It’s only a couple of short hours away from the overwhelmingly anticipated release of the latest in the Harry Potter series of novels, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.” Children all over the world will wait in line to get their copy of one of the most renowned series of books of the modern era.

Another group is not satisfied with Google’s effort to digitize books for their Google Print for Libraries and has joined in the voices asking them to cease these activities.

Podcasting advice? Well, if we need the information, we need to go to the experts. Right? Podcasting is definitely worth knowing about if you are a serious blogger and business person.

Podcasts can help authors promote and sell books. I have already written about how podcasts can be developed into a large scale internet radio station. Bloggers can provide the content via podcast and the station can be far more wide ranging than simply the blogging audience.

Of all the people I would actually *like* to see pickup podcasting, Seth Godin’s on my short list.

If you want to automatically process web pages to extract data, you have a number of tools available. You can bring a web page down to your computer using “curl” or “wget”

If this is the first marketing article you are reading, go find some other more basic articles that I have written and then come back. This data is for the intermediate to advanced marketers.

While I was away at the New Communications Forum 2005 last week, a package arrived from Amazon with my copy of Hugh Hewitt’s new book on blogging, published on 13 January.

Google announced yesterday that they have agreements with several large libraries to scan books whose copyrights have expired.

You may have heard a thing or two about some upcoming books on blogging … but are there other books you need to read as well.

Consumer electronics on Amazon.com became Amazon’s largest sales category for the first time.

NASA’s X-43A research vehicle screamed into the record books again Tuesday, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.

Nearly any author or publisher can promote a book to bestseller status. All it takes is a little patience, a good plan, and a whole lot of following up on the details.

A few years ago if you needed to locate a hair salon, restaurant, doctor, or even a landscaper, you would look in the phone book or dial 411 for local information.

Exam Background and Its Importance

In March 2004, Sun Microsystems launched a new version of their existing Sun Certified Web Component Developer 1.3 (SCWCD 1.3) exam, which tests the web component development according to the latest J2EE 1.4 specification. The old version will co-exist and a separate upgrade exam will be made available soon.

A 1934 Securities and Exchange Act may force Google to reveal their financial records by the end of the month. The rule in question states that companies with over 500 stockholders and $10 million in assets must divulge financial results.

These questions are focused on traditional publishing. Publish On Demand (POD) and ebook publishing will be included in a future column.

In my book “Eleven Leadership Tips For Supervisors,” I offer a number of helpful hints and follow up questions for the reader to reflex upon. “Who Am I” is the title of chapter three. Work environment, health, wellness, spiritual and other personal questions are raised. The last question in this chapter is “how are all these things affecting your leadership style and effectiveness?” I conclude the chapter by stating “leaders do their best if they are taking care of themselves.” Striking a balance between your personal and professional life is the key.

You can’t go to college to become a DBA. Sure, you can take some basic classes on database theory and design, and maybe even a couple classes on specific databases, but there is no comprehensive college program you can take to become a DBA.

Many of us love to read. Some of us who love to read the most are introverts, so I went to the source to find out what it’s all about.

Why write an introduction? Nobody reads it anyway. Up until now, this opinion has had clout. But now, with a shorter introduction of one to two pages, and through the five essentials below, your introduction will become the fourth sales tool for your book. When people read your clear, concise personal note to them, they will buy your book on the spot!