Bestselling author and creator of new publishing venture "The Domino
Project," Seth Godin, and Amazon announce their inaugural book
"Poke the Box" to be published in English worldwide as print, audio
and Kindle editions
SEATTLE, Feb 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
In December, international-bestselling author Seth Godin and Amazon
(NASDAQ: AMZN) announced a new publishing imprint, The Domino
Project--the first to use Amazon's new "Powered by Amazon" publishing
program. Now Godin and Amazon are unveiling the first book--written by
Godin--from The Domino Project, "Poke the Box," which will be published
worldwide on March 1.
"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to break ground and help define
what publishing can become," said Godin. "We all know that ideas that
spread win, and this publishing house will enable my colleagues and I to
create, write and spread ideas that matter. A book that isn't read
doesn't do anyone any good, and too often, the book publishing industry
gets in the way of books reaching people who can benefit from them.
Amazon knows what to do to help these books get read."
"We love the idea that The Domino Project's first book is about the
power of initiative and change," said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President
of Kindle Content. "We think it's the kind of book you'll want to share
with your co-workers, family, or clients."
"Poke the Box" is about producing something that's scarce, and thus
valuable: initiative. It demands that you stop waiting for a road map
and start drawing one instead. It's a call to action - in your job or in
your life - to leap, commit, make something happen. Godin knows that the
scarcest resource in most organizations (and most careers) is the spark
provided by an initiator - the person with the guts to say, "I want to
start stuff." In Godin's words: "Life is a buzzer box. Poke it."
Because "The Domino Project" is focused on spreading ideas that can
change things for the better, readers will be able to buy 5-packs and
52-packs of the print book at a discounted price to share with friends
and colleagues. "Poke the Box" will also be available in a limited
deluxe edition which will include the book with a letterpress jacket, a
specially designed signature plate signed by Godin, and a letterpress
poster. "Poke the Box" is available for sale in print edition via
Amazon.com and as an audiobook via Amazon.com and Audible.com, at
bookstores nationwide and as an e-book exclusively in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore).
Godin will guest blog on Amazon's Omnivoracious and Kindle blogs on Big
Ideas You Can Read About. Readers can also sign up for free content and
updates about "Poke the Box" and upcoming idea manifestos at www.TheDominoProject.com.
Included with the updates will be announcements of free Kindle books and
updates about other exclusive.
Like all Kindle books, "Poke the Box" is "Buy Once, Read
Everywhere"--Kindle customers can purchase it and read it on the $139
third-generation Kindle device with new high-contrast Pearl e-Ink, on
iPads, iPod touches, iPhones, Macs, PCs, BlackBerrys, Windows Phones and
Android-based devices. Amazon's Whispersync technology syncs your place
across devices, so you can pick up where you left off. With Kindle
Worry-Free Archive, books you purchase from the Kindle Store are
automatically backed up online in your Kindle library on Amazon, where
they can be re-downloaded wirelessly for free, anytime. Powered by
Amazon is a brand for titles published by Amazon Content Services LLC.
About Seth Godin
Seth Godin has written 12 books - all bestsellers - that have been
translated into more than 30 languages. He has long been a provocative
proponent of changing the way books are created and marketed. Godin
writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread,
marketing, quitting, leadership and changing everything. American Way
Magazine calls him, "America's Greatest Marketer," and his blog is among
the most popular in the world written by a single individual. An
entrepreneur since the age of 16, he founded Yoyodyne, his first
internet company, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 1998. It pioneered the
use of ethical direct mail online, something Seth calls Permission
Marketing. He was VP of Direct Marketing at Yahoo! for a year. His
latest company, Squidoo.com, is ranked among the top 90 sites in the
U.S. (by traffic) by Quantcast. It allows anyone to build a page about
any topic you're passionate about. The site raises money for charity and
pays royalties to its million plus members.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G and Kindle DX are the revolutionary
portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers,
blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink
display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX
utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so
users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1
bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
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