About Business Book Summaries

Business Book Summaries® (BBS) promotes the best business books available today to executives & managers in the corporate world. Following a rigorous selection process, expertly-written summaries are created for the top business books published each year in the U.S. The BBS library currently offers coverage of more than 700 leading business books from the past 20 years, with new summaries added weekly.

With BBS, authors and publishers are able to promote their books—free of charge—through this renowned resource used by corporations and business leaders across the globe. We invite authors/publishers to become a BBS partner and gain the recognition and enhanced value that their business book deserves as its key concepts are viewed by thousands of executives daily.

Key Benefits to Partnering with Business Book SummariesThe latest and most-relevant business thought is found in business books; however, there are so many titles to choose from, and time-starved executives often find it difficult to identify which books are quality titles that will address the educational needs within their corporations. BBS’s concise summaries present the author’s most salient points to these busy professionals — enabling them to quickly identify the key concepts of a title and determine which business books will best augment their leadership development programs, close competency gaps and improve the overall business acumen of their managers, directors and executives. Ensure that your book is a go-to publication for leaders of industry by being included in the prominent BBS list of top business books.

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Advantages for Business Book Summaries Partners:

n BBS helps to raise an author’s profile by disseminating the book’s key concepts to more people in their target audience

n Inclusion on BBS’s renowned top-business book list increases an author’s distinction as a recognized thought leader in the corporate world

n Higher visibility and author recognition can lead to increased sales of the book in the corporate market

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Sample page of a Business Book Summaries Comprehensive Summary

For Each Book, Business Book Summaries Provides:

n An overview of the book’s contents n The Key Concepts found in the book n Tips for optimizing the use of the book as a

professional development resource n A focus on the author’s learning objectives n A “buy now” link to purchase the book

Audio Summaries – BBS now offers users an opportunity to listen to an audio version of the full summary for a growing number of top business books, available for listening and download in MP3 audio format.

100-word Introduction

300-word Brief Summary

4,500-word Comprehensive Summary featuring:

— Detailed synopsis of main themes— Analysis of key concepts— Complete Readers’ Guide including a Table

of Contents, determined reading time and suggestions for optimizing the value of the book

— Author biographies and links to author websites— Links to publisher and book purchasing websites

Subject Areas CoveredSummaries are grouped according to relevant subject areas addressing all aspects of business skills development:

n Business Biographies

n Business Strategy

n Customer Satisfaction

n Diversity

n Economics

n Entrepreneurship

n Finance

n Global Business

n Human Resources

n Innovation

n IT/Internet

n Leadership

n Major Works

n Management

n Marketing

n Personal Growth

n Productivity

n Social Responsibility