The lastet edition of THE INVESTORS' GUIDE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM - 2011/12 - is currently being promoted by Amazon at half-price, just £22.94.
Legend Business publishes the Guide in conjunction with UKTI and with sponsors HSBC, Watson, Farley Williams and Artaius. The books is the comprehensive guide to all sectors and areas of interest for potentials investors into the UK and this year contains a Foreword by Lord Green and a chapter on London, ahead of the 2012 Olympics.
Tom
Seasons greetings! Today we are giving you a free sample of Legend Business book How to Sell and Market Your Book.
The book is full of useful tips for writers on promoting their writing.
Lucy
How to Sell and Market Your Book is available to order for £5.49 by clicking here
Great to see a fantastic review of A BUSINESS GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS by Des O'Keeffe in the prestigious English Teaching Professional.
By bypassing the complicated and elitist language and concepts traditionally used and providing the basic concepts for those looking to start out in business, the book is an essential guide.
Not only that but the digital edition is available on Kindle at over 90% offer - just £1.71 (RRP £18.99) - click here to order.
You can also order the print edition by clicking here.
Tom
Great to see some fantastic promotion for CHINESE COURT JUDGEMENTS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY by Ming Fei - an essential compilation of law reports for anyone looking to do business in China or studying Law/Intellectual Property
It has been included on the website of Moetteli & Associés SàRL in Switzerland, as per left.
And you can order print and digital copies at a discount at www.chinesecourtjudgements.com
Tom
We're currently racing through production for our SMART SKILLS series - six books, by four of the top business writers, breaking down and dealing practically with specific skills required in the workplace and in running a business.
The initial six books are MEETINGS by Patrick Forsyth, MASTERING THE NUMBERS by Ann Hawkins, NEGOTIATION by Anthony Jacks, PERSUASION by Patrick Forsyth, PRESENTATIONS by Frances Kay and WORKING WITH OTHERS by Frances Kay.
Whether looking to or working for a company, studying or running your own business, they are fantastic and vital books.
And you can order them direct from Legend Business for just £8.99 (over 30% off) or the whole series for just £49.99 - just visit www.smartskillsbooks.com
Tom
With authors called on much more if traditionally published, as with the many taking the self-publishing route, to sell and promote their own book, it can be very tough knowing where to start.
And at last there is some specific and targeted support in HOW TO SELL AND MARKET YOUR BOOK by Darin Jewell. Useful for all authors, whatever their route to publishing, the book is the first to cover both traditional forms of selling and promotion - bookshops, events, paper reviews etc – and new routes – such as social networking, book groups and online listings and promotion.
You can order a copy at www.sellandmarketyourbook.com for £9.99 with free P&P.
Tom
Zero Waste in Business by Fergus O'Connell is published by Legend Business on 1st June. Here is the final cover.
Fergus is one of the world’s leading authorities on project management and author of a number of internationally bestselling business books, including Simply Brilliant and The Silver Bullet.
Blurb: As a nation we know how many days are lost through sickness or strike action every year. Bizarrely, we haven’t a clue – and we don’t even try to measure – how many days are lost through badly run projects/initiatives/undertakings.
Zero Waste is a goal, a process, a way of thinking that profoundly changes our approach to resources and production. This is a practical, how-to-book with examples, templates and checklists. The process described is a simple, straightforward, step-by-step, proven-to-work one which can be easily measured and can lead to substantial results.
Lucy
Zero Waste in Business is available to pre-order now by clicking here
Intellectual property (IP) is currently one of the hottest business topics - and nowhere is this more important than in China. Whereas once there was very little IP protection in China, over the last few years IP has become enshrined in Law and taught on the Curriculum.
As a result, knowledge of IP is vital to any company looking to do business in China. Legend Business is launching CHINESE COURT JUDGEMENTS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, detailing 80 of the key IP legal cases, compiled by leading Chinese IP Lawyer, Fei Ming.
For more details and to order your copy, visit www.chinesecourtjudgements.com
Tom
Following the revealing of the brand new copies of SONS AND FASCINATION by G.S. Mattu yesterday, not to be left out is MEETINGS, the first in our SMART SKILLS series from Legend Business, offering all you need to know about how to maximise the success of your meetings.
And you can order a copy simply by clicking here.
