Category Archives: Book reviews

Building Successful Business Models

 Many books about business models are written to cover all types of businesses and [...]

01
Sep
Two-panel infographic: AI robot at a laptop sends personalized outreach messages while a user at another laptop is overwhelmed by spam in a 'SPAM' bin and a cluttered inbox.
When AI Prospecting Becomes Spam

 A year ago, this message might have impressed me. It refers to one of [...]

11
Aug
Customer reviews: 4 of 5 stars from 30 ratings; 5★ 50%, 4★ 24%, 3★ 15%, 2★ 7%, 1★ 4%.
Why Four Stars May Be the Perfect Rating for Tumult in Mecca

I am pleased with four out of five. It tells me the book has found [...]

14
Jul
Amazon Best Sellers page showing a 6-book grid for 20th Century Historical Fiction (top six).
The Dollar Compass: How the Book Performed in Its First Week

The Dollar Compass has found its first readers. They have placed it on Amazon bestseller [...]

30
Jun
Promotional image for a geopolitical thriller book: 'The Dollar Compass' by Hans Peter Bech, with US and Soviet flags on the cover. Free for Kindle.
The Dollar Compass is free for Kindle until 26 June

The first 5-star reviews from the United Kingdom are very encouraging. One reader calls The [...]

22
Jun
Man in a gray coat reads The New York Times on a busy sidewalk; headline: Reagan and Gorbachev to meet in Geneva.
A Geopolitical Opportunity: Selling Supercomputers Behind the Iron Curtain

Without guardrails, systems become corrupt. It is a rule almost as predictable as the law [...]

18
Jun
Collage of a global supply chain operation: executives at a conference table reviewing charts, construction sites with cranes, factory workers on the floor, cargo ships and a world map with network lines and arrows
When Danish Technology Wanted to Conquer the World

In the late 1980s, there was still something almost heroic about the idea of Danish [...]

09
Jun
A man writes at a cluttered desk, ideas swirling into a mural of scenes around him as a woman watches nearby in a cozy library.
The Necessary Tyranny of Categories

Reality mixes genres without asking permission. It can be as suspenseful as a thriller, as [...]

29
May
Split image: left side shows a man at a desk examining charts and a book titled 'Building Successful Partner Channels'; right side shows a woman reading 'Tumult in Mecca' at a dimly lit desk with a tablet and mug nearby.
Novels Are Sold on the Author’s Name

 While business books sell on the title When I published Building Successful Partner Channels [...]

21
May
Man in a suit sits at a dark wooden desk counting cash, in a retro hotel-like lobby; a receptionist looms in the background and a man passes in a doorway.
The KGB’s Methods: Blackmail, Sex, Money and Future Leverage

 The most dangerous trap in The Dollar Compass is not physical violence in some filthy basement, a [...]

12
May