Linchpin by Seth Godin.
Our review copies of Linchpin came in on Monday.
Seth Godin is a hero of sorts around our office (as in many, many offices), so we are pretty excited to join in on his latest experiment. For those who don’t know about Godin’s latest book or his plan to distribute review copies before the official release on January 26, it’s pretty amazing. And it definitely worked on a few of us.
But on to the book. In the Word doc letter tucked into the front of my book (weren’t you excited to have a letter from Seth Godin, even if it has no real physical connection to him?), he asks us to “please read it through (twice if you can) before reviewing it.” Well, we’re going to break that rule here. Lucky for us, Linchpin is all about breaking the rules and striking out “without a map” so hopefully Godin won’t be too upset with us.
Instead of writing a full review, we’re going to borrow a page from the old-fashioned book clubs and talk our way through it. I’m starting with this introduction, and then we’ll take turns responding to each other and to the book as we go. Anyone out there is welcome to participate, as well, so we’ll be happy (and honestly a little surprised!) to answer any comments to our posts.
I’ll begin with a small, shameful fact: This is my first Seth Godin book. I’m a faithful reader and forwarder of his blog, and I loyally follow Seth wherever his hyperlinks tell me to go, but I’ve never actually picked up Purple Cow or Tribes.
I have to admit, sitting down with a printed version of Seth’s voice will be hard–already I see names or references in the text that I just want to click. Where can I find more about the education-industrial complex? Who is Anne Jackson? But the internet is so far away…. How did we ever get through school without textual links?
Enough rambling. Let me just say, I’m excited (and a little embarrassed) to dive into my first Godin book. Happy reading.