Erika Andersen wrote a kind review of the site at Forbes.com that we think you'll enjoy reading. She talks about her first encounter with Tom through In Search of Excellence, and describes him as a "tribal elder." As 2012 marks 30 years since In Search was published, perhaps that moniker is apt.

And all yours, no strings attached, to be used as you wish and released by us at the rate of one part every two weeks until more or less the end of 2012.

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An excerpt from Debbie Millman's book, Brand Thinking, in which she interviews Tom, appeared on the 800ceoread blog:
Brand Thinking with Debbie Millman and
Tom Peters

In the emails, Tom received this suggestion for enhancing one of his tweets. Kudos to Tom for getting 30 years' experience into 140 characters! We'll let him slide for leaving out the marching band:
Re-imagine! The Musical, from Shortcuts to Managing Right

Tom received another email stating that the "Tom Peters consultancy was ranked number 7 in the category of Independent Consultants/Trainers/Coaches" in the Leadership 500 ranking by the folks at Leadership Excellence. We're very proud of the London office of Tom Peters Company. They're doing excellent work based on Tom's principles.

Happy Halloween!

We're having a great time experimenting with ways to present Tom's oeuvre in digital format. For now, the ebook series is available for consumption on your iPhone, iPad, and through iTunes on any computer.

Much more digital content is in the works (ebooks, apps, etc.), so check back from time to time. For now, we'll start you off with the eponymous flagship ebook, Excellence Now. It's thoroughly inspirational and beautifully designed. If this doesn't light a fire under you to strive harder for Excellence in your work, we can't imagine what would. Enjoy!

Yes, this event is free and open to the public, you just need to reserve a ticket. If you're in the area, please check it out. If not, the event will be livestreamed here. We've also heard that Vermont Public Radio will be recording the speech, and will let you know details about the broadcast when we're informed.

On June 21 and 22 in Portland Oregon, Todd Sattersten, Tim Grahl, and I are presenting BizBookLab Live. We are going to cover three important aspects in the career of every business thought leader—publishing books, building a tribe, and establishing a speaking career. Find out more about the event here.

I teamed up with these two because Todd Sattersten, former President of 800CEOREAD and coauthor of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, simply knows more about business books and the publishing world than anyone (no, really, he does). And Tim Grahl of Out:Think Group has been effectively building tribes for business authors—not just talking about it, actually doing it (his client list speaks for itself).

The three of us will be hosting a call on Thursday, May 5 at 1:00PM EDT. It's a rare opportunity to ask any question you'd like about publishing and marketing a business book, and how to leverage that into a speaking career. Sign up for the free call here.

Hope you find this information helpful. I hope you join us—the more the merrier! And thanks for listening.

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VERDICT Those who want to improve their business, whether a boss or an employee, will find great ideas in this compelling and very browsable book.

And if those weren't enough high praise, we were thrilled to see what the Financial Times had to say yesterday:

The Management Gurus Due for a Review

Gladwell, like Drucker, has the advantage of not being a business practitioner. He can observe impartially. Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great and most recently How the Mighty Fall, is similarly impartial, but the case studies in his books, as in many of those written by business school professors, risk ageing poorly. He would do well to follow the example of Tom Peters, who wrote In Search of Excellence in 1982 but has never stopped reinventing himself and developing new material, becoming a blogger and Tweeter at an age when many gurus would rather retire to their herbaceous borders. Peters is on Olympus. Collins has more to prove.

Never fear, those of us who work closely with Tom are doing our best to keep him grounded/deflate his ego as necessary (there are plenty of Greek god allusions, you can be sure).