tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post7239243472483456091..comments2007-04-13T07:57:17.767-05:00Mark Grabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-70912185182854698732007-04-13T07:57:00.000-05:002007-04-13T07:57:00.000-05:002007-04-13T07:57:00.000-05:00W.I.P.:<BR/><BR/>"Profit Beyond Measure"<BR/>"Toyota Product Development System"<BR/>"Toyota Way Field Guide"<BR/><BR/>Raw Materials:<BR/><BR/>"Relevance Lost"<BR/>"Relevance Regained"<BR/>"Purple Cow" (marketing book)<BR/>"Unleashing the Ideavirus" (marketing book)Mike Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16424200866303128001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-91068152527590332372007-04-08T10:37:00.000-05:002007-04-08T10:37:00.000-05:002007-04-08T10:37:00.000-05:00Oh books. My weakness. In my previous career I was a librarian - WIP - some that are unread really just become "reference books” and this week I was able to help someone out with a book they needed, I had and now they are my client. <BR/><BR/>I've had great luck with half.com even before they were an eBay company and often think I'm renting books - buy them cheap; sell them back or give them away.<BR/><BR/>Rule of Thumb: Two shelves must be book free if I want to buy new material - Sorting and Sweeping are big deals in my office. Oh, yes, the ceiling is 13 ft high and one wall is all book shelves - I guess I never really left the library.<BR/><BR/>Linda FayerweatherLinda Fayerweather, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786015108875502915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-62379807692362399202007-04-08T09:44:00.000-05:002007-04-08T09:44:00.000-05:002007-04-08T09:44:00.000-05:00Good point on keeping the raw material at Amazon's warehouse. I'm a "Prime" member and it certainly does pay for itself (not just books, but other items).Mark Grabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-7357787248587525872007-04-08T01:18:00.000-05:002007-04-08T01:18:00.000-05:002007-04-08T01:18:00.000-05:00My backlog is similar, but I also get a stack of books each week from publishers for review and possible inclusion on Superfactory... many of which have absolutely nothing to do with manufacturing or leadership. My wife gets incredibly annoyed at all the stacks, so I end up taking them into the office and giving most of them away. I always wanted a nice library with overstuffed chairs surrounded by tall racks of books, but not with this wife!<BR/><BR/>I second the vote for Amazon Prime. I've made back that $75 very quickly.Kevinhttp://www.evolvingexcellence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-32168445311841089062007-04-07T22:54:00.000-05:002007-04-07T22:54:00.000-05:002007-04-07T22:54:00.000-05:00Your backlog is pretty good, as far as reading backlogs go. Anyways, what helped me reduce mine was signing up for Amazon Prime: that way, I knew I could get pretty much any book within two days (often one day), so there was no longer any excuse for having more than one book lying around that I hadn't started.<BR/><BR/>Well worth the $75/year, or whatever it costs: push lean out to your suppliers.David Carltonhttp://malvasiabianca.org/noreply@blogger.com