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Subject: Jan-Mar 2006 eZine: Happy About's
upcoming books
Value Framework® Institute
eZine: Your Link to Business Strategy
January 5, 2006 *5,500 subscribers*
Volume 8, Issue 1
Online at http://ValueFrameworkInstitute.org/publications.html
This Issue online at http://ValueFrameworkInstitute.org/Jan-Mar2006/
In this issue, I wanted
to let you know about the current and up-and-coming books available from my new
publishing company Happy About™. Additionally,
I'm looking for: If
you fall into one of these categories, please don't hesitate to e-mail or call.
Regarding charities, we just rolled out a new program where up to 50% of the profit
from book sales will go to the charity. If you know of a charity that has a message
to communicate that would also be interested in putting money in their coffers,
please let me know. Upcoming
books which can be pre-ordered today include:
Happy About LinkedIn for Recruiting (will be available shortly)
Happy About Joint Venturing
Happy About
Open Source
Happy About Global Software Test
Automation
Happy About Working After 60
Happy About CEO Excellence
Best
of luck with all you do in 2006. If I can be of assistance this year, please don't
hesitate to e-mail or call. Best regards, Mitchell
Levy
Chief Strategy Office, The Value Framework Institute
CEO, Happy About
publisher@happyabout.info,
408-257-3000
Current
books available include:
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PDF:
$11.95
Tradebook:
$19.95 ($15.97)
| Book:
Happy About Knowing What to Expect in 2006: Getting a Handle on the Year Ahead Wouldn't
it be great to have a good handle on what will happen this year to make sure you
could plan around it? This book provides a series of answers. For 2006, we have
contributions from 50 executives with a number of interesting predictions.
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PDF:
$4.95
Tradebook:
$24.95 ($19.96)
| Book:
"Happy About Website Payments with PayPal: Answers to Over 40 of the Most
Commonly Asked Questions"
This
book is an easy way for you to learn some of the key intricacies for making PayPal
effectively work for you. Get clear instructions,
cogent advice, and actual code samples that you can cut and paste into your web
site for immediate results! 120 pages on...
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PDF:
$4.95
Tradebook:
$24.95 ($19.96)
| Book:
"Happy About Outsourcing: Positive Impact Stories from Executives Who
Have Offshored and Outsourced" You
get 80 pages with quotes and contributions from executives that have "Been
There and Done That!". Buy this book to read about the advantages
of outsourcing from over 25 CEOs and companies that have been through the process
themselves.
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Upcoming
books which can be pre-ordered today include:
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PDF:
$49.95
Tradebook:
$69.95 | Book: Happy About
LinkedIn for Recruiting: The roadmap for recruiters using LinkedIn Over
40 recruitment industry leaders and expert LinkedIn users generously share their
secrets of LinkedIn success. The book will show recruiters, sourcers and others
in the recruitment industry how they can make more effective use of the various
tools and resources within LinkedIn. |
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PDF:
$11.95
($9.56)
Tradebook:
$19.95 ($15.97)
| Book:
Happy About Joint-Venturing: The 8 Critical Factors of Success
Get a clear understanding of all you need to know
before starting your winning joint-ventures. 100 pages on... -
What is a joint venture?
- How to choose the right
partner?
- Where to find the right partner and whom
should you run away from?
- Planning your joint-venture
business
- Aligning your goals
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Marketing your business and more...
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PDF:
$11.95
($9.56)
Tradebook:
$19.95 ($15.97)
| Book:
Happy About Blogging: Why the software business will never be the same again!
This book is targeted at technology decision makers
for the Global 2000. It will cover topics such as: - Open
Source Revolution - Is it here to stay?
- Business
Models - The mechanics behind this
- Bringing
Open Source to your enterprise - what is involved?
- What
about compliance?
- Giving back - nurturing
the eco-system?
- Case studies - successful
Open Source implementations
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PDF:
$11.95
($9.56)
Tradebook:
$19.95 ($15.97)
| Book:
Happy About Global Software Test Automation: An Executive Snapshot of the Industry
Get a clear understanding of testing problems; they
are difficult and expensive. Unfortunately for most software companies, bugs escape
the testing cycles and reach customers. How can some of the inherent problems
with software testing be eliminated? This book addresses this fundamental issue
and helps the reader understand the high-level elements necessary to better execute
software testing automation and outsourcing initiatives.
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PDF:
$11.95
($9.56)
Tradebook:
$19.95 ($15.97)
| Book:
Happy About Working After 60: The Why and How of Making it Happen This
book will provide you with dozens of reasons to have a job or a career after 60
both for yourself and for others. Beyond that, it will show you how to achieve
these goals in a youth-oriented society.
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PDF:
$11.95
($9.56)
Tradebook:
$19.95 ($15.97)
| Book:
Happy About CEO Excellence: Coaching, mentoring and influencing the CEO to bring
out their best!
Contains over
40 success stories from CEOs, board members, staff members and outside experts
that have been coached or mentored. It will encourage CEOs, their staff and board
members to feel more comfortable with the concept of coaching and mentoring the
CEO. There are a number of stories you will immediately relate to while there
will be others that you will savor for future reference.
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