Lucy
Legend Business is delighted to this year launch the Smart Skills series - a series of practical, explanatory books describing proven approaches to skills/techniques important to large numbers of people working in organisations (large/small and in public/private sector) and to business owners.
And for full details of the first, MEETINGS by Patrick Forsyth, and how you can simply order for £8.99 plus free P&P (£12.99), visit www.smartskillsbooks.com.
Tom
We are receiving fantastic interest in A BUSINESS GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS by Des O'Keeffe, and have received the following briiliant endorsement:
"...concise, precise and extremely accessible...the perfect support for E.A.P., Pre-sessional and Foundation Business Studies Courses."
Lea Brophy, Director of Studies, Language Specialists International
(E.A.P. is English for Academic Purposes).
To order a copy, just click here.
Tom
We are incredibly excited to have published the INVESTORS' GUIDE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM 2010/11, in association with UK Trade and Investment. The guide is an essential and comprehensive source for anyone looking to invest in or undertake business with UK companies or within the UK – and should become the standard text on business and personal shelves across the country. (Looking at it in front of me, it's an incredibly impressive and authoritative looking guide).
And you can order your copy with free P&P at www.investorsguideuk.com
Tom
This evening sees the launch of Legend Business title A Beginner's Guide for Beginners by Des O'Keeffe at Blackwell's Portsmouth University at 5pm. Below is the blurb of this fascinating title:
Many, whether completing their education or looking for a change of career, will have started to consider entering the business world, whether taking up a career in industry, starting up their own business or studying business. In either case, the first barrier to overcome may be complete or partial lack of knowledge of what business is actually all about; its basic concepts and terminology.
‘A Business Guide for Beginners’ addresses the needs of readers seeking to develop their practical knowledge of business: how it is organised and functions. This business primer also sets out to give those who decide to give business a go with ideas and, hopefully, motivations for approaching their ventures into the business world with recipes for success.
Lucy
We are delighted to be launching HOW TO SELL AND MARKET YOUR BOOK by Darin Jewell in November as a new Legend Business book.
It is a must-have for any authors traditionally or self-publishing, offering a wide range of tips and advice on how to promote your book(s).
And we are offering 15% off and Free Postage and Packing - just £8.49 for a copy.
You can order at www.sellandmarketyourbook.com
We are delighted to be publishing Investors' Guide to the United Kingdom 2010/11 in association with UKTI, as part of the Legend Business imprint we launched at the start of the year.
It is the essential guide for anyone looking to invest into the United Kingdom or to find out more about UK investment.
For more information and to order visit: www.investorsguideuk.com
Tom
It is great to see the first Legend Business title – the new business book imprint launched in January – on my desk and in print. It will be first of many and we have started with a winner - A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BUSINESS by Des O'Keeffe, an essential guide to anyone starting out, having started or about to study business.
We have extremely high hopes for Legend Business and we look forward to seeing this first book become a huge success.
Tom
I was just going to to describe how much there is going on, but realised that I should just get on with the mountain of work... Anyway, Legend Business is hotting up and we have five, yes five, business books out before Christmas.
One of these is the brilliant A BUSINESS GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS by Des O'Keeffe. It is the essential book for anyone considering, starting, or having started a business. I am picking up some great tips myself!
Make sure you order a copy - and it's also a perfect present so order for family/friends/local business, anyone.
Tom
Patrick Forsyth, author of Smart Skills: Meetings (Published 30th October)
Patrick began his career in publishing and has run Touchstone Training & Consultancy since 1990; this specialises in the improvement of marketing, management and communications skills. He has worked in many different industries and conducted course for individual organisations and bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Singapore Institute of Management, around the world.
He is an experienced conference speaker and writes extensively on business matters. He is the author of many successful books on aspects of business, management and careers, including How to Write Reports and Proposals (Kogan Page) and Marketing: a guide to the fundamentals (“The Economist”) and One reviewer says of his work: Patrick has a lucid and elegant style of writing which allows him to present information in a way that is organised, focussed and easy to apply. Now turning his eye on the ubiquitous business meeting he says “Everyone has been in meetings that have been a complete waste of time; this book aims to help you make yours constructive, useful and creative”.
Darin Jewell, author of How to Sell and Market Your Book (Published 30th October)
Darin is the Managing Director of The Inspira Group Literary Agency. Previously, he was CEO of an Internet site based on biographies and lead marketing and PR consultant to the Chairman of a major international trading group.
