As I wrote earlier this week, the Italian edition of The No Asshole Rule, called Il Metodo Antistronzi has started off with a bang, as they have already done 8 printings since it was published August 31st, and I was told earlier in the week that it was the #2 nonfiction book in Italy and there were 80,000 copies in print. My Italian publisher has put up a great blog, which I have been trying to follow with the Google translator, and some help from Italian readers. They just put up a post that -- I think -- shows the first page of an article about the book in the current issue of Panorama Economy.
I
like the Simpson's angle, it looks like Lisa is trying to apply the
"delete button" to Mr. Burns!
Also, I would love to hear from Italian readers about the reaction in Italy, and in particular, how "the asshole problem" plays out in Italian organizations, and in fact, Italian life in general.
Dear Mr. Sutton,
I have just finished reading and learning from your book, and after reading this post I volunteer to translate anything you need from the Italian blog dedicated to your book or anything else! (I'm a professional translator)
If you need any help, just drop me a line! No more Google translator, from now on! ;-)
Francesca
Posted by: fgfp | November 04, 2007 at 04:39 AM
For your Italian readers.
Pier Luigi Santoro wrote a review of the book here http://tinyurl.com/3bguao
This is the announcement of the Italian edition http://tinyurl.com/2q654j
Posted by: Valeria Maltoni | September 23, 2007 at 08:27 AM
There is a lot of buzz about the book here in Italy, the majority of the people that I know are waiting to read it, like me.
Posted by: Maurizio Goetz | September 22, 2007 at 01:21 PM
Very funny, Bob. Let me circulate this among Italian bloggers and see if they saw it, etc.
Posted by: Valeria Maltoni | September 21, 2007 at 01:46 PM
Dear Bob, we wish to thank you another time for your increduble, loved book.
It is a milestone for all us.
In Italy the success is very great and go on every day in thousands of firms and workshops.
with your, unhoped help, maybe, we will put on ...wc...our asshole maleficum.
For you especially, we are posting also in english.
There is posted now the second version of the 12 labours of Sterkules.
best regards, Bob
and thank you so much
oeffevik crew
Posted by: oeffevik/tosstheboss | September 21, 2007 at 09:35 AM