Relevant Upcoming Books

 Readers of this blog know that the "Magazines 24/7" conference features speakers Jeff Berman of MySpace and Avinash Kaushik of Google.  To get a better perspective on their presentations, you might try reading two books being published later this winter that explore both companies.  The Wall Street Journal's Julia Angwin traces the history of MySpace beginning with its creation to its purchase by News Corp in Stealing MySpace.  It will be published in March.  If you're looking to understand Google better (and who isn't?), try reading What Would Google Do? by blogging pioneer Jeff Jarvis (who spoke at the very first "Magazines 24/7" in 2005).   The book deconstructs Google and comes up with 40 rules to live and manage by. Pub date:  Jan. 27.