Top Selling Books at Lotusphere 2012 – See what you missed. #ls12

I just finished writing up a sales report for the bookstore at Lotusphere.  Overall sales were a little down this year.  I think it’s because the bookstore was in the back of the Solutions Center.  Who is in favor of having the bookstore by the registration area?  Let me know and I will  see if we can get it moved.

Some highlights:

• Get Bold by IBM’s Sandy Carter sold like hotcakes.  Everyone is who isn’t focused on building a social business should be.
• We began taking orders for the upcoming new XPages Portable Command Guide.  It’s out in a month.
• New Sametime Admin book sold out.  Great author team!
• Folks enjoyed meeting Sir Tim Berners-Lee – author of Weaving the Web

‘Here’s the list – with links!!!  (you’re welcome!)

9780132618311	Get Bold
9780132486316	Mastering Xpages
9780062515872	Weaving the Web
9781849683043	IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5.2 Admin
9780132943055	Xpages Port Command Gd (PRE-ORDERS)
9780137018901	The Social Factor
9780071463324	The New Manager’s Handbook
9781849680202	IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 Users Gd
9780321804112	Grouped
9780470876411	Business Model Generation
9781605097022	The New Social Learning
9781849682404	IBM Lotus Domino
9780132711678	Social Networking for business
9781576754221	Eat That Frog!
9781449397227	Jquery Pocket
9780132214483	Lotus Notes Developer’s Toolbox Tips
9780137153312	Survival Gd for Lotus Notes
9781615640102	ipad Development
9780596805784	Building iphone apps
9780596009205	Head First Java

 

 

Video Enhanced #DITA Best Practices eBook from IBM Press Books

 

In July I wrote about our new IBM Press Book – DITA Best Practices and shared a coupon code for 35% off the retail price.

I am thrilled that we have now enhanced the ebook with video tutorials.  Thanks to the proliferation and market place acceptance of digital content – it’s great to be able to add value to the written word.

With this new ebook you can watch video demonstrations to see how to implement some of the advanced features of DITA discussed in this book. With these videos you’ll learn to code short descriptions, links, conditional processing, and content references.  In addition, you will find instructions in the last few pages of your eBook that direct you to the download site for the set of DITA sample files used in examples throughout the book.

How great is that?

Learn more here and order

Want the hard copy?  Here you go

Want to take a test drive?  Free chapter.

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Mark your Calendar. Lotusphere Book Signings Cheat Sheet #ls12 #IBMconnect

Working under the wire here to get all our book signings finalized – tough to do at this time of the year.  Mark your calendars and do some meet and greet with the authors.  They love talking about their areas of expertise and hearing from you.

As an FYI – Sir Tim Berners-Lee is the mastermind behind the Internet!  YEP!  TimBL invented the World Wide Wide.  Amazing chance to get his “John Hancock” and read his book the old-fashioned way – hard copy.

Monday, January 16^th 10:00am-11:00am

IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration 

Keith Brooks, Mark Harper

 

Monday, January 16^th 6:00pm-7:00pm

Get Bold: Using Social Media to Create a New Type of Social Business 

Sandy Carter

 

Tuesday, January 17^th   2:30pm-3:30pm

Mastering XPages: A Step-by-Step Guide to XPages Application Development and the XSP Language

Martin Donnelly, Tony McGuckin

****First 200 attendees in line at the Mastering XPages signing will get a free sample chapter from soon to be released XPages Programmable Command Guide****

XPages Portable Command Guide: A Compact Resource to XPages Application Development and the XSP Language

Martin Donnelly, Tony McGuckin, Dan O’Connor

Wednesday January 18 9:15am-10:00am

IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide

Gabriella Davis, Marie L. Scott, Thomas Duff

Wednesday January 18 10:30m-11:00am

Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee

 

An Introduction to IBM IMS – Second Edition ebook. Available at 35% off.

A second edition of a book can be an incredible amount of work.  Our recently published IBM Press book,  An Introduction to IMS, Second Edition, is no exception.  In fact it took a village of authors -  Barbara Klein, Richard Alan Long, Kenneth Ray Blackman, Diane Lynne Goff, Stephen Paul Nathan, Moira McFadden Lanyi, Margaret M. Wilson, John Butterweck, Sandra L. Sherrill – to update the book.  At over 550 pages – it’s a big effort, packed with great content.

Given the move to ebooks – this book was going to be pure “e” all the way.  So if you want it on your e-reader or PDF form – you are all set.  The publisher has decided to also deliver this book in hardcopy – but that’s a few months away.

Version 12?  Version 11?  Version 10?  it’s all there for you.

More than a complete tutorial, this book provides up-to-date examples, cases, problems, solutions, and a complete glossary of IMS terminology. Prerequisite reading for the current IBM IMS Mastery Certificate Program, it reflects major recent enhancements such as dynamic information generation; new access, interoperability and development tools; improved SOA support, and much more. Whether you’re a DBA, database developer, or system programmer, it brings together all the knowledge you’ll need to succeed with IMS in today’s mission-critical environments

If you want to go directly to the publisher – here’s a 35% off coupon.  Please use this at the last step in check out and use CAPS.  Code: IMS6871

Go here to learn more and order.

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Top Selling Books At IBM #IOD11 – Cognos, Governance, Decision Mgmt and More

The bookstore set records numbers at IBM’s IOD this year.  Michael Lewis who was the keynote on Wednesday was a huge hit and the attendees rushed to get his books and attend his book signing.  With almost 240 different titles available  there was something for everyone.  We were able to interview the authors of IBM Press books including authors of: Get Bold, Decision Management Systems and Data Integration Blueprint.  You can check them out on our Youtube channel here.

