Hooks Book Events
Hooks Book Events goes to Chicago!
Hooks Book Events dodged two snow storms to breeze in and out of the Windy City this week. The reason? We managed to get Judge Richard Posner and Professor Gary Becker in the same room at the Chicago HQ of the Securities and Exchange Commission. As you know, Posner and Becker have a very famous blog, http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/beckerposner/ and are two cherished dare I say Rock Stars of American public intellectualism. Wearing sensible shoes and big smiles, the Judge and the Professor discussed a variety of topics from full body scans to Trans Fats.. yes they disagree on Trans Fats.. read the blog to find out why! You may also want to check out their jointly authored book based on the blog, Uncommon Sense to read more about topics where they agree and more interestingly where they disagree. It was an honor to be a part of this event. PPH...
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We've had a busy week! Hosting Andy McAfee for four events in two days discussing his new book Enterprise 2.0. Andy coined the phrase and gave us some great insights into the value of networks and connections. Bob Pozen charmed a crowd of 150 at the IMF discussing his treatise on the financial crisis, Too Big to Save. Bob will be back in DC again soon; meanwhile we are meetin...
Read More...HBE in NYC! One Degree Separated from Jon Stewart
Perry and Loretta headed off to NYC last week to visit our friends in the publishing world. With lots of new clients and a new Boston office we were excited to hear about some great new ideas and books for the spring. And while visiting our good friend DeeDee DiBartlo at William Morrow(publicist for Levitt and Dubner's SUPERFREAKONOMICS) we discovered that our HOOKS BOOK EVENTS book bags did actually end up on the DAILY SHOW with Jon Stewart! We had asked Levitt to please display on Jon's desk when he was on the show after our DC event with him. I like that! A man who takes direction well. Jon, look out, we may send you some more. PPHwww.thedailyshow.com...
Read More...December 3-Hooks Book Events Hosts Greg Mortenson-
Hooks Book Events and Politics and Prose were honored to host Greg Mortenson launching his new book, Stones Into Schools at the wonderful Sixth and I Synagogue in DC last week. Greg is truly an inspiration for many people including "Second Lady" Mrs. Biden and Tom Friedman who introduced Greg that evening. Mortenson and his amazing team of locals (including former Taliban fighters)have ventured into Afghanistan to build schools for girls.The book reads like an adventure novel;catch a great review in the New York Times December 10th. Tickets included a copy of the new book and a donation to the Central Asia Institute. www.ikat.org This book is a great holiday gift idea for the readers on your list.(Photo of Mrs. Biden, Greg and Tom Friedman-Bruce Guthrie)...
Read More...Harvard Affirms What We Already Know!
Harvard Business ReviewNOVEMBER 11, 2009Women-Owned Firms Have Huge ImpactU.S. businesses owned by women have an economic impact of $3 trillion annually. That translates into the creation or maintenance of 16% of all jobs in the country, according to the Center for Women's Business Research. If U.S.-based women-owned businesses were their own country, it would have the fifth-largest GDP in the world.Well we could have told you that!Just back from visiting our Boston colleague and had the real pleasure of being a guest lecturer at Emerson College. My good pal from Harvard Business School Press, Michelle Morgan invited me to come in and speak to her students about Hooks Book Events. Three hours later.. I had some new ideas for my business as well as few new booksellers to add to our growing Boston list.Keep shopping with the ladies!...
Read More...Deepak Chopra on ABC News! Check this out
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HappinessInc/deepak-chopra-meditation-improves-health/story?id=8687138#Deepak Chopra is making news again! He is on tour with his new book, ReinventingBody, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New You and Hooks Book Events will be hosting him for his only DC event! Join us at the GW Lisner Auditorium on October 16, 2009 at 7:30 for a talk and booksigning. Tickets on sale now at www.Ticketmaster.com.Hope to see you there....
Read More...Lee Woodruff Was In Town! TweetToRemind
Hooks Book Events great pal, Lee Woodruff was in town to dazzle the Junior League, AARP and folks at the River School last week. We were there to sell books, laugh and help Lee promote her TWEET TO REMIND campaign! Please check it out at www.tweettoremind.org! Lee and Bob are working to collect $1 for each soldier who has been to war or is at war in Iran and Afghanistan. This is easy to do and a worthy cause. Please support this and spread the word! PPH...
