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223. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The Last Lecture
125. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
Many people have heard this story - Professor Randy Pausch was scheduled to give his "Last Lecture" at his university, and before the time came he found out he was dying of pancreatic cancer. He used the lecture and this book to talk about how he lived his ...
Just finished The Last Lecture . Despite its subject matter, an easy, even enjoyable, read that provides a great deal to think about. Continuing on the "better life" theme, I've now started The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches us All by Azim Jamal.
Just finished The Last Lecture , and it gave me a lot to think about. Now I'm moving on to The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches us All by Azim Jamal. I'm trying to make a good dent in my Spirituality category. I'm at 63 books read, and I have to admit I'm beginning to wonder if I' ...
OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
After a fascinating perusal through Sandydog1's library, I choose The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.... I keep meaning to pick up a copy!
... to do some reading...priorities change with Sept...School starts (I'm a teacher and a full time Dad).
But I've completed The Last Lecture ...sad but inspiring,
The Secret...Very uplifting and inspirational in it's presentation and packaging, but this information is nothing new....the ...
The Last Lecture
I finished The Last Lecture via audio mode. It was pretty much what I expected...I enjoyed it. It didn't teach me anything that I wasn't aware of already, but the true nature of the story does give your life a positive nudge in prioritizing what's really important.
Stories in Stone was a ...
Well, bell, I loved The Help, Housekeeping vs. Dirt and the Maus books too, and the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch was inspiring as well as a real tear-jerker. Don't think I have to read his book though--does it include more than his lecture? Labor Day sounds like a good book for me--love ...
... about books, reading, or writing - The Pleasure of Reading and Housekeeping vs. The Dirt TIED
4. Other nonfiction - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
5. Audiobooks - Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
6. Graphic novels (not including manga) - Maus by Art Spiegelman
7. Ra ...
... Ford
6. The Pleasure of Reading edited by Antonia Frasier
7. Housekeeping vs. The Dirt by Nick Hornby
8. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
I haven't read The Last Lecture , but I have read Poison Parsley.
I haven't read Sovay but I have read The Last Lecture .
... for dropping by. I do enjoy fiction, but I have always gravitated to nonfiction, and in particular history. Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture is a touching book, and I recommend that you watch the video of the actual lecture (available on the internet) if you haven't already.
I'm working on The Last Lecture now. I also like non-fiction, I have to force myself to read ficiton. You have a very interesting list.
... Factory by Roald Dahl
61. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
62. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
63. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
64. The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches us All by Azim Jamal and Harvey McKinnon
65. The Comfort of Strangers ...
... gut
22. We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick K. O'Donnell
April
23. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
24. The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart
25. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation by S ...
... James
45. Wasted: A memoir of anorexia and bulimia - Marya Hornabacher
46. The Third Jesus - Deepak Chopra
47. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
48. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
49. Finding Peace - Dr. Charles Stanley
September
50. The Year of Living Bi ...
... A Fatal Grace, The Shadow Thieves, Delete All Suspects - own, Cooking Up Murder - own, Death of a Squire, The Last Lecture , The Sleeping Car Murders, Better Off Dead
... a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
23. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris
24. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
000's:
004 The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
016 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, edited by Peter Boxall
028 The Pleasure of Reading, edited by Antonia Fraser (and a few others)
#24. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch 4.5 stars
This was an excellent book and what I consider a must read! Sad, but some great learnings. I played the audio version for my whole family on a long drive and they all enjoyed it.
#25. Commanche Moon by Larry McMurtry 4 stars
Book 2 of ...
... and Leah - Orson Scott Card
9.Things I've Been Silent About - Azir Nafisi
10.Enchantment - Orson Scott Card
11.The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
March
1.The Christmas Sweater - Glenn Beck
2.The Ten Year Nap - Meg Wolitzer
3.Infidel- Ayan Hirsi Ali
4.The Do ...
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
... house *cough * for me yesterday, and Mags made me a stack of pancakes and put a candle on them. Ever since reading The Last Lecture , I've loosened up a little about some things... Particularly about making pancakes. I used to stress about them being perfect and round, but in Lecture, ...
Finished The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, and I was greatly inspired. He lived life up to the very end, and chose to be optimistic. He was given a diagnosis of four good months to live and he asked himself, "What legacy am I leaving behind?" He left his wife and three small children an ...
Finished The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, and I was greatly inspired. He lived life up to the very end, and chose to be optimistic. He was given a diagnosis of four good months to live and he asked himself, "What legacy am I leaving behind?" He left his wife and three small children an ...
