Wiley has decided to accelerate the release of the second edition of How to Measure Anything. Instead of being released in May, it will be shipped to warehouses this month and ready for sale in early April. Apparently, the book is a source of a lot of positive buzz in the publisher’s offices and they saw a business opportunity for getting it out faster. I have definitely noticed a sense of getting “special attention” on every aspect of the development of the second edition.
My readers routinely tell me that they heard about the first edition at the some big conference or, in some cases, was made required reading by their superiors. It has been the #1 bestseller in Amazon’s math for business category for two years and is in the top 100 of all management books. I’m told this is unprecedented. I’m also told that Wiley has received an exceptionally high number of advanced orders for the second edition.
Now all I need is a viral video…
Doug Hubbard
Good for you Doug.
I wish I had known before just purchasing the current edition on Friday (3/12/10). Will those of us who only recently bought the first edition be provided with access to materials available in the 2010 edition?
You certainly will have access to both the first edition and second edition downloads from the site. But hang on to that first edition. After I’m dead, it might be worth something!
I’ll tell you something else I’ll do: If you bought the first edition, you can apply the entire price toward any webinar on the products page of this website.
Doug Hubbard
I also just ordered my 1st edition on 3/8/2010. I’d like to take you up on your offer for applying the cost of the book towards a webinar (the calibration one). How would I go about getting that credit? 🙂
No problem. Just contact me directly at dwhubbard@hubbardresearch.com. I will sign you up for the webinar of your choice and I will credit you for the purchase of your first edition. I may ask for proof of purchase over the phone. A camera shot of the book would do fine.
Doug Hubbard
Will the new addition be available on Kindle around the same release date as the Wiley publication? I own the first version on Kindle.
I haven’t heard about that. But usually they are released at about the same time. I’ll check it out!
Doug Hubbard
I am a first edition Kindle owner of the book as well – I hope the second edition is released quickly too.
In version 1 you have a list of software resources for Monte Carlo analysis mentioned in one of the earlier chapters. Most are Excel based – and Microsoft has removed VBA from Excel 2008 on the MAC OS X platform. (They will apparently put it back in the next version.) There is an inexpensive program – ‘Risk Engine’ available as shareware for the MAC which uses either Excel or iNumbers (Apple’s spreadsheet) for Monte Carlo simulation and is reasonably priced. The website is: http://www.engineeringfortherealworld.com/RiskEngine/RiskEngine.html
Jeff Cranford
… further to my last post – I should add that I have no direct connection with the product at all – I’m a MAC user and spreadsheet lover though and have struggled with Microsoft’s bizarre VBA decision in the past … others may be in the same boat.
Hello Doug, this book represents a number of firsts for me. This is the first technical book that I purchased for my new Kindle. It is the first of your books that I have purchased and this is the first time I have posted a comment to anyone’s Blog. I found this book while perusing the Barnes and Noble shelves. I have just gotten through the chapter on calibration and if that were all that was written it would have been well worth the purchase. Thanks!