Read More...Hooks Book Events Blog Hits!
http://www.kstreetkate.net/2009/10/what-book-got-you-hooked.htmlWith a very busy fall line up.. Deepak Chopra, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Judith Jones, Kati Martin, David Baldacci and more.. Hooks Book Events (www.hooksbookevents.com) is working with the area bloggers to get the word out. Thank you for K Street Kate for the pick up and we invite you all to spread the word and come hear these great writers this month....
Read More...September 29, 2009 Join us with Lee Woodruff
Hooks Book Events will be at the River School on September 29th with good pal, Lee Woodruff. Please plan on joining us and hearing her discuss her latest book, Perfectly Imperfect. Lee is adorable, funny, engaging and whip smart; this will be a great night of fun, food, good conversation and a chance to support the River School in DC.Details:The River School – 7:00 PM4880 MacArthur Blvd, Washington, DC 20007Please contact Bob Jones (bjones@rivershool.net) for tickets or any questions....
Read More...Join Hooks Book Events September 25th!
The Center for Social Value Creation joins the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in hosting a one-day forum on September 25, “Leadership for a Better World: Creating Social Value through Innovation,” at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The forum will feature a series of high-profile thought leaders on the role of business in society and fostering social change through models of innovation. Academics, business leaders, nonprofit executives and policy makers are invited to attend and join in the discussion. Come hear Rosabeth Moss Kantor, Alan Webber and more! http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/betterworld/...
Read More...Hooks Book Events in Publishers Weekly!
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6686608.html?industryid=47144Check out the link and read about Hooks Book Events in a recent issue of Publishers Weekly! The article seemed timed perfectly with the opening of our new Boston Office. We also were able to meet the PW writer, Judith Rosen when were in Boston last week; she biked in (with helmet) to meet us in Cambridge for a celebratory cocktail! We were also pleased to read in the article about all sorts of innovative book sellers out there keeping good books flowing to all sorts of venues. It was particularly rewarding to share ink with our good pal, Kim Ricketts from Seattle. PPH...
Read More...Hooks Book Events Goes to Boston-September 2009
Hooks Book Events has opened in Boston! Bean Town has been on our radar for a while and when former Harvard University Press Publicity Maven, Mary Kate Maco became available, we jumped on the chance to have her run the office there. With so many amazing writers in the area as well as a large corporate sector, we believe Boston is a good fit for our business model. If you are interested in learning more about our Boston operation, please contact Mary Kate at marykate@hooksbookevents.com. Keep watching the site for more updates about our exciting Boston venture. PPH...
Read More...October 21- Meet Judith Jones at Zola Wine and Kitchen
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/restaurants/bestbites/13428.htmlCheck out this blog at the WASHINGTONIAN website about our new Food for Thoughts Series at Zola Wine and Kitchen! Our first event will be October 21,2009 with the amazing Judith Jones; seen here with Julia Child! This is going to be an amazing opportunity to meet Judith, hear about her new book, The Pleasures of Cooking for One, have some wine and yummy hordoerves! What could be better? Tickets now on sale at www.hooksbookevents.com. See you there! PPH...
Read More...NurtureShock to get LOTS OF PRESS!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/nyregion/25bigcity.htmlPo Bronson and Ashley Merryman's new book NURTURESHOCK is already getting some well deserved press. Check out today's NYT article and keep your eyes and ears open to see and hear about this interesting new research in NEWSWEEK, All Things Considered, Good Morning America/Nightline and more. Plus if you are around September 8th in DC, please come by the Avalon Theatre on Connecticut to hear Dan Pink interview both Po and Ashley about their fascinating research on child raising. You don't want to miss this! Visit www.hooksbookevents.com to purchase tickets and to get more information.PPH...
