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The getAbstract International Book Award is focused on non-fiction books that have made a significant impact worldwide. Each year, getAbstract's editors assess more than 10,000 English and German non-fiction books. From these, they select 10 finalists and four winners. |
The getAbstract International Book Award is focused on non-fiction books that have made a significant impact worldwide. Each year, getAbstract's editors assess more than 10,000 English and German non-fiction books. From these, they select 10 finalists and four winners. |
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The getAbstract International Book Award is focused on non-fiction books that have made a significant impact worldwide. Each year, getAbstract's editors assess more than 10,000 English and German non-fiction books. From these, they select 10 finalists and four winners.
Since 2001, getAbstract has awarded the prize to several esteemed authors, including Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Robert Shiller, Benoît Mandelbrot and Chris Anderson (writer), as well as their publishers. Every year, the official awards ceremony takes place at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany and is open to the public. Since 2001 the award ceremony has been moderated by Rolf Dobelli, getAbstract’s Chairman. The award has been covered by Financial Times [1] Germany, Handelszeitung & The Wall Street Journal [2], Handelsblatt [3], Bloomberg Television, and several other newspapers and magazines.
Winners of the getAbstract International Book Award
- 2001 – Howard Means for “Money and Power”
- 2001 – Benjamin Mark Cole for "The Pied Pipers of Wall Street“
- 2002 – Kenneth Cloke for "The End of Management“
- 2003 – Robert Shiller for “The New Financial Order”
- 2003 – Paul Glen for “Leading Geeks”
- 2004 – Benoît Mandelbrot for “The (Mis)behavior of Markets”
- 2005 – W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne for “Blue Ocean Strategy”
- 2006 – Chris Anderson (writer) for “The Long Tail”
- 2007 – Eugene O'Kelly for “Chasing Daylight”
- 2007 – Nassim Nicholas Taleb for “The Black Swan”
- 2008 – Thomas Sowell for "Economic Facts and Fallacies"
- 2008 – Bill Bonner and Lila Rajiva for "Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets"
References
- ^ Financial Times and getAbstract present the International Book Award, October 8, 2001
- ^ Article in Handelszeitung Online & the Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2007
- ^ getAbstract International Book Award in Handelsblatt, July 26, 2007