Almost useless. I think maybe this book is written for ...
345107
This book only has 32 pages. And there are about 50 words on each page. It carries little infomation about how remote control planes work. Almost useless. I think maybe this book is written for children under 5. But RC planes are not suit  for that age group.
1343212
I bought this book for my Kindle, which is kind of a waste as there are checklists & some writing of your goals, dreams, etc.

I got about halfway through this book, & realized I wasn't reading anything I haven't read before about organizing my stuff--must decide to keep, throw away, or donate; everything in its place; put it where you use it...

Many of the solutions offered ended with, "If you feel you can't accomplish this, you may benefit from hiring a professional organizer". Given that this book is written by a professional organizer, it read like a very long business card.

Most people cannot solve their guest room needs by installing a Murphy Bed, but perhaps if you can afford a personal organizer, it's not a problem.

I didn't finish reading the book; I got less than halfway, glanced through the rest of the chapters, and was done with it.
1656710
I have read little so useless as this book, which seems like it was written with a thesaurus and an outdated encyclopedia by somebody who is trying (desperately) to impress people with his or her "knowledge" and vocab. It doesn't explain the subject matter but obfuscates same behind (seemingly misused) GRE vocab, scientific terminology, and jargon liberally infused into allusions and metaphors. Further, it presents opinion as fact. It's not a history so much as it is a manifesto, the overall effect of which is like word soup.
404442
OK - I'm a grumpy OLD guy.  Haven't yet formed an opinion about the usefulness of the content, but a few early observations.  Whoever printed the book chopped the last sentence or two off of many pages.  Really?  The illustrations (screen prints) are too small to be readable.  Useless.  There are constant, and I mean CONSTANT invitations to Tweet praise for some statement or the other.  Hallelujah, brother!  Very distracting.

I will write more once I finish reading and have a chance to try to put the content to use.

Finished it last night.  This book seems to be directed to others of the same ilk as the author.  If you are a self help author or aspiring writer, etc, there may well be useful content here.  In other words, if you believe you can create on-going content that others will want to follow, there are hints and tools to use.  If, on the other hand, your business is more static, or your clients are companies that are easily 1000 times your size(as mine are, hence unlikely to link to my site), there aint much here.  I've gotta say, reading this book reminded me of watching a bunch of teenage girls hanging out together.  They twitter and giggle and have their own vernacular and inside jokes and don't understand that there is a world outside of their own.

Again, I'm a old guy.  Maybe I just don't get it.
3310829
I just don't know about this book.  I admire the fact that it offers specific things to say when encountered with situations, but at the same time, that's its Achilles' heel.  For example, people who constantly ask me what I do make me feel important, but at the same time can get on my nerves.  That is the thrust of the book: learn as much as you can about the person with whom you are talking.  The problem is I just don't feel the suggestions for making first-time conversation will impress anyone.  And telling someone to never, ever say "hello" when answering the phone?  Maybe it's me, but folks who answer the phone "Top of the mornin'" sound really silly if they are not a close friend.  And then you laugh.  Imagine it coming from a stranger?  You would think he is off his rocker.  In my opinion, this subject matter is better covered in a workshop so that one can see the effectiveness.  It's a case of "works for some but not for others."  The author appears to have hastily thrown something together as if the publisher said, "Write us something...or else!"  I'll take the "or else."
431087
If what the author says is true, I despair of ever really learning about annuities.  He claims that, as of the writing of this book, there have been four books on annuities, and he's written three of them.  Ugh.

First, the positive, because there's almost always something positive.  The green ink they used for the print is very easy on the eyes.  And I did manage to learn a little about the very confusing world of annuities.

But that's about it for the positive.  The book was not very clearly written or organized.  Some sections didn't seem to pertain to the chapter title.  The examples were mostly un-helpful.  So to make up for his lack of clarity, the author resorted to repetition, which only made matters worse.

The other thing that bothered me was how gung-ho the author was about annuities.  I almost felt like I was reading a sales pitch rather than an educational book.

