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

bornhuetter 13y ago
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)
- kn0thing 13y ago
  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).
  - bornhuetter 13y ago
    > 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.
archivator 13y ago
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!
- bornhuetter 13y ago
  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.
- kn0thing 13y ago
  Right - Kindle and nook! http://www.amazon.com/Without-Their-Permission-Century-ebook/dp/B00BAXFJ16/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1362364308&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Without-Their-Permission-Century-ebook... http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/without-their-permission-alexis-ohanian/1114308524?ean=9781455520039 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/without-their-permission-ale... Would that suffice?
  - archivator 13y ago
    Ah, not available on Amazon UK, that's why I couldn't find it :(
    - kn0thing 13y ago
      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.
      - archivator 13y ago
        I love how appropriate this is, given the title (and I assume content) of the book! :D

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)

kn0thing 13y ago
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).
- bornhuetter 13y ago
  > 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.

archivator 13y ago

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!

bornhuetter 13y ago
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.
kn0thing 13y ago
Right - Kindle and nook! http://www.amazon.com/Without-Their-Permission-Century-ebook/dp/B00BAXFJ16/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1362364308&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Without-Their-Permission-Century-ebook... http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/without-their-permission-alexis-ohanian/1114308524?ean=9781455520039 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/without-their-permission-ale... Would that suffice?
- archivator 13y ago
  Ah, not available on Amazon UK, that's why I couldn't find it :(
  - kn0thing 13y ago
    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.
    - archivator 13y ago
      I love how appropriate this is, given the title (and I assume content) of the book! :D