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Romanian Rights to Dumbest Moments in Business Snapped Up

So, please, no more requests for these.

Penguin Portfolio Prepares Dumbest Paperback Edition

With most of the working world still feeling pinched in the disposible income, the paperback edition of Dumbest Moments in Business History is being prepared for early 2005. Adam Horowitz of Business 2.0 assures potential readers of the new edition, "Yes, plenty of dumb things have happened in 2004--and I'm not just talking about Abu Ghraib." Is a Dumbest Moments in International Relations just around the corner?

USA Today Admires Dumbest Index

Lyn Millner of USA Today notes that The Dumbest Moments in Business History "often crosses the line of good taste," but singles out the index for its presumably tasteful humor. "Brevity is magic," she muses. Wise words.

The Wall Street Journal Weighs In

A "humorous compendium of bone-headed misjudgments," writes Daniel Akst about The Dumbest Moments in Business History in today's Wall Street Journal. Akst adds, thoughtfully, "Maybe if more people knew the history of business errors, there would be fewer of them." Perhaps so, Dan.

The Dumbest Moments in Business History Now on Sale

The Dumbest Moments in Business History, by Adam Horowitz and the Editors of Business 2.0 - Mark Athitakis and Mark Lasswell chief among them, produced by Eye Candy Books and published by Penguin's Portfolio imprint, officially hits the bookstores today. I feel for the huddled masses of business readers waiting for the doors of their local bookseller to open in this frigid weather. But soon they will be warmed by the wry insights piled high within the attractive covers of the book. Yes, soon. Very, very soon.

The New York Times Hints at Timeliness of Dumbest Moments

The New York Times' Off the Shelf columnist Paul B. Brown notes today that "this seems the perfect time to remind people of all the things that can go wrong in business" - and subtly suggests that The Dumbest Moments in Business History is the book to do it.

The Boston Globe Raves

"A book whose time has come," writes Tom Ehrenfeld, a man who is not on the payroll here, about The Dumbest Moments in Business History. Adam Horowitz, who is on the payroll, comments, "I couldn't have written a better review myself."

UK Edition of Dumbest Moments

Nicholas Brealey Books, publisher of funny books on business, among other things, snapped up the UK rights for Dumbest Moments in Business History today. Can't slip one by ol' Nick B.