IBM Press best sellers are highlighted and linked for purchase.

Here’s the top 25

ISBN	Title
9780393338393	Moneyball (Michael Lewis)
9780132656757	IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio
9780393081817	Boomerang (Michael Lewis)
9780393338690	Liars Poker (Michael Lewis)
9780393338829	The Big Short (Michael Lewis)
9781583473689	Selling Information Governance
9780132884389	Decision Management Systems
9780132618311	Get Bold:Using Social Media to Create a New Type of Social Business
9781583473672	DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
9780393338386	The Blind Side (Michael Lewis)
9781453874059	Netezza Transformation
9780071745321	The Data Warehouse Mentor
9780470413470	Business Dashboards: A Visual Catalog for Design Depl
9780071636087	Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
9780137075423	The New Era of Enterprise Business Intelligence
9780137084937	Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling
9781583470978	From Idea to Print
9780470044476	Business Intelligence Competency Centers
9780071748759	Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
0131576070	Little Green Book of Getting Your Way
9781849680707	Getting Started with IBM Filenet
9780142000281	Getting Things Done
9781615640102	iPad development
9780071744324	Star Schema
9781118100561	iPad at Work

 

IOD Book Signings Cheat Sheet. Mark Your Calendars. #iod2011

The 230+ titles and 2,895 books are about to get unpacked and ready for sale at IOD 2011.  Alot of work goes into creating a pop up bookstore.  But it pales in comparision to the work that authors dedicate to writing a book.  The authors love to meet thier readers and talk about their topic.  

The bookstore will be hopping this year with authors such as Michael Lewis and IBM’s Social Business Expert Sandy Carter.  Plus we are releasing our first IBM Press book on Cognos.  (very excited).  Here is the cheat sheet.  Enjoy the conference.

Selling Information Governance	Monday 2:00
DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows	Monday 3:00
The Data Warehouse Mentor	Tuesday 10:30
Data Integration Blueprint	Tuesday 11:30
Decision Management Systems	Tuesday 12:30
Smart Enough Systems	Tuesday 12:30
From Idea to Print	Tuesday 2:00
Moneyball	Wed 10:15
The Big Short	Wed 10:15
Liars Poker	Wed 10:15
The Blind Sde	Wed 10:15
Netezza Transformation	Wed 2:00
Get Bold	Wed 3:00
IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio	Thursday 10:00
Getting Started with IBM Filenet	Thursday 11:00

 

Decision Management Systems by James Taylor Available for Pre-order from IBM Press #ilog #spss

For many years I have been bringing James Taylor’s , Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decision to vairous bookstores that I manage at IBM Conferences.  I always thought it had the coolest cover!  Love it.  Not all IBM Press authors are IBM employees – and James is the CEO of Decision Management Solutions.  His new book,  Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics is valuable content to IBM customers.   If Business analytics and Business Rules (ilog) and predictive analytrics (SPSS) are on your radar – you are going to eat up this content. Read on for a discount coupon that will save you 35% off on the book and free shipping in the US.

About the book:

The field’s leading expert demonstrates how to use decision management systems to drive unprecedented levels of business value. James Taylor shows how to integrate operational and analytic technologies to create systems that are more agile, more analytic, and more adaptive. Through actual case studies, you’ll learn how to combine technologies such as predictive analytics, optimization, and business rules – improving customer service, reducing fraud, managing risk, increasing agility, and driving growth.

Order now at 35% off using coupon code TAYLOR4389 at checkout, plus free ground shipping within the U.S.

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Social Media Week – Celebrating IBM Press Books on #Socialbiz

IBM Press has publsihed books on social networking for years.  Here’s a quick recap:

The Social Factor by Maria Azua

Web 2.0 and Social Networking for the Enterprise by Joey Bernal

Lotus Connections by Tim Speed

Audience, Relevance and Search by James Mathewson, Frank Donatone

And publishing this week, Get Bold by Sandy Carter

Standing ovation for all these IBMers who get it and work tirelessly to help companies become a social business.

 

Getting Excited About New Cognos Book Debuting at #iod11

It’s been book publishing a go-go here at IBM Press Books.  We have 5 books publishing in the next six weeks and I am trying to keep all the balls in the air.  Nothing has dropped yet – but this juggling act is no small feat.  I love being able to launch a book at an event. We were able to do that this year at Lotusphere – where we had Mastering XPages ship directly from the printer to the conference.  It creates a ton of hoopla for book and its fun to see people clamor in line to get it hot off the press.

For IBM’s IOD 2011 conference, we will  have a much anticipated book available – IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio – Practical Examples.  This is our first IBM Press book that covers Cognos and are thrilled to add it to the portfolio.  The authors are instructors – so they are in the trenches everyday teaching customers how use the product.  If you are at IOD – be sure to meet Filip and Roger at their book signing. 

About the Book

This book provides advanced know how. Using practical examples based on years of teaching experiences as IBM Cognos instructors, the authors provide you with examples of typical advanced reporting designs and complex queries in reports. The reporting solutions in this book can be directly used in a variety of real-world scenarios to provide answers to your business problems today. The complexity of the queries and the application of design principles go well beyond basic course content or introductory books. IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio: Practical Examples will help you find the answers to specific questions based on your data and your business model. It will use a combination tutorial and cookbook approach to show real-world IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio solutions. If you are still using IBM Cognos 8 BI Report Studio, many of the examples have been tested against this platform as well. The final chapter has been dedicated to showing those features that are unique to the latest version of this powerful reporting solution.

SAVE 35% and Free Shipping in the US with Coupon Code: IBM6757

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New Video – Become an Author with IBM Press Books

IBM Press is looking for authors. To obtain the proposal form and view the guidelines start here.