According to Bill Gates, he and Warren Buffet have the same favorite business book...

[RHL]

Explanation:

Edit of the edit: Link is back:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...s2&tag=orim201407d-20&linkId=QUWPNAMJCPV5FWW3

Bill Gates confirmed, this is the legit version. Here's a free chapter:

http://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Bus...k_WallStreetJournal&WT.tsrc=WallStreetJournal

Also note, I get nothing for promoting this book except turning other fastlaners on to great reading material.

 

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[Dark Water]

I saw this a few days ago and I was skeptical of it. After I heard in the news that they read the same book, this ebook was published a few days later. This was sometime last week. Now it says published September 9, 2014.

If this is indeed the actual text, then it definitely seems like a worthy purchase. As far as I know, the paper version is out of print. Why was it only just put into Kindle format after the tie was made in the news between Gates and Buffet?

Edit: So I guess it was released July 8 as an ebook, before Gates made his opinion public in the Wall Street Journal on July 12. September is when the paper back is being re-released. Just thought I'd do some due diligence on what may have been a shady rip off. Still not sure.

Here's what one Amazon comment says about the content: "It contains 12 chapters regarding various businesses (Xerox, Edsel/Ford, General Electric, Piggly Wiggly, Texas Gulf Sulphur, the 1962 Stock Market crash, Mr. David E. Lilienthal, the British Sterling Pound currency, and more) as they succeeded or failed to expand on some budding side-line in their company."

 

[RHL]

@Choate I was not aware of that and have removed the Amazon link. Still might be worth keeping an eye out for at charity book sales or salvo or something. That's how I got my copy of TMF , and that changed my life.

 

[Dark Water]

@Choate I was not aware of that and have removed the Amazon link. Still might be worth keeping an eye out for at charity book sales or salvo or something. That's how I got my copy of TMF , and that changed my life.

Yeah man I'm just not sure, how did they obtain the original text is what I'm wondering, and it all just seems coincidental. Potential that an INSIDERS at WSJ with access to that publishing company put the book out before they published Gates comments, or even just some random joe schmoe did it. Or maybe its legit, I'm not sure. Definitely worth keeping an eye out for the original version.

 

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[RHL]

I double checked, the Amazon print is linked on Gates own website and a free chapter has been added to the OP, so I think it's definitely legit.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I'm going to guess it's an old book out of copyright. Therefore anyone can publish it.

 

[Vick]

might have to pick this up.

so much stuff to read these days. I read 1 book for every time I buy 4.

 

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[RHL]

Not many that are recommended by people worth over $110B combined though.

 

[GuestUser113]

After I devour the e myth. Ill pick this up. Thanks for the post!