Based on the The NY Times bestseller and Winner of the Gerald Loeb Award (Best Business Book of the Year), The Long Tail from SmarterComics is the Graphic version of the most important business book since The Tipping Point. Anderson shows how the future of commerce and culture isn't in the high-volume head of a traditional demand curve, but in what used to be regarded as misses the endlessly long tail of that same curve."

As true today as when it was written, THE ART OF WAR is a 2,500-year-old classic that is required reading in modern business schools. Penned by the ancient Chinese philosopher and military general Sun Tzu, it reveals how to succeed in any conflict.Read this comic version, and cut to the heart of the message! Learn the secrets of successful competition, with pearls of wisdom like these: ALL WARFARE IS BASED ON DECEPTION.COWARDICE LEADS TO CAPTURE.THE GOAL OF THE SKILLFUL GENERAL IS NOT TO WIN BATTLES BUT TO PREVENT THEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE.AVOID WHAT IS STRONG AND STRIKE AT WHAT IS WEAK.FORCE YOUR ENEMY TO REVEAL HIMSELF, SO AS TO FIND OUT HIS VULNERABLE SPOTS.THE MARK OF A GREAT GENERAL IS THAT HE FIGHTS ON HIS OWN TERMS OR NOT AT ALL.Want to be more competitive but don't have time to read the whole book? Get it in a nutshell and have fun doing it. It's all here in THE ART OF WAR from Smarter Comics.

Want to know what accounting numbers really mean without flatlining your pulse? Ditch the dry numbers and allow the authors, through the story of Toms bike shop, to give you easy-to-understand pointers on assets, liabilities, income statements and other finance and accounting tools of the trade. Whether your business is a sole proprietorship or a 5000 employee corporation, these vividly illustrated financial concepts and tools will keep you in the black without making you see red.

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The online economy offers challenges to traditional businesses as well as incredible opportunities. Chris Anderson makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can succeed best by giving away more than they charge for. Known as "Freemium," this combination of free and paid is emerging as one of the most powerful digital business models. In Free, Chris Anderson explores this radical idea for the new global economy and demonstrates how it can be harnessed for the benefit of consumers and businesses alike. In the twenty-first century, Free is more than just a promotional gimmick: It's a business strategy that is essential to a company's successful future.

3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of “Makers” using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent--creating “the long tail of things”.