales and customer feedback for 2012. 1. In the mobile dictionary market, publishers are…
“Self Portrait No. 25” Written and Arranged by Greil Marcus Chorus: Charles Perry, Penny Marcus, Pann Wenner, Erik Bennstein, Ed Ward, John Burks, Ralph Gleason, Langdon Winner, Bruce Miroff, Richard Vaughn and Mike Goodwin (1) What is this shit? (1) “All the Tired Horses” is a gorgeous piece of…
Everyone’s chasing data today. But there’s been some frank talk lately about how poorly media outlets use data to measure what they’re doing and whether they meet their goals.
Stijn Debrouwere (and then, as a follow up, Mathew Ingram) have pointed out that news media often chase one big, fat…
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I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, “Maya, you’re so cute! Look at you! Turn around and model that…
The early days of social media were a more innocent time. Most early adopters who showed up on a social network were just happy to have found a new online scene that wasn't ruled by time and place. Advice, stories, and experiences abounded. Savvy business noticed the online hot spots, and they began…
Education, retail, and computer hardware/electronics are the best-performing verticals in email marketing, according to a recent report released by Silverpop that benchmarked open rates, click-through rates, and churn metrics across 14 industries and four geographic regions. In addition, top…
Reuters Withall the upheaval in bookselling over the past decade -- the surge in onlineordering, the multiple challenges faced by brick and mortar booksellers, andthe squabbles over e-book pricing --
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