Maybe annuities really are so confusing that no one can make them clear.  If that's the case, then maybe this author shouldn't have even bothered.  (He probably shouldn't have bothered regardless, because he's hopeless as a writer.)  You might get something from this book, but I'd advise against actually buying it.
1217201
This is poorly written and essentially worthless.
1882898
I picked up this book looking for real-life advice on dangerous situations, but instead found advice that was either 1) obvious to anybody with a brain;  2) useless because few people if anyone would get in the situation (surviving a swordfight, anyone?); or 3) simply inaccurate. For some odd reason this is a bestseller. I think this says more about desperate readers than good writers.
3765921
There is nothing explained. All through the book, words like something, it can do more are used. Not really explaining even at high level. Such a waste of money.
1328905
This was a free book, but it was so "duh!" to me that I didn't find it helpful at all. I suppose it's a great book for cavemen or those who have NO common sense and realize it's nice to say "please, thank you". I do think our society is forgetting manners more and more but this book doesn't really offer advice or any helpful tools. It goes over all the manners we should teach our kids and that WE ROLE MODEL these to teach. That's it...there's no other helpful advice to teach them other than to role model.
2937710
I seriously doubt that this book has, as it claims, "taught the joys of tinwhistling to more than one million people worldwide."  If that's how many have bought the book, I bet most of them pretty quickly flung it aside in frustration.  For those who have been playing for years and are looking for a little variety, maybe this is the book for them.  For others who are still firmly in the "moderate" category, this book is next to useless, and teaches only that they have a long, long way to go (with no clear idea from the book of how to get there).
3410641
Not sure what I learned. There may be better books out there on Windows !0
3677010
Does not really explain, I really wasted time reading this.
917203
I did not find anything really useful in this book.  I still have it, hoping that some of my problems will be listed (or solved) within.
1742655
There is very little in this book that is not obvious.

Essentially the book is a list of don't.  Don't make a product unless people are willing to buy it.  Don't create a business without a real need.  Products don't sell themselves, etc.

Unfortunately the author gives little guidance on how to determine if your idea fits into any of his don't.  Essentially you are not given the tools you need.  If you get it wrong he can say "Well you did not figure out what the customers wanted".  True but useless.

There are a couple of things mentioned that may not be obvious to most readers.  The impact of technical standards is one example.

I doubt this book will help many people.
2590108
quite nearly a waste of my time. Too brief to even be called an overview. Not applicable enough to be called a practical guide.
963048
This is a fairly well-written book.

Given the premise, it could gave been a really outstanding piece of literature.  Unfortunately, it falls short of its potential.

It takes a lot of courage to write good porn.  I'm told that the ratio of bottoms to tops is at least 20 to 1, and perhaps 100 to 1.  When a friend, years ago, demanded that I try to be her dom, she sadly reported that I had failed.  She even gave me points for being inventive, but I just couldn't pull off the act, I could not be cruel to her.  o had all the words right, and all the moves, but there was no song in my heart. I was a plodding poseur, instead of an artiste with  a  song in my heart.

And despite this being a fairly good book, it is no "Story of O" not even a "Sleeping Beauty" trilogy.  And if you think about it, Anne Rice ran out of steam, and the second and third books on the Beauty series were joyless.  And those two examples were obviously written by bottoms, not by tops.  There just ain't many who have the courage and strength needed to be a good slave-owner.

And I include myself.  I've tried, and my friend was right.  There is no joy is my dance, either.

So realizing that we're talking about an impossible vision, where does this book stand?  Well, pretty good.  I'd give it an 84, Mr Clark, it's got a good beat to it.

And I don't remember anyone ever telling Dick Clark that they gave a dong a 100, not even anything in the 90s,  Eighty-four was a pretty good score.

And given the amount of just plain tiresome porn out there, and the amount that  should embarrass a 4th grader, being so unreadable, this boom is worth the price.

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