Top 10 eBooks: What You Read and Listened to in 2009
By Mary Martinez, National Association of REALTORS® Manager Library & Digital Information Repository
Real estate professionals downloaded over 16,000 digital books from the Virtual Library eBooks Collection at Realtor.org in 2009 — and 2010 is off to a record start with 800-plus downloads in less than the first two weeks of January.
Why the surge in digital books interest? Recent enhancements to the digital library include increased lending limits (up to 6 eBooks can be checked out simultaneously — up from 3), integration with Twitter and Facebook, and now mobile access. With Windows Mobile (5 or newer), members of the National Association of REALTORS® can now wirelessly download audiobooks to their Smartphone, Blackberry®, and other web-enabled devices using OverDrive® Media Console for Windows Mobile. Android™ device owners can install a beta version of OverDrive Media Console to download OverDrive MP3 audiobooks.
New to digital books? Simply log onto ebooks.realtor.org with your NRDS number, download the free required software, add titles to your Read more
NAREE Names Best Real Estate Books of the Year
The National Association of Real Estate Editors announced three winners, along with a first-time author award, for top real estate books this year for the 2008 Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Awards. Check out the list of winners and then share with us the best real estate book you’ve read this year.
Attention Real Estate Authors: Book Contest
The National Association of Real Estate Editors is accepting entries for its first Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Awards. Authors of books published in 2007 and 2006 on such real estate topics as home buying, selling, renting, mortgage finance, green building, urban design, architecture, government housing policy, and construction are eligible to apply. Get more information on how to apply at www.NAREE.org. Four winners will be announced, including for a first-time author award. Winners will receive cash prizes from $1,000-$250. Deadline: Sept. 2.
Latest Real Estate Books Take on Different Theme
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey
Books on how to make big money from house-flipping aren’t exactly flying off the bookshelves these days, according to a recent article in The New York Times (A Shift in Real Estate Books, by Joanne Kaufman, June 9, 2008) about how the slowdown in the real estate market is affecting book sales.
Once popular how-to books about reselling hot properties for quick cash are being replaced by how-to books on avoiding foreclosure and rebounding from real estate investing mistakes. Read more
Take Your Reading Digital and Access Free Books
By Mary Martinez, NAR Manager, Library & Information Services
No surprise, real estate sales books consistently rank among the top circulating titles in the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ Virtual Library eBooks Collection, a special library collection just for REALTORS® and association staff.
But, this digital collection offers something for every facet of life. NAR members have free access to 1,000 downloadable books, audio books, and videos on everything from managing a real estate career to learning Japanese … from practicing time management to practicing yoga … from using a digital camera to making real money in Second Life. Read more
Most Popular Books at NAR’s Midyear Meetings
NAR’s annual Midyear meetings are underway in Washington, D.C., and some of the best-selling books flying off the bookshelf at the REALTORS® booth in the Trade Expo include:
- Power Real Estate Letters, by William Pivar and Bradley Pivar
- 2007 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Read more
Upcoming Author Chat With Gary Keller
Best-selling author Gary Keller will be stopping by The Weekly Book Scan to answer your real estate and book questions. Keller is the founder of Keller Williams Realty International, one of the largest real estate companies in North America. Read more
Top 10 Best-Selling Sales & Marketing Books (6/18/07)
Here are today’s top selling sales and marketing books on Amazon.com:
1. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, By Malcolm Gladwell
2. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, By Robert B. Cialdini
3. Little Green Book of Getting Your Way: How to Speak, Write, Present, Persuade, Influence, and Sell Your Point of View to Others, By Jeffrey Gitomer
4. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant, By W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
5. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, By Chris Anderson
6. Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness, By Jeffrey Gitomer
7. Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude: How to Find, Build and Keep a YES! Attitude for a Lifetime of SUCCESS, By Jeffrey Gitomer
8. The Wisdom of Crowds, By James Surowiecki
9. Little Red Book of Sales Answers: 99.5 Real World Answers That Make Sense, Make Sales, and Make Money, By Jeffrey Gitomer
10. Writer’s Market 2007, By Robert Lee Brewer
