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Why Hire Martha Jewett?

TRACK RECORD 

 

Martha is an expert at shaping business and motivational books to reach the widest possible audience. Her outstanding track record far exceeds the industry benchmark of success at 25,000 copies:

 

Over 1,000,000 Sold in Series (series originator):

1. Tips and Traps When Buying a Home, 1st edition (now in 3rd edition)

2. Tips and Traps When Selling a Home, 1st edition (now in 3rd edition)

 

Over 400,000 Sold:

3. Spin® Selling

 

Over 300,000 Sold:

4. Graham & Dodd's Security Analysis, 5th edition

5. Major Account Sales Strategy

6. The Quest for Value

7. The Analysis and Use of Financial Statements, 1st edition (now in 3rd edition)

 

Over 100,000 Sold:

8. The Starbucks Experience

9. Well Made in America

10. How to Find Hidden Real Estate Bargains, 1st edition (now in 3rd edition)

Over 50,000 Sold:

11. The Six Fundamentals of Success, 1st edition (now in revised and updated edition)

12. The Dream Society

13. If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold

14. The Atlas of Economic Indicators

15. Global Investing, 1st edition (now in 2nd edition)

16. The Portable MBA, 3rd edition (now in 4th edition, with same author team as 3rd edition)

17. Trigger Points

18. Are You Communicating?

19. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Management Course

20. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Marketing Course

21. Margin of Safety

22. Looking Forward: The Next 40 Years

23. Faster Company

24. Wealth: An Owner's Manual

 

 

AWARDS 

Of the 3,000 literary agents in the US, only Martha has won the McGraw-Hill Corporate Award for Distinguished Editorial Achievement (1988)

 

EDUCATION

Martha graduated from Dana Hall School (Wellesley, Massachusetts) and from Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts), where she was on the dean's list.

 

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE 

She lived in Venezuela (from 1965 through 1972) and in Japan (from 1972 through 1977).

 

RECENT SALES

  • Extreme Toyota: Radical Contradictions That Drive Success at the World's Most Successful Manufacturer by Emi Osono, Norihiko Shimizu, and Hirotaka Takeuchi, with John Kyle Dorton (Wiley, 2008)

  • The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company by Joseph A. Michelli (McGraw-Hill, fall 2008).

  • Silver Bullet Selling by G.A. Bartick and Paul Bartick (John Wiley, fall 2008)

  • The Starbucks Experience by Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D. (McGraw-Hill, fall 2006). The five principles that create the "Starbucks experience," key leadership lessons, and how to adopt the Starbucks success strategies at any company.

  • The Swordless Samurai: Leadership Wisdom of Japan's Sixteenth-Century LegendToyotomi Hideyoshi by Kitami Masao, edited with an introduction by Tim Clark (Truman Talley Books, 2007).

  • Cut to the Chase: And 99 Other Rules to Liberate Yourself and Gain Back the Gift of TIme by Stuart R. Levine (Deoubleday Currency, fall 2006).

  • Spam Kings: The Real Story Behind the High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills, and Penis Enlargements by Brian S. McWilliams, Wired.com (O'Reilly Associates, 2004). "It's a classic, in the spirit of Soul of a New Machine and The Cuckoo's Egg."Seth Godin, author of Permission Marketing

  • The Six Fundamentals of Success: The Rules for Getting It Right for Yourself and Your Organization by Stuart R. Levine (Doubleday Currency, 2004). ". . . similar to Richard Carlson's Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series, although with a harder, blunter edge."USA Today. A Wall Street Journal business bestseller.

  • The Leadership Chronicles of a Corporate Sage: Five Keys to Becoming a More Effective Leader by Susan J. Bethanis (Dearborn, 2004). ". . . incorporates top business tactics, people skills, on-the-job know-how and some intangibles that, yes, a professional coach can teach."Publishers Weekly

  • Don't Retire, Rewire! Five Steps to Fulfilling Work that Fuels Your Passion, Suits Your Personality, or Fills Your Pocket by Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners (Alpha, 2002). "Lively and upbeat in tone, this book promotes 'flunking retirement' