Think Outside the Cubicle covers the same sorts of ideas in TLBOP, but is far more detailed and thorough. I’d recommend it first, but if you’re hesitant TLBOP can be a way to get your feet wet.

-Scott

Both you’re Think Outside the Cubicle and Little Book of Productivity interest me. I’m about to go into a graduate program, and want to get better about my study habits. Which one would you feel is best for me?

Thanks,

Jessie

PS. At least you only have one troll right now!

I understand your sentiments. While I’ve not read Scott’s book, I think it’s a huge stretch to put forth accusations like “thievery”.

Let’s face it. In the information publishing world, most of the content are used around freely. Take for example, newspapers report very similar news. Can you say they copy from each other?

Read any best-sellers out there? Do you think you can find other books with similar ideas in some way? I’m sure you can find them.

The fact is most all the ideas out there are NOT new. It’s a matter of re-explaining, re-packaging and re-purposing. This is extremely common. And accepted. There is nothing wrong with it.

That’s information publishing for you.

But credit mus the given to the author for:
- organizing the information
- streamlining it

In this information age, you can get everything you want to know for free.

But people still pay for content because it’s already packaged for them
in the way they want it.

Give Scott his due credit. If you don’t want to, just don’t buy the book. It’s as simple as that.

I’m not really threatened my hate mail. It used to bother me, but unless there is some useful criticism in the writings, I just ignore it now. I’m not trying to please everyone.

However, I believe strongly in an open comment policy. I want readers to feel that both their positive comments and negative comments can be expressed to the community, and that this is one of openness and not manipulation.

It’s disappointing when the negative comments from a few misanthropes overwhelm the vast majority of positive comments I receive, but that’s a risk I take.

-Scott

I think it’s great that you have an open comment policy on your blog – I am far less tolerant on my own.

I just find it ridiculous that some people are being so immature. I’ve noticed that this “Brian” guy seems to be chasing you around on forums and posting the same nasty comments about you wherever you go. I really don’t understand it.

I give 99% of my work away for free. Some people take issue with the fact that 1% of it is not free. I’d like to think the majority of my readers are more mature than that, but its an open blog, so there will always be dissenters.

I have a completely open comment policy, so I don’t remove comments that are negative, even if I disagree with their arguments.

As for buying the book, if you think it is interesting, I’d buy it. I have a 100% refund policy, no questions asked. So if you buy it and don’t like it, you’ll get all your money back.

-Scott

The book looks really interesting. I gotta say, though, I’m hesitant to buy it because there’s a LOT of hate being posted in your comments here. What’s the deal?