Hill Library Blog - New Books

New Titles, June 2008

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:14:00 -0500

Matt’s excellent recent post detailed the wealth of marketing-related resources that reside only a few clicks away on the Internet. But we also wanted to make sure to favor our local friends with a little something-something that is only available to those in a position to visit the library here in person.

And so we once again take the opportunity to point out some titles of trade journals and book resources recently added to the library’s collection. These items are available only in print here at the library, so come on down. If these titles look intriguing but you are outside the Saint Paul, Minnesota area, check with a library near you to see about availability, or contact us to see if certain articles or book sections can be delivered to you electronically.

Industry Journals
• American quilt retailer
• Scrapbook retailer
• Canvas. “Developing high achievement in print sales”

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Recent Book Acquisitions

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:21:00 -0500

In a previous post about the new journal titles we've added to the Hill Library collection, I promised a run-down of the new books we've acquired as well. Be sure to click the "More" link for additional titles...

Industry Data

· Who's buying alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages

· Health plan facts, trends, and data.

· Uniform system of financial reporting for spas

· Who's buying information products and services

· World industry & market outlook.

· Computer and Internet use in the United States, 2003

· Top subprime mortgage market players.

· U.S. product & retail outlook.

· Licensing royalty rates.

· Industry benchmarking reports [purchasing]

· North American cement industry annual yearbook.

· This business of artist management

· DMA ... response rate trends report.

· The answer book : answers to your business questions from "Just ask Jim" [for quilt / fabric shops]

· Reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions : how much at what cost? : U.S. Greenhouse Gas Abatement Mapping Initiative executive report

· Guerrilla music marketing handbook : 201 self-promotion ideas for songwriters, musicians, and bands on a budget

· Household spending : who spends how much on what

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Hot Off the Presses, and Into Our Library

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:28:00 -0500

Industry trade journals! The mother's milk of staying current with trends and statistics and competitors, and a true strength of the Hill Library's business collection. We subscribe to over 700 of these publications in print, and because of how frequently they are published, and how tightly they can focus on a specific industry or niche or segment, we're always keeping an eye out for more intriguing titles that can help entrepreneurs find the information they need.

Every once in a while, we like to update our blog-reading public on the titles we've recently acquired, and I'd like to take the opportunity to do that again now. Here are the names of some trade magazines we've added to our august collection in the first quarter of 2008:

· Biomass Magazine.

· Economic Letter : Insights from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

· Gift Shop.

· Pulse : the Official Magazine of the International SPA Association.

· Cheklist : the International Magazine for Check Cashers.

· National Defense.

· Today's Garden Center.

· BioCycle.

· Confection & Snack Retailing.

· Fresh Americas.

· Medical Tourism.

· The LOHAS journal [Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability Journal]

· Food & Beverage Packaging.

While most trade journals maintain some presence on the Internet, rarely do they make the full text of all articles from past issues available online for free, or make them easily searchable. So sometimes the print versions of these publications can be the only way to track down that article or study or survey that will help your business succeed. If you're in the Saint Paul area, come by and pay us a visit to see these journals; otherwise, check with a library in your area to see about accessing some of these titles.

As an added bonus, to make your searching even easier: references to any outstanding articles published in the above journals --- state-of-the-industry reports, top companies lists, forecasts, buyer's guides, salary surveys, etc. --- will now be included in the Hill Library Special Issues Index.

And by-the-by: in addition to the trade journals we've added in the last three months, we've also behaved the way a library sometimes behaves and, you know, bought some new books. Stay tuned for an update on our new book acquisitions soon.

Back to the Books

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:09:00 -0500

While it's true that more business information can be found online now than ever before, it's also true that hitting the books is not yet an obsolete strategy for business research.

Consider: if a publisher has collected information it sees as sufficiently valuable, that publisher will not give it all away for free on the Internet, but rather, print it between the covers of an old-fashioned book, and hope that someone will purchase it. Chumps that we are here at the Hill Library, that's exactly what we'll do, when we see resources that may be of use to the entrepreneurs and small business owners that are able to visit the library in person.

Here is just a sampling of the many books and journals we have added to our print collection over the past months, and we continue to add similar resources regularly. To see what we have for your research question, view the library catalog and search by a title, author, or subject keyword. If you can't make it to the library in person, check with a library in your area to see if any of these titles are available, then read while you pretend you're at the Hill Library. Or consider a HillSearch membership, which, among other benefits, would entitle you to up to 24 document deliveries (pages or articles or sections of print books) per year.

Food Industry

Functional ingredients
The food retailing industry speaks
Technomic top 500 chain restaurant report
The U.S. food marketing system: recent developments, 1997-2006

Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals

Directory of investor-owned community hospitals, hospital management companies & health systems, residential treatment facilities & centers, key management personnel
Assisted living & extended care facilities
HMO-PPO digest
Consumer healthcare
Supermarket pharmacy trends

Business Startup / How-to

Start your own clothing store and more: children's, bridal, vintage, consignment
Start your own executive recruiting business
Start your own photography business: studio, freelance, gallery, events
The specialty shop: how to create your own unique and profitable retail business
From entrepreneur to infopreneur: make money with books, e-books, and other information products
Craft, Inc.: turn your creative hobby into a business
Financing business growth: proven strategies for women business owners from women business owners
Selling art without galleries: toward making a living from your art
Smart start-ups: how entrepreneurs and corporations can profit by starting online communities
Construction business management: what every construction contractor, builder & subcontractor needs to know

International

Doing business with India
Dancing with giants: China, India, and the global economy

Industry data

Leisure market research handbook
The state of the nation's housing 2007
Used-book sales: a study of the behavior, structure, size and growth of the U.S. used-book market
U.S. - International travel and transportation trends: 2006 update
2006 CHA attitude & usage study: craft industry