... AFTER I read a book to see if it thinks I'll like it ;-) So I'm not prejudiced for or against it.
I'm about 1/2 through The Last Lecture , too. I could just finish it and go... it's a short book... but I'm trying to savor it more. I love the concept in it that "Brick walls are there for a ...
... AFTER I read a book to see if it thinks I'll like it ;-) So I'm not prejudiced for or against it.
I'm about 1/2 through The Last Lecture , too. I could just finish it and go... it's a short book... but I'm trying to savor it more. I love the concept in it that "Brick walls are there for a ...
I'm about halfway through The 19th Wife, a really interesting and compelling book, and also halfway through The Last Lecture , an inspiring book recommended by my mom. I'm really enjoying both.
I just started Water for Elephants yesterday, but I've not read enough of it to really know if I ...
... and Jacobs been put in time-out by Nurse Rosemary. So, just a few pages in.
I'm about 1/2 through The 19th Wife and The Last Lecture , too.
... had to set Of Bees and Mist aside so I could read 19th Wife, and I can't wait to get back into it. And I picked up The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch from the library on the reco of my mom.
Still in the same spot in The Sandman : Preludes and Nocturnes and I haven't touched From the ...
... had to set Of Bees and Mist aside so I could read 19th Wife, and I can't wait to get back into it. And I picked up The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch from the library on the reco of my mom.
Still in the same spot in The Sandman : Preludes and Nocturnes and I haven't touched From the ...
... Tour, my stop being June 19th. This, too, is a book you just can't put down, and it appeals to my voyeuristic nature.
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch ~ My mom reco'd this to me as her latest great read. It's a profound question to answer, "If you knew you were dying and had an ...
... are not as important as I thought. My best friend has given me 2 books that I "absolutely must read." So I've finished The Last Lecture and am about to start Franny and Zooey.
26. The Last Lecture
Great. Now I'm crying. I guess I'll go to work tomorrow with puffy eyes.
That sounds more callous than I intended it to be. The book is wonderful. And sad, inspirational.
28. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
A friend gave this to me as part of my Christmas gift last year; a poignant, moving read.
... was the biographical style. I think the plots smartly arranged by the author.
My latest read in these few months:
4. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
5. The Power of Creative Intelligence by Tony Buzan
6. Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
7. White Tiger by Aravind ...
... turned poor, but serene, barista. Read it if you love Starbucks. If you want some wet-eyed inspiration, I'd suggest The Last Lecture instead.
... by Abraham Verghese
This is not Civilization by Robert Rosenberg
Maps of Time by David Christian
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
... finish The ABC Murders (but I enjoyed watching it on TV). My wife's review of this book intrigued me so I gave it a try.
The Last Lecture Randy Pausch
Read this a second time through when my father was dying in the hospital. It helped me make it through a rough time. I need to remember this ...
... brother and I to stay home alone and watch what I felt was a very grown up show.
I just read that Rancy Pausch of the Last Lecture fame, has a cameo as a crewmember on the USS Kelvin. How cool for him! Something else to watch for on my second time around.
23. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
24. Who Were the Celts? by Kevin Duffy
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#15 The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Book club read. Waste of time for me, but hugely popular according to other reviewers. Picture is linked to my review.
... Grand Central (11/2008) (633,607)
15 The Gate House. Nelson DeMille. Grand Central (10/2008) 606,845
Nonfiction
1 The Last Lecture . Randy Pausch. Hyperion (4/08) 4,388,137
2 The Purpose of Christmas. Rick Warren. Howard (11/08) #1,290,000
3 You: Being Beautiful. Michael ...
... gut
22. We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick K. O'Donnell
April
23. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
24. The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart
25. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation by S ...
Recently, I read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, and in Chapter 15, he wrote...
Once, about a dozen years ago, when Chris was seven years old and Laura was nine, I picked them up in my brand-new Volkswagen Cabrio convertible. "Be careful in Uncle Randy’s new car," my sister told them. "W ...
Book 23
The Last Lecture by Randy PauschOn September 18, 2007, Carnegie Mellon professor and alumnus Randy Pausch delivered a one-of-a-kind last lecture that made the world stop and pay attention. It became an Internet sensation viewed by millions, an ...
... Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart
- An important read next to "Imperial Life", and very well written
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- Wow! Not the sort of book I usually read, but a moving legacy to his children
32. The Last Lecture ... by Randy Pausch
An interesting memoir from a professor of computer science who died of pancreatic cancer. He had some very sensible ideas about living, and his students were lucky to have had him.
... n
The Pleasure of Reading edited by Antonia Fraser
Housekeeping vs. the Dirt by Nick Hornby
Maus by Art Spiegelman
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Well, I didn't end up finishing anything new, just revisited my choices after reviewing my reads so far this year.
Welcome. The Last Lecture was such a good book.
I finished The Naming by Allison Croggon. I have also read Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw and The Last Lecture . I have just started Size 14 is not fat either. I am on a roll.
17. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
Read: February 6, 2009
Synopsis: Carnegie Mellon computer science professor, Randy Pausch is asked to give a "Last Lecture." When he agrees, he does not realize that this will be literal - he is dying of pancreatic cancer. He titled his lecture "Really ...
... --
1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Shack by W.P. Young
3. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
4. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
5. Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
6. Castle Roogna by Piers Anthony
7. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die ed. by Pe ...
For the upcoming book discussion at my local library, I just finished reading Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture .
From Sandydog1's library, I choose The Last Lecture . It's been on my to-read list for a while now.
... à plat : l'auteur refuse de se mouiller et de prendre de parti... maigre mais l'intrigue est au moins bien menée.
6. The Last Lecture de Randy Pausch
Derniers mots d'un professeur en informatique qui meurt du cancer. C'est un livre qu'il dédicace aux rêves d'enfance, à leur réalisat ...
... next read God is not great will offer more food for thought (I was hoping one would offset the other).
I'm also reading The Last Lecture , Randy Pausch's testimony about fighting cancer, making your dreams comes true and helping others succeed in theirs.
Hmm, sound like a search for the ...
... advice to all creation by Olivia Judson read (Mar 16th)
6.Eat,Pray,Love by Elizabeth Gilbert read (May 12th)
7.The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch read (June 8th)
8.Ritari Siniparta:Gilles de Rais'n tarina by Hannele Klemettilä read (Sep 15th)
9.Norsuilla etuajo-oikeus ...
3. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Category 4, General Nonfiction
When college professor Randy Pausch learned that he had only months to live, he decided to live life to the fullest. He and his family moved so his wife could be close to family when he died; he made memories with his children. ...
Finished The Last Lecture in an afternoon. Now I'm reading Castle Roogna in my attempt to read the Xanth series, or reread, as the case may be for individual books (this one's a reread).
4. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
999 Challenge Category 4 (Nonfiction), Book 1
When college professor Randy Pausch learned that he had only months to live, he decided to live life to the fullest. He and his family moved so his wife could be close to family when he died; he made memories ...
... my 999 Challenge categories. 5 stars.
Currently reading - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die and (soon to start) The Last Lecture
Currently listening to - Anne's House of Dreams
I've finished rereading The Tempest for a book discussion in a few days, and plan on starting The Last Lecture next.
... with Asperger's - John Elder Robison 288 pages
February:
16. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer 563 pages
17. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch 206 pages
18. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer 421 pages
19. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer 421 pages
20. Life ...
... Little Women
The Dark Frigate
Shen of The Sea: Chinese Stories for Children
The Trumpeter of Krakow
Non-fiction
The Last Lecture - very good, read for my local bookclub group
The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive ...
I'm reading Survivor: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk. I just finished reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch....not as good as I had hoped, but it was a quick read.
Non-Fiction
1. The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford - 01/02/09 (4 stars)
2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch - 01/02/09 (3.5 stars)
3. The Sushi Economy by Sasha Issenberg - 01/19/09 - 03/30/09 (3 stars)
4. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable O ...
... gut
22. We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick K. O'Donnell
April
23. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
24. The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart
25. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation by S ...
... the challenge until 1/1/09. So, since leaving for vacation on 12/20 (golfing in Tucson, AZ), I've read The Long Firm, The Last Lecture and Dark Matter by Greg Iles. I just started The Book Thief. The only other book I have that is not a 999 Challenge Book is The Winner. So, hopefully ...
Category 6: Spirituality COMPLETED
1. The Last Lecture *October 17
2. Mommy Grace by Sheila Schuller Coleman *June 13
3. Spontaneous Recognition Discussions with Swami Shambhavananda ...
Religious Literacy
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Last Lecture
Outliers
Hot, Flat and Crowded
And for fiction,
The Plague
A Confederacy of Dunces
Vanity Fair
The Master and Margarita
War and Peace
V. General Non-Fiction
1. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser *
2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch*
...
