How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company by Peter I. Hupalo

Of the books on publishing I'm reading, I've found Peter I. Hupalo's How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company: A Small Business Guide To Self-Publishing And Independent Publishing least helpful.

Don't bother with it, really.

Click here to view the table of contents.

Hiatus!

FYI, I will be taking a long awaited hiatus from writing here until February.

Accidental Empires by Robert X Cringely

Last night I finished Robert X Cringely's Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date (published in the 1990s).

I much preferred Founders at Work: Stories of Startup’s Early Days by Jessica Livingston (published in 2007).

I think what I liked about Livingston's book was that since it was in interview-format, it was straightforward.

But Cringely's book felt very gossipy.

Of course, Livingston had the benefit of writing her book a decade.

My opinion, don't read this book -- it's more reflective of the time the book was written than of the computer industry.

Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date by Robert X Cringely

I've been very slowly reading Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date by Robert X Cringely.

So far I'm really not enjoying this book (published in the 1990s) about the start of the personal computer industry.

Click here to view the table of contents or here to read an excerpt.

The Street Lawyer by John Grisham

When I was younger, I loved reading John Grisham books. I think when I read John Grisham 's The Street Lawyer in 1998, I decided I was tired of his books.

But last week I decided to re-read it. I still don't think much of it.

But having lived in Baltimore and being somewhat familiar with Washington, DC this book seemed better the second time around.

How do y'all feel about Grisham's books from the last decade?

Owning Books

I've always loved books.

As a child, the only things I ever wanted to buy were books.

And as an adult, I've amassed over 300 books.

Strangely, these last few weeks I no longer feel this desire to own lots of books. In fact, part of me wants to give away my entire library of books.

Not sure what's come over me...