In this week’s Friday report, Joe talks about the challenges of making progress, and the process Take Control Books uses to make decisions about which titles to publish (or discontinue).
Category: News
Friday Report: July 3, 2020
Slow but steady progress is occurring on Joe’s gigantic Take Control to-do list. Joe also shares a bunch of tips for better experiences on the Take Control site.
Friday Report: June 26, 2020
The SummerFest sale continues, but the big event this week was WWDC and its many announcements. Joe looks at the effect Apple’s new operating systems will have on our publishing schedule.
Friday Report: June 19, 2020
In our continuing series of weekly blog posts, Joe Kissell takes you inside Take Control Books. This week: SummerFest 2020 begins, we look forward to WWDC, and Joe ponders taxes on ebooks.
Friday Report: June 12, 2020
In the first of an ongoing series of weekly blog posts, Joe Kissell takes you inside Take Control Books. This week: why everything takes so much longer than you’d expect.
Plans for Updated Books
Wondering which books we’re planning to update for Catalina and iOS 13/iPadOS 13—and when? Here’s a quick overview.
Status Update
Our new site has some great new capabilities, but also a few rough edges and missing features. We’re working as fast as we can to address them! Here’s a quick overview of what’s still in progress.
Our New Website
Does something look a bit different here? It’s not your imagination. We’ve moved to a totally new site on a new server. And…it’s not entirely finished yet.
Take Control 2018 Survey Results
Back in July I sent a survey to our mailing list so that I could get a better understanding of what our customers want and how we can provide that. I was completely unprepared for the huge volume of responses: 2,836 people filled out the survey (even after removing duplicates). Wow! First, let me say…
Take Control Books Acquired by Joe Kissell!
We have big news! It is with great pleasure that Tonya and I want to tell you that, after nearly 14 years of publishing, we’re selling Take Control Books — lock, stock, and bit barrel — to Joe Kissell and his wife, Morgen Jahnke.