Malcolm Gladwell's New Book Is Out(lying)

Can Malcolm Gladwell do it again? "Outliers," his new book on why people succeed, is now out. Will we all rush out and buy it and add it to our vocabulary?

Here's two links that sum up the hype and the hope. What makes success? combines a preview of the book with some links to reviews.

If you'd like to know more about Gladwell, read this new profile, Geek Pop Star.

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald writes about innovation and other big ideas in business for publications like the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, Inc. and CIO. He’s worked as a writer or editor at Red Herring, ZDNet, TechTV and Computerworld, and has received numerous awards as a writer and editor. Most recently, his piece on the hacker collective the l0pht won the 2008 award for best trade piece from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He was also a 2007 Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellow in Science and Religion.

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