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Oh silly me, forgot to link! Thanks. You can AMA here too :)

Lol, ok I'll take you up on that.

1. You must have read a lot of books on the topic over the last few months/years. What are your top (5?) books to recommend to a budding entrepreneur (while we are waiting for yours to come out)?

2. Have you considered doing an Audiobook? (I'm a fan of non-fiction audiobooks and find they work particularly well for the sort of book you have written)

1. I've actually tried not to read too many other entrepreneurship books -- something Zach Weiner taught me (he doesn't read many other webcomics) to encourage creativity. That said, some books that have helped me be he entrepreneur I am today are (in no particular order) Masters Of Doom, Founders at Work, The Lorax, Drive, and White Man's Burden. Oh and PG essays of course.

I also really didn't want to waste my reader's time (my writing is pretty conversational and there are even some jokes in the book along with doodles) so I advertise on the back that the book can be read in 5 hrs (or a crosscountry flight).

2. Yep! They asked me to read it (I of course said yes, since Christopher Walken wasn't available).

> Masters Of Doom

Yes! I listened to the audiobook version of this which was read by Wil Wheaton, great stuff.

Thanks for the other suggestions - I'm going to start with Drive as I liked Daniel Pink's latest book but haven't read Drive yet.

I like conversational style, and 5 hours is a good length for a book - I hate it when a 5 hour book gets dragged out to 10.

Will there be an eBook version outside Apple's walled garden (DRM-free, preferably)? I dislike dead-tree books, with their fixed typography and whatnot!

Right - Kindle and nook!

http://www.amazon.com/Without-Their-Permission-Century-ebook...

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/without-their-permission-ale...

Would that suffice?

Ah, not available on Amazon UK, that's why I couldn't find it :(

Yeah, sorry, it's US + Canada launch on Oct 1. We haven't yet sold the intl rights, I think. BUT! I'm thinking of doing something w/o my publisher's permission :) and doing events in London, Berlin, HK, and maybe Paris where I just bring a giant suitcase or two full of US edition books for an event & signing.

I love how appropriate this is, given the title (and I assume content) of the book! :D

It's available on Kindle and Nook, but I didn't see a completely DRM free option. Kindle DRM doesn't bother me that much personally because I can view the books on every device I own, and on the web.

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