Born in the USA, Darin settled in the UK in the early 1990s. He has a Master's Degree in Philosophy, and undertook his doctoral research at Queens' College, Cambridge before teaching Philosophy and Religion as a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University.
Lucy
I was working on the first two titles (of five) to be launched over the next couple of months for Legend Business, an imprint we launched at the start of the year.
Starting with THE INVESTORS' GUIDE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM 2010 and A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO BUSINESS, we are receiving a huge amount of interest and the imprint looks like being a great success. The graph on the left should depict its upcoming profits (without those dippy bits at the start).
Watch this space for more title details.
Tom
Legend Business is pleased to announce that we have set-up sales and distribution throughout the United States and Canada. Sales will be handled by Continental Sales and distribution by Innovative Logistics.
In addition, the imprint has secured ZERO WASTE IN BUSINESS (May 2011) by bestselling author of SIMPLY BRILLIANT, Fergus O’Connell. It will also begin a SMART SKILLS series with SMART SKILLS: MEETINGS (October 2010) by author of over 100 business titles, Patrick Forsyth.
US/Canada sales and distribution will come into effect immediately. Legend Business has additionally been working on its infrastructure in India and views China as the next key target in its international development.
ZERO WASTE IN BUSINESS was acquired with a record advance to date from Legend Business and looks at how to eliminate waste and increase profits and productivity, a hugely relevant current topic. The SMART SKILLS series will see Patrick Forsyth and a number of other authors cover all the vital areas for anyone in employment and/or business.
On creating Legend Business at the beginning of the year with partner Jonathan Reuvid, we highlighted the huge opportunities that existed. The rapid growth of our infrastructure and high-level of acquisition underline this further. We are hugely excited by the growth and prospects for Legend Business and fully expect the year ahead to be a ground-breaking one.
Lucy
Great to see a profile of Legend Business, our exciting business book imprint launched at the start of the year, in Writers' News magazine.
We have just added a couple more titles to the initial four we have coming out this year, and the future is looking action-packed and very bright for the new list of books.
Tom
We are delighted to be announcing the following titles for Legend Business:
- The Investors’ Guide to the UK 2010 Edited by Jonathan Reuvid (August 2010)
Highlights the positive features and practical benefits that continue to make the UK an attractive location for foreign investors. The guide is published in association with the department of UK Trade and Investment and sponsored by HSBC, Watson, Farley & Williams, Wider Coe and Artauis.
- A Business Guide for Beginners By Des O’Keefe (August 2010)
This book is designed for new graduates and people seeking to enter the business world, whether joining a corporation or planning a business start-up. The book provides a practical knowledge of business: how it is organised and its functions.
- India: Investment Opportunities Today Edited by Jonathan Reuvid (August 2010)
Highlights the positive and practical features that make India an attractive location for foreign investors including the legal, accountancy and taxation environment. This title profiles key industry and services sectors and their business outlooks in the context of the India's Economic Development Programme.
- Chinese Court Judgements – Intellectual Property by Ming Fei (July 2010)
A compendium of court judgements in more than 140 cases heard in various levels of Chinese Courts during 2009 relating to intellectual property claims. These succinct summaries have been compiled by a qualified Chinese lawyer practising in Beijing who specialises in intellectual property and other issues arising from Sino-Western Business.
Lucy
Last year Legend Press widened its list to include business books last year with the launch of Morocco: Emerging Economy of the Mediterranean, in conjunction with the Shashoua Foundation. The book’s editor, Jonathan Reuvid, author and editor of over 30 business titles, will be Legend Press’s partner in the imprint.
Business titles will range from more specialised to commercial and will be available in a variety of formats, including hard copy, paperback and e-book. They will also be supported by one of the most interactive business book websites.
Tom Chalmers, Managing Director of Legend Press, commented: “Publishing the Morocco books last year was a fantastic experience and highlighted a huge opportunity. Never before has interest in business and the importance of finance been more paramount, and with a mixture of professionalism and innovation we have extremely ambitious plans for Legend Business.
“We are also delighted to be working with Jonathan Reuvid – we could not have asked for a more experienced, skilled and quick-thinking partner and we are very excited about growing Legend Business with him.”
Lucy
