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Here are Amazon’s Best Selling Kindle Books, in the Business and Investing category, as at June 13, 2012.
Additional detail about the The Top Ten follows immediately after the 25 Best Sellers Ranking.
I recommend that you also check out the Kindle titles that are in The Supply Chain Almanac Kindle Book Club. Simply click on the eStore icon on the right hand side of this page. In our Kindle Club features many publications that are Supply Chain classics, including:
- Lean Thinking, by James P. Womack
- The Goal, by Eli Goldratt
- Out of the Crisis, by W. Edwards Deming
- The Toyota Way, by Jeffery Liker
- Good to Great, by Jim Collins
- Toyota Production System, by Taiichi Ohno
- Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning, by Chad Smith
- Value Stream Mapping for Lean Development, by Drew Locher
- The Lean Sustainable Supply Chain, by Robert Palevich
- Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management, by Paul Myerson
25 Best Selling Kindle Books, Business and Investing
| Rank | Title | Author(s) | Rating (5 is Best) | Days in Top 100 | Book List Price | Kindle Price | Save $ | Save % |
|
1 |
Steve Jobs | Walter Isaacson |
4.5 |
301 |
$ 35.00 | $ 14.99 | $ 20.01 | 50% |
|
2 |
The Power of Habit | Charles Duhigg |
4.5 |
115 |
$ 28.00 | $ 12.99 | $ 15.01 | 53% |
|
3 |
The Price of Inequality | Joseph E. Stiglitz |
4.5 |
8 |
$ 27.95 | $ 14.99 | $ 12.96 | 46% |
|
4 |
The $100 Startup | Chris Guillebeau |
4.5 |
33 |
$ 23.00 | $ 11.99 | $ 11.01 | 48% |
|
5 |
Imagine: How Creativity Works | Jonah Lehrer |
4.0 |
96 |
$ 26.00 | $ 7.99 | $ 18.01 | 69% |
|
6 |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen R. Covey |
4.5 |
872 |
$ 15.95 | $ 7.97 | $ 7.98 | 50% |
|
7 |
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership | Tony Koltz, Colin Powell |
4.0 |
23 |
$ 27.99 | $ 12.99 | $ 15.00 | 53% |
|
8 |
How Will You Measure Your Life? | Clayton Christensen et. Al. |
5.0 |
38 |
$ 22.25 | $ 12.99 | $ 9.26 | 42% |
|
9 |
Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahnemann |
4.5 |
248 |
$ 30.00 | $ 12.99 | $ 17.01 | 56% |
|
10 |
Outliers: The Story of Success | Malcolm Gladwell |
4.0 |
1,050 |
$ 16.99 | $ 9.99 | $ 7.00 | 41% |
|
11 |
End This Depression Now! | Paul Krugman |
4.0 |
50 |
$ 24.95 | $ 9.48 | $ 15.47 | 62% |
|
12 |
The Real Crash:America’s Coming Bankruptcy | Peter Schiff |
4.5 |
28 |
$ 25.99 | $ 12.99 | $ 13.00 | 50% |
|
13 |
A Gift of Hope | Danielle Steele |
n/r |
1 |
$ 20.00 | $ 9.99 | $ 10.01 | 50% |
|
14 |
Beyond Outrage | Robert B. Reich |
4.0 |
66 |
$ 2.99 | |||
|
15 |
Unintended Consequences | Edward Conrad |
3.5 |
10 |
$ 27.95 | $ 14.99 | $ 12.96 | 46% |
|
16 |
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty | Dan Ariely |
4.5 |
8 |
$ 26.99 | $ 13.99 | $ 13.00 | 48% |
|
17 |
How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie |
4.5 |
642 |
$ 26.00 | $ 12.99 | $ 13.01 | 50% |
|
18 |
Think and Grow Rich | Napoleon Hill |
4.5 |
183 |
$ 2.49 | $ 0.99 | $ 1.50 | 60% |
|
19 |
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | Michael Lewis |
4.0 |
748 |
$ 15.95 | $ 9.99 | $ 5.96 | 37% |
|
20 |
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity | David Allen |
4.5 |
779 |
$ 16.00 | $ 12.99 | $ 3.01 | 19% |
|
21 |
The Tools: Transform Your Problems Into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity | Barry Michels |
4.0 |
21 |
$ 25.00 | $ 12.99 | $ 12.01 | 48% |
|
22 |
Strengthsfinder 2.0 | Tom Rath |
4.0 |
663 |
$ 24.95 | $ 13.68 | $ 11.27 | 45% |
|
23 |
The Lean Startup | Eric Ries |
4.5 |
279 |
$ 26.00 | $ 12.99 | $ 13.01 | 50% |
|
24 |
Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World | Michael Hyatt |
5.0 |
22 |
$ 24.99 | $ 9.43 | $ 15.56 | 62% |
|
25 |
Screwed! How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off | Dick Morris |
4.0 |
21 |
$ 27.99 | $ 12.99 | $ 15.00 | 53% |
