Simon & Schuster has launched 250words.com, which professes to be a “publisher agnostic” site focused on business books.
Staffed by five folks from with in S&S’s ranks, they report they will deliver daily a short single 250-word single post sharing some business wisdom or inspiration gleaned from a business book.
At launch, the seem to already have dozens of posts written. No doubt there will be no shortage of topics and titles to discuss. It’s amazing how many business books get published every year.
This year book publishers are aggressively going after “verticals” or “niches” or “silos” or “walled gardens”, etc. This is a tactic to answer the way people search and buy books these days. It’s something that has been refined by tor.com (one of my favorites) and narnia.com, plus a few others.
I’m anxious to see what the folks at Simon & Schuster make of 250words.com. They are also on Twitter and Facebook, if you want to check them out there.
If 250words.com doesn’t fit the bill for you, I would recommend you check out:
- 800CEOread – a blog about business books that I really enjoy. It’s certainly one of the most consistent ones out there
- Todd Sattersten – he’s a consultant for writers of business books, but his posts and twitter feed are always on my “to read” list