Industry journals

Bottled water reporter
Venue safety & security
Electronic news
The Nilson report

E-commerce

Selling online subscriptions summit 2007: transcript
The ... e-commerce market research handbook

Marketing

Beyond buzz: the next generation of word-of-mouth marketing
Branding a store: how to build successful retail brands in a changing marketplace
Citizen marketers: when people are the message
Creating customer evangelists: how loyal customers become a volunteer sales force
Riches in niches: how to make it BIG in a small market
The art of digital branding

Misc. / Management

Retail store planning & design manual
The changing role of the COO: is the chief operating officer headed for transformation or extinction?
The right projects done right!: from business strategy to successful project implementation
Environmental sustainability: the power of green

How We Spent Our Summer Vacation (Dollars) - Part 2

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:16:00 -0500

More information on new resources added to the library during the summer months…

Regardless of what industry you’re in, you need the latest in management, marketing, and consumer information. We’ve recently collected a lot in those areas as well. As you can see from the list of new acquisitions below, we’ve taken a special interest in corporate responsibility and sustainability issues.

General Management/Governance

· Collaborative advantage : how organizations win by working together

· Exit strategy : maximizing the value of your business

· Fast company's greatest hits : ten years of the most innovative ideas in business

· Sarbanes-Oxley and the board of directors : techniques and best practices for corporate governance

· Sarbanes-Oxley for small businesses : leveraging compliance for maximum advantage

· Navigating risk : the business case for security

· The art of M&A : a merger, acquisition, buyout guide

Sustainability/Social Responsibility

· Green to gold : how smart companies use environmental strategy to innovate, create value, and build competitive advantage

· Managing for a carbon-concerned future : a decision-making framework

· Megatrends 2010 : the rise of conscious capitalism

· Green building : project planning & cost estimating

· The conscious consumer : promoting economic justice through fair trade

· Residential green building smartmarket report.

· Resisting corruption : how company programs are changing

· Ethical sourcing in the global food system

· Universal conduct : an ethics and compliance benchmarking survey

Marketing

· 15 secrets every network marketer must know : essential elements and skills required to achieve 6- & 7-figure success in network marketing

· All marketers are liars : the power of telling authentic stories in a low-trust world

· Marketing metrics : 50+ metrics every executive should master

· Marketing plans for service businesses : a complete guide

· Private label strategy : how to meet the store brand challenge

· Total e-mail marketing : maximizing your results from integrated e-marketing

· Word of mouth marketing : how smart companies get people talking

· Writing winning proposals : PR cases

· The long tail : why the future of business is selling less of more

· The handbook of organic and fair trade food marketing

Consumers/Demographics

· Naked conversations : how blogs are changing the way businesses talk with customers

· Generation X : Americans born 1965 to 1976

· Food spending in American households.

· After sixty : marketing to baby boomers reaching their big transition years

· Applying aging trends and demographics to planning.

· The American marketplace : demographics and spending patterns

· American health : demographics and spending of health care consumers

· Religion in a free market : religious and non-religious Americans : who, what, why, where

· Turning silver into gold : how to profit in the new boomer marketplace

Minorities & Women

· Women-owned businesses in 2006 : trends in the top 50 metropolitan areas

· Women-owned businesses in 2006 : trends in the U.S. and 50 states

· Businesses owned by women of color in the United States, 2006

How We Spent Our Summer Vacation (Dollars) - Part 1

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:45:00 -0500

While you were on summer vacation, our collection development team was hard at work finding the latest and greatest in business information for you! Over the next few posts we’ll highlight the most interesting new acquisitions from the summer months.

First up – industry information. Trade journals and industry statistical resources are great for obtaining the latest and most insightful overview of an industry. In addition, many small business books are written with an eye toward giving the reader a clear picture of how the industry works and its current issues. With that in mind, here are the journals, industry references, and small business books purchased by the Hill Library recently:

Journals

· Deli business.

· Medical device & diagnostic industry.

· NACS magazine [National Association of Convenience Stores]

· Salon today.

· Shopping center business.

· Planet news. [Professional Landcare Network]

· Ethanol producer magazine.

· Consumer insight [ACNielsen]

· Hispanic enterprise.

· Instore buyer.

· Baking & snack.

· Biodiesel magazine.

· Foodservice news.

· Future age.

· Limousine & chauffeured transportation.

· Specialty retail report.

· Bicycle retailer and industry news.

Industry statistics and directories

· 2006 state of the business incubation industry

· 2007-2008 ChristianTrade international market directory

· Annual financial review / Food Marketing Institute

· Annual state of the industry report [Leisure & Entertainment Industry]

· Organic Trade Association's ... manufacturer survey.

· Overview of assisted living.

· Science business : the promise, the reality, and the future of biotech

· Senior care digest.

· The business of healthcare innovation

· The Licensing letter royalty trends report

· The managed care industry market datasource

· The new wellness revolution : how to make a fortune in the next trillion dollar industry

· The search : how Google and its rivals rewrote the rules of business and transformed our culture

Startup/Small Business

· Building a successful biodiesel business : technology considerations, developing the business, analytical methodologies

· Building a successful home staging business : proven strategies from the creator of home staging

· Concierge & errand quick tips : an information guide to get you started

· How to start a home-based professional organizing business

· How to start and operate your own design firm : a guide for interior designers and architects

· Small is the new big : and 183 other riffs, rants, and remarkable business ideas

· Start your own blogging business : generate income from advertisers, subscribers, merchandising and more

· The business and practice of coaching : finding your niche, making money, and attracting ideal clients

· The concierge manual : a step-by-step guide on how to start your own concierge service and/or lifestyle management company

· The game producer's handbook

· The professional personal chef : the business of doing business as a personal chef