Click on any title above to read more great information, including reviews, about the book. Supply Chain Almanac makes its best effort to ensure the accuracy of all data at the time of publication. However, prices are the responsibility of Amazon.com, and are subject to change without notice. All prices are quoted in US dollars, before applicable taxes, at June 13, 2012. Prices are subject to change without notice.
For each publication, we reveal:
- each Kindle book’s rank (out of all books sold in the category)
- the customers’ rating of the book (on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being “excellent”)
- the number of days that the book has appeared on Amazon’s Top 100
- the “list” or “jacket” price of the Hardcover or Paperback book equivalent for that title
- Amazon’s price (before applicable taxes)
- dollar savings off the hardcover list price
- percent “savings” gained by choosing Kindle over the the hardcover list price
We are confident that you will be impressed with the sale prices on each of the items listed. The savings are truly fantastic.
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Amazon US and International Top 10 Best Sellers, Kindle Books, Business and Investing
1. Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson, 2011, Kindle
List price: $35.00 US print
Price: $ 20.46 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 14.54 (42%)
Product Description
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS.
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.
Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. (Read more…)
2. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It, by Charles Duhigg, 2012, Kindle
List price: $28.00 US print
Price: $ 17.54 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 10.46 (37%)
Product Description
Groundbreaking new research shows that by grabbing hold of the three-step “loop” all habits form in our brains–cue, routine, reward–we can change them, giving us the power to take control over our lives.
3. The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2012, Kindle Edition
List price: $27.95 US print
Kindle Price: $ 15.12 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 12.83 (46%)
Product Description
A forceful argument against America’s vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.
The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that “their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live.”
Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable: moneyed interests compound their wealth by stifling true, dynamic capitalism. They have made America the most unequal advanced industrial country while crippling growth, trampling on the rule of law, and undermining democracy. The result: a divided society that cannot tackle its most pressing problems. With characteristic insight, Stiglitz examines our current state, then teases out its implications for democracy, for monetary and budgetary policy, and for globalization. He closes with a plan for a more just and prosperous future. (Read more…)
4. The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future, by Chris Guillebeau, 2012, Kindle Edition
List price: $23.00 US Print
Price: $ 15.34 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 7.66 (33%)
Product Description
In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose – and earn a good living.
Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations – and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back.
There are many others like Chris – those who’ve found ways to opt out of traditional employment and create the time and income to pursue what they find meaningful. Sometimes, achieving that perfect blend of passion and income doesn’t depend on shelving what you currently do. You can start small with your venture, committing little time or money, and wait to take the real plunge when you’re sure it’s successful. (Read more…)
Review:
“In this valuable guide Chris Guillebeau shows that transforming an idea into a successful business can be easier than you think…You are in charge of which ideas deserve your time, and this book can help you wake up every morning eager to progress to the next step.”
