Publishers and Authors step up with more Free Project Management Books

Jan. 17, 2015 - PRLog -- Dallas, London, Sydney – PM World has announced the books to be offered for the January 2015 drawing in the FREE BOOKS program through the PM World Library (PMWL).  The monthly drawings for free books, a special benefit for members of the PMWL (www.pmworldlibrary.net), began in February 2014 in connection with the official unveiling of the new online library and are continuing in 2015 with even more support from authors and publishers.

Working in partnership with authors and publishers, a number of project management books are offered as prizes for monthly drawings. A random number drawing of fully registered library members is held at the end of each month for the books, to be delivered at no cost to lucky winners.  Books for upcoming drawings are posted on the PM World Library home page and in the PM World Journal.  For more information about the drawings for FREE BOOKS, click here.

Books offered for the January 2015 drawing include:

Playing the Project Manager; Author: Charles Smith; Publisher: ProjectCraft (2015)

Project Management Case Studies and Lessons Learned: Stakeholder, Scope, Knowledge, Schedule, Resource and Team Management (eBook); Author: Kemal Atesmen; Publisher: CRC / Auerbach Publications (2014)

Handbook of Project-Based Management, 4th Ed (eBook); Author: Rodney Turner, PhD; Publisher: McGraw-Hill (2014)

Achieve CAPM Exam Success: A Concise Study Guide and Desk Reference, 2nd Edition; Authors: Diane Altweis, PMP; Janic Preston, PMP; Frank P. Reynolds, CAPM; Publisher: J. Ross Publishing (2014)

Project Management for Engineering and Construction, 3rd Ed (eBook); Author: Garold (Gary) Oberlander; Publisher: McGraw-Hill (2014)

The Basics of Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned, 2nd Edition (eBook); Author: Willis H. Thomas, PhD, PMP, CPT; Publisher: CRC / Productivity Press (2014)

The Power of Enterprise PMOs and Enterprise-Wide Project Management; Authors: Dennis Bolles, Darrel G. Hubbard; Publisher: PBMconcepts (2014)

Project Management Checklists for Dummies; Author: Nick Graham; Publisher: Wiley (2014)

A Compendium of PMO Case Studies: Reflecting Project Business Management Concepts; Authors: Dennis Bolles, Darrel Hubbard; Publisher: PBMconcepts (2013)

Achieve PMP Exam Success: A Concise Study Guide for the Busy Project Manager, 5th Edition; Authors: Diane Altwies, PMP; Janice Preston, PMP; Publisher: J. Ross Publishing (2013)

Proactive Project Management: How to make common sense common practice; Author: Morten Fangel; Publisher: Fangel Consulting (2013)

Leading & Managing Innovation: What Every Executive Team Must Know about Project, Program & Portfolio Management (eBook); Authors: Russell Archibald, Shane Archibald; Publisher: Infinity Publishing (2012)

According to David Pells, PMWL Managing Director, “We are pleased that several major publishers of project management books and well-known authors have agreed to continue supporting the library drawings again this year.  The January drawing will include the most books ever offered, with future drawings looking even better.”

To win, one must be a fully registered member of the PMWL (Note: students, authors of PMWJ articles and residents of low income countries can register for free).  To see FREE BOOKS offered for upcoming drawings, CLICK HERE (http://pmworldlibrary.net/upcoming-book-drawings/). To learn more about the PMWL, go to www.pmworldlibrary.net.

Because our readers and library members are so disbursed around the globe,” Pells adds, “some of the publishers are now offering eBooks as prizes.  These can be delivered much more easily, faster and at less cost to winners around the world. We are excited about this development and want to thank the participating authors and publishers. It should be a fun year!”

The PM World Library (PMWL) is a global resource for continuous learning in portfolio, program and project management (P/PM).  The PMWL is produced and maintained by PM World which also publishes the monthly PM World Journal (PMWJ), a web-based monthly publication featuring dozens of articles, papers and news stories about projects and project management around the world.  To see the latest edition of the PMWJ, go to www.pmworldjournal.net.  To learn more, visit www.pmworldlibrary.net.