Peter Shankman » Books http://shankman.com CEO. Angel Investor. Entrepreneur. Adventurist. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:29:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 How to have a good Monday: Get recommended. http://shankman.com/how-to-have-a-good-monday-get-recommended/ http://shankman.com/how-to-have-a-good-monday-get-recommended/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:32:40 +0000 Peter Shankman http://shankman.com/how-to-have-a-good-monday-get-recommended/ Among other ways, one of the easiest ways to have a good Monday is to find that you’re being recommended as essential reading. Chris Brogan posted about how he twittered about what was hot in reading material – and someone suggested my book.

Gotta tell you… That really excites me. In a "I’m totally giggling and giddy" type of way.

Hee.

]]> http://shankman.com/how-to-have-a-good-monday-get-recommended/feed/ 1 Filed under “Are You Freaking Kidding Me?” http://shankman.com/filed-under-are-you-freaking-kidding-me/ http://shankman.com/filed-under-are-you-freaking-kidding-me/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:25:49 +0000 Peter Shankman http://shankman.com/filed-under-are-you-freaking-kidding-me/ From Bloomberg:

"Kid Counselors Wait By Phone In Case Harry Dies."

July 20 (Bloomberg) — A U.K. children’s charity has brought in extra staff to man its phone lines in expectation of a deluge of calls from distraught youngsters if Harry Potter dies.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s series of adventures about the boy wizard and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, goes on sale tomorrow.

“For many children, Harry Potter and his friends have become a major part of their childhood,” said Kate Trench, a spokeswoman for ChildLine, based in London, which provides telephone support services for children. “Excitement could give way to sadness for those caught up in the huge build-up to the seventh and final book.”

Seriously. Give me a break. What about mom and dad to say things like "IT’S A BOOK. IT’S FICTION."

If I see someone crying over this like people did when they took Wings off the air, I’m gonna smack them.

]]> http://shankman.com/filed-under-are-you-freaking-kidding-me/feed/ 5 My day… http://shankman.com/my-day/ http://shankman.com/my-day/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:06:39 +0000 Peter Shankman http://shankman.com/my-day/ Bookbn Walking into Barnes and Noble, found my book. Told the following seven people who walked down the "Marketing" aisle that it was mine, and they really should buy it.

Until Security asked me to leave.

Hee.

]]> http://shankman.com/my-day/feed/ 5 An announcement sure to please my parents http://shankman.com/an-announcement-sure-to-please-my-parents/ http://shankman.com/an-announcement-sure-to-please-my-parents/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:30:01 +0000 Peter Shankman http://shankman.com/an-announcement-sure-to-please-my-parents/ Apart from fulfilling their dream and telling them "I’m engaged,"(Sorry, not yet…) I would assume that this has to be an announcement that makes mom and dad happy:

Their son is a published author.

Go me.

Now please help me improve my Amazon rank from the 400,000′s into something a little bit better. :)

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"The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on." -Joseph Heller

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