–Tony Hsieh, New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos.com
5. Imagine: How Creativity Works, by Jonah Lehrer, 2012, Kindle Edition
List price: $26.00 US print
Kindle Price: $ 16.87 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 9.13 (35%)
Product Description
6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey, 2009, Kindle Edition
List price: $15.95 US print
Kindle Price: $ 7.97 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 7.98 (50%)
Product Description
Review:
7. It worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, by Tony Koltz and Colin Powell, 2012, Kindle Edition
List price: $27.99 US print
Kindle Price: $ 15.57 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 12.42 (44%)
Product Description
It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendary public service career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell’s “Thirteen Rules”—notes he gathered over the years and that now form the basis of his leadership presentations given throughout the world. Powell’s short but sweet rules—among them, “Get mad, then get over it” and “Share credit”—are illustrated by revealing personal stories that introduce and expand upon his principles for effective leadership: conviction, hard work, and, above all, respect for others. In work and in life, Powell writes, “it’s about how we touch and are touched by the people we meet. It’s all about the people.”
A natural storyteller, Powell offers warm and engaging parables with wise advice on succeeding in the workplace and beyond. “Trust your people,” he counsels as he delegates presidential briefing responsibilities to two junior State Department desk officers. “Do your best—someone is watching,” he advises those just starting out, recalling his own teenage summer job mopping floors in a soda-bottling factory.
Powell combines the insights he has gained serving in the top ranks of the military and in four presidential administrations with the lessons he’s learned from his immigrant-family upbringing in the Bronx, his training in the ROTC, and his growth as an Army officer. The result is a powerful portrait of a leader who is reflective, self-effacing, and grateful for the contributions of everyone he works with.
Colin Powell’s It Worked for Me is bound to inspire, move, and surprise readers. Thoughtful and revealing, it is a brilliant and original blueprint for leadership. (Read more…)
8. How Will You Measure Your Life, by Clayton Christensen et. al., 2012, Kindle Edition
List price: $22.25 US print
Kindle Price: $ 17.87 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 4.38 (20%)
Product Description
In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard Business School’s graduating class. Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to unhappiness.
The speech was memorable not only because it was deeply revealing but also because it came at a time of intense personal reflection: Christensen had just overcome the same type of cancer that had taken his father’s life. As Christensen struggled with the disease, the question “How do you measure your life?” became more urgent and poignant, and he began to share his insights more widely with family, friends, and students.
In this groundbreaking book, Christensen puts forth a series of questions: How can I be sure that I’ll find satisfaction in my career? How can I be sure that my personalrelationships become enduring sources of happiness? How can I avoid compromising my integrity—and stay out of jail? Using lessons from some of the world’s greatest businesses, he provides incredible insights into these challenging questions.
How Will You Measure Your Life? is full of inspiration and wisdom, and will help students, midcareer professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment. (Read more…)
9. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, 2011, Kindle
List price: $30.00 US Print
Price: $ 19.73 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 10.27 (34%)
Product Description
The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman’s seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life’s work. It will change the way you think about thinking.
Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, he shows where we can trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking, contrasting the two-system view of the mind with the standard model of the rational economic agent.
Kahneman’s singularly influential work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this path-breaking book, Kahneman shows how the mind works, and offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and personal lives–and how we can guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. (Read more…)
Review:
“Profound . . . As Copernicus removed the Earth from the centre of the universe and Darwin knocked humans off their biological perch, Mr. Kahneman has shown that we are not the paragons of reason we assume ourselves to be.”
—The Economist
10. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, 2011, Kindle
List price: $16.99 US Print
Price: $ 9.99 (includes applicable taxes & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet.)
Save: $ 7.00 (41%)
Product Description
In this stunning investigation of success, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a journey through the world of “outliers”-the best, brightest, and most famous-asking the question: what makes high-achievers different?
Gladwell argues that in order to solve this riddle we must focus on the contributing elements around the successful-their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way, he explains what the Beatles and Bill Gates share in common, the reason you’ve never heard of the smartest man in the world, why almost no star hockey players are born in the fall, and why Columbian and South Korean airplane pilots are more likely to crash.
Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will transform the way we understand success. (Read more…)
Review:
“In the vast world of nonfiction writing, Malcolm Gladwell is as close to a singular talent as exists today…Outliers is a pleasure to read and leaves you mulling over its inventive theories for days afterward.” (New York Times Book Review David Leonhardt )
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