4. Red China Blues de Jan Wong
5. What is Modernity? de Takeuchi Yoshimi
6. Three Cups of Tea de Greg Mortenson
7. The Last Lecture de Randy Pausch
8. Pompéi de Robert Harris
9. La Concubine de Anchee Min
... nnocence,
Mrs. Dalloway,
The Complete Persepolis,
Fables: Legends in Exile and
V for Vendetta.
And I received The Last Lecture , which I'll read (and cry over) before the new year.
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Shadowlands by Brian Sibley
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Kes or A Kestrel for a knave by Barry Hines
The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
Double Vision by Pat Barker
The ...
Finished The Lecture by Randy Paush recently - I would not recommend that.
I did like The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer.
I also liked Goldengrove by Francine Prose. This is the story of a young teenager who suffers the death of her older sister and the subsequent course of grief she and ...
204. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow - loaner
I don't read many inspirational books, but I quite enjoyed this one. Pausch truly is an inspiring man.
Full review here .
Just about finished a couple of freebies from The Divine Miss: Breaking Dawn in that hugely successful vampire series and The Last Lecture , the latest in the Tuesdays with Morrie genre. BTW, does anyone have a name for this genre?
Neither one would ever get my book-buying money, but their ...
I'm almost through The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. After this, I think I'll be reading Anatomy of Keys by Steven Price.
... - Booth Tarkington (348)
182. Bottlemania - Elizabeth Royte (248)
183. The New Yorkers - Cathleen Schine (290)
184. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch (206)
185. The Declaration - Gemma Malley (300)
186. Gang Leader for a Day - Sudhir Venkatesh (302)
187. Remainder - Tom McCarthy (3 ...
... directed more at the reporting tools we use. MARC records nicely break subject tracings in useful components. For instance, The Last Lecture includes the subject "Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography" which is coded as "$a Cancer $x Patients $z United States $v Biography." For this ...
28. The Last Lecture . You can burn through this book in an evening. After reading it I spent an hour on-line watching his lecture. I'm not a fan of maudlin memoirs but this book was very moving and inspirational.
... Perfect by Jodi Picoult
Assigned Category: (6) Favourite Authors (4/8)
Could have been categoried as: --
39. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Assigned Category: Non-fiction (5/8)
Could have been categoried as: --
I may just be able to squeeze another one in before the end ...
Other nonfiction:
1.The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
2. Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi
3. Levels of the Game by John McPhee
4. The Cross by Arthur Blessitt
5. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tr ...
17. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (320 pp)
18. The Last Lecture by Randy Pauch (224 pp)
19. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (224 pp)
20. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (240 pp)
21. Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey (352 pp)
I'm About half-wa ...
... fiction, sea battles)
26. Watchmen by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons (Graphic Novel) Library
27. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (nonfiction, cancer, memoir, philosophy)
28. The BFG by Roald Dahl (Juv, Giants, adventure)
29. Any Given Doomsday ...
>18: I really like it so far, his attitude is amazing. I'm kind of coming late to the Last Lecture party, I didn't know about it until after he died. I haven't seen any interviews with him or the actual lecture itself. I plan to watch it after I finish the book.
>6: mcelhra, how are you enjoying The Last Lecture ? Did you watch his interview on Oprah? I was really inspired by his life practices after his diagnosis. I kept hoping that he might beat the cancer by some miracle.
Am still reading Wild Rose, and starting to really enjoy it. I wonder why ...
I'm reading The Last Lecture for my book club that meets in a couple of weeks.
154. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
155. Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
156. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
... some that do “count” here :)
What Now? by Ann Patchett (****) -- part memoir, part commencement speech
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (****) -- inspirational memoir
Journal of a Novel by John Steinbeck (****) -- Steinbeck’s daily letters to his editor over the ...
... yesterday, and I loved it. The other books that I've read this summer and were fantastic are Water for Elephants and The Last Lecture. Right now I'm working my way through Witness to Hope: the Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel. I'll be reading that one for a while (it's ...
30. The Last Lecture , Randy Pausch (Audiobook)
I have not seen Pausch's The Last Lecture video filmed at Carnegie Mellon University. I am sorry that, at age 47, he passed away from liver cancer, leaving behind his wife and three tiny children.
That said, I found the book an amalgam ...
Lake in the Woods by Tim O'Brien
America, America by Ethan Canin
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Light in August by William Faulkner
On Monday I read and finished The Last Lecture by Professor Randy Pausch.
Next up is While They Were Sleeping: An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family by Kathryn Harrison. This will be the first nonfiction piece of hers that I will read that does not deal with her life so I ...
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Regarding The Last Lecture : Yes I know Professor Randy Pausch died on Friday morning. I read his book in practically one sitting yesterday. What an incredible man. For everyone interested, Primetime ABC with Diane Sawyer is running a special on him tonight at 10pm eastern ...
>96 et al
I've also finally picked up The Last Lecture and am enjoying it. When finished, I'll watch the lecture ... like reading the book before seeing the movie :)
Have just finished The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (during one of my free periods in school). The clear simple diction is appealing and most appropriate in the context of the Professor facing death. Heartwarming and full of useful tips to transform your life.
... I can put my finger on what was missing, but this just didn't seem up to Carr's standards--it was just a bit simple.
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Strangely enough, I finished reading this the day before Pausch passed away. It's a powerful book, however quickly it goes by. I'd ...
Just finished The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. What an inspiring, heartfelt, thoughtful and heartbreaking read. I cried my way through it and laughed in some parts too. Highly recommended for everyone!
Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch who gave his Last Lecture and managed to live long enough to see it published, died Friday, July 25 at the age of 47 from pancreatic cancer.
#3 - I saw a report about him on the news a few months ago, and, as a result bought his book The Last Lecture for my husband and myself. Plus I watched most of his last lecture on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
In fact he's the reason I asked: "Are you Tigger or Eeyore?" ...
Randy Pausch author of The Last Lecture has died.
See
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_en_ot/obit_pausch
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/memoriam-randy-pausch-innovative-computer/story.aspx?guid=%7BA01E624E-ED45-4C4E-92F3-E59B7C5CC159%7D&dist=hppr
The video:
http://www.yo ...
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I finished reading The Last Lecture the other day and there was a section entitled "Make a Decision: Tigger or Eeyore." I was amused at the idea that you had to be either one or the other. LOL I think I lean more towards Tigger, but I certainly have my share of Eeyore moments.
Which way do ...
I'm reading The Last Lecture . It's not maudlin at all. Quite funny and sweet, actually...
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Back to the original post.
I see The Last Lecture is still in the #1 slot after 7 weeks on the list, so I guess in this case it didn't hurt too much. The publisher rushed to print more copies very quickly.
Clam,
I just finally got my The Last Lecture too. Am about 1/3 of the way through it. It's good but very sad to think of the circumstances behind it.
... of days I've gotten: The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong and The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch... finally .
Anyway, looks like The Last Lecture has managed to keep the #1 slot, just because everyone is ordering it online.
Just in case anyone was interested. ;o)
Given the original post on this thread with regard to The Last Lecture , I thought these opening paragraphs from a press release out of Amazon might be interesting to readers of this thread:
The extraordinary national best seller "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow has ...
Just thought I'd point out for anyone interested that Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture is still very much available in Australia. You could try ordering it from Australian bookshops if you want it now and don't mind paying the shipping costs. I have 3 copies sitting right in front of me here at ...
The Last Lecture can also be followed in Amazon's Best Of The Month feature. Right now, it's #1 overall and #1 in the West, Midwest, South and East.
I've plugged this book before on the book industry and it remains one of my favorites that shows the inefficent nature of the industry. So Many ...
... but it's hard to see them printing and distributing 800,000 copies in a couple of weeks which is what is happening with The Last Lecture .
The question in the OP is about sales momentum. I've seen books fall drastically on the Amazon sales rank charts when the print runs are sold out. Some ...
I didn't buy The Last Lecture because it's already SOLD OUT!
}:o(
Even if I order it online it will probably be 2-4 weeks before it gets shipped.
... will want in print vs. knowing what are they will be content to watch on YouTube for free.
Clam's experience with The Last Lecture is a prime example of a publisher trying to assign a dollar value/risk ratio to something that is essentially a crap shoot rather than a science. How many ...
... short of a phenomenon like Potter, is hurt by not being available for consumers. The more faddish something is, such as The Last Lecture , the more it is hurt.
Simply put, if your product is not on the shelves, you lose all 'impulse' sales that exist because the product is freshly in the ...
I went online to order The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch only to find that it is already sold out, less than a week after its release date! First printing was 400,000 copies. Someone at the publisher did a lousy job estimating the popularity of this book.
I recall this happening with Tolk ...
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