Read More...October 4, 2009 Creativity in Business Conference
Creativity in Business Conference in DC October 4th!I am excited to be attending this groundbreaking conference - the first-of-its-kind in DC! Join pioneering entrepreneurs, innovators and applied-creativity leaders from around the country for a full-day event focused on individual, group & organizational creativity in business. Hooks Book Events friend Dan Pink turned me on to Michelle James and this DC based group. Hooks Book Events is all about discussing new ideas which is why I am attneding to meet an amazing roster of thought leaders and writers who are focused on creativity in the work place. Come hear Dr. Stan Gryskiewicz, author of Positive Turbulence: Developing Climates for Creativity, Innovation and Renewal; Dr. Win Wenger, author of The Einstein Factor and 40 other books; author Mike Bonifer, author of GameChangers: Improvisation for Business in a Networked World; Paul Scheele, author of Natural Brilliance; and many others.Did you realize that creativity is widely considered the new capital of 21st century business? New ideas, new innovations, new systems and new structures depend on ac...
Read More...August, 2009 HBE Heads South for Four Days in 'BAMA!
Just back from a trip to Alabama .. Livingston, Eutaw, Demopolis, Birmingham and Bessemer to be specific! Have been down South researching a distant relative Miss Ruby Pickens Tartt, nationally renowned painter, writer and folklorist who collaborated with the WPA Federal Writers' Project and John Lomax during the Depression. Miss Ruby was a real wonder and has occupied a corner in my mind for some time now; so I thought I better head South to check it out. You can Google her to learn more about her recordings, writings and paintings.. she was ahead of her time and a real inspiration to many while she was alive and even now. She would have been pleased that I took some pals from Birmingham to Bessemer on Saturday night to a bona fide juke joint, Gip's Place where I managed to meet Mr. Gipson (88 years cool - grave digger by day, bluesman by night) in his back yard singing and playing in his tin roofed shack. Music was blaring, bourbon was flowing, fish were frying and dancing was going on! Even good buddy and writer, Diane McWhorter made the scene as she was home in 'Bama working on her next bo...
Read More...IN THE NEWS: Perry Hooks featured on this week's episode of Federal News Radio
FEDERAL NEWS RADIO, July 23, 2009 — Terry Rosen, AFGE labor relations specialist; Perry Hooks, president of Hooks Book Events; and Jeff Goldman, executive director of government programs for Kaiser Permanente attended the recent Excellence in Government Conference, produced by the Government Executive Media Group.On this week’s Federal News Radio broadcast, Rosen discussed flexible working conditions and attracting younger workers to the federal government. Hooks detailed her mission to bring new ideas into the federal government in order to solve the nation’s most pressing issues. Lastly, Goldman will provide tips and strategies for federal employees to lead a more active and healthier lifestyle through proper nutrition and exercise. Listen to the broadcast here....
Read More...IN THE NEWS: Motley Fool.com features Hooks Book Events author Chris Anderson
MOTLEY FOOL.COM, July 17, 2009 — In an article entitled "A New Business Model for the Digital Age," posted today on the "Motley Fool Stock Advisor, reporter Jennifer Schonberger writes:"Since 2002, David and Tom Gardner have returned 32.89% while the S&P 500 returned -8.78%. There is no question that traditional media is in disarray right now. Major news outlets from CBS (NYSE: CBS) to Gannett (NYSE: GCI) to The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) are being forced to transition to a different model because of the underlying economics of their mediums (in most cases, a digital model).""But transitions to digital by media and other types of companies have left many questioning what the magic formula for profits is. At a recent event sponsored by Hooks Books and The Motley Fool, Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine and author of the new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, offered a solution to the conundrum."Click here to read more.
Read More...July 7-HBE Helps Launch FREE with Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson (Wired's Editor-in-Chief) was in town last week to launch his new book FREE:The Future of a Radical Price. HBE was there selling the not so free version of the book at Google DC and at the Motley Fool HQ in Alexandria. As you might have heard or read, the book has stirred some controversy around the use of Wikipedia material and more importantly around the overall premise of the book as seen in Malcolm Gladwell's review in the New Yorker (www.newyorker.com)( HBE highly recommends your checking out Malcolm's review!) As booksellers we like the controversy which we hope will boost sales. Yes, you can download the material on line for "free" but if you get sucked into Chris' "freemium" concept and you want to buy the book, please do so from a good independent store near you. (PPH)...
Read More..."Outcasts United" is featured in The Times London
Kudos to our friend Warren St. John, a New York Times reporter who just released his new book, Outcasts United, the true story of a youth soccer team in rural Georgia that taught residents about the importance of accepting diversity. On June 11, The Times London reviewed Warren's book at gave it raves! Don't miss the great event on June 20, and definitely buy a copy of Warren's book.Don't forget to save the date: Warren will be hosting an amazing event on Saturday, June 20 at DC's famous 9:30 Club from 1-3. Kids are encouraged to come with their parents -- and bring anyone who loves soccer, a great story, and wants to support an important cause: The Fugee Family. Tickets are available here.
Read More...Hooks Book Events at sweetgreen with Bon Appetit's Barbara Fairchild
Wish you’d all been able to join us at sweetgreen on June 5th for the book signing party with Bon Appetit editor and cookbook author Barbara Fairchild. Sweetgreen’s owners and creators Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet and Nathaniel Ru showed their entrepreneurial flair and social networking skills as 80 guests piled in to their restaurant for the two hour event! (Check out some great pics from the evening: sweetgreen.com/blog.)Barbara (pictured here with my daughter, aspiring chef Kailin Otsuki) was besieged by the twenty-somethings who asked her advice on entertaining, purchasing kitchen equipment (“buy the best saucepans you can afford…”), to which are the best cuts of meat. She graciously answered each and every question, and posed for photographs with anyone who asked — including Kailin. Parked out front was the Honest Tea van (Nic’s twin brother is the National Field Marketing Manager for that growing firm), as was the sweetflowmobile – sweetgreen’s new frozen yogu...
Read More...June 20th-Outcast United's Warren St. John in DC!
Check out HBE's long lost cousin, Warren St. John's new book OUTCASTS UNITED and meet him in person June 20th in DC at the 9:30 Club! Bring the whole family to hear music by Chopteeth, see soccer jugglers, meet DC United soccer players, buy books and have a great time. Plus how cool is this.. Ziggy Marley has chosen OUTCASTS UNITED for his summer reading. More info coming on our site. SAVE THE DATE!...
Read More...June 2-Dan Pink Interviews Alan Webber
Friends! Don't forget to join us for breakfast (8AM-10AM) at the Ritz in Tysons Corner, VA to hear Dan Pink interviewing Alan Webber of Fast Company magazine about Alan's new book, Rules of Thumb! Tickets include a book and a delicious breakfast. For more information, visit www.hooksbookevents.com....
Read More...May 28-31 Book Expo New York City!
Hooks Book Events staff is just back from a wonderful trip to New York to the annual Book Expo held this year at the Javits Center in NYC!Imagine football fields back to back with filled books, books and more books. We arrived with our wonderful PR maven, Hope Gibbs of Inkadescent PR www.inkandescentpr.com who joined in the fun and chaos.We brought our new “everyone needs one” book bags with the HBE logo this year. These zippered totes were all the rage with friends like Dan Pink and Jonathan Galassi, who quickly filled them with all the free books vendors were handing out.We are home, feeling exhausted yet re-energzied about our love of the book, and the power of an idea and a good story. The hundreds of folks there from all over the world share this appreciation and we feel confident that regardless of the form these stories may take the concept of the book will live on.Yes, the industry is changing. Yes, just like what we were hearing 10 years ago about the newspaper industry, it is possible that the book publishing world may be following suit.But ...
Read More...Join Us on June 5 for a delicious event at Sweetgreen in Dupont Circle
Mark your calendar for June 5 at 5:30 when Bon Appetit magazine's editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild, who will be signing her new book, Fast Easy Fresh at the fabulously delicious green bistro Sweetgreen (1512 Connecticut Ave., NW).About Sweetgreen: The author is excited to be working with Sweetgreen co-owners Nicolas Jammet, Nathaniel Ru and Jonathan Neman, who opened the original restaurant in historic Georgetown in August 2007 after graduating from Georgetown University the previous May. Last April, the 23-year-old restaurateurs unveiled their second Sweetgreen location at 1512 Connecticut Avenue, NW and later that month opened a third location in Bethesda. Serving up organic cuisine using only sustainable practices from non-processed ingredients, being green for these eco-conscious lads extends into the restaurant's interior design and earth-friendly food containers — including ‘to go’ menus that are embedded with wildflowers for planting in the garden. About the Author:...
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