The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I love a big book, but it's what most people like which makes commerce sing.
I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.
I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and gratified that the business world thought it was one.
I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out.
Amazon is a marvelous conglomeration and delivery system for products of every imaginable function. But the book 'business' is really not the same as the sale of lawn rakes or adapters for telephones.
Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them.
I learned the life of business, commerce - it's an art.
To many book professionals, Amazon is a ruthless predator. The company claims to want a more literate world - and it came along when the book world was in distress, offering a vital new source of sales.
Money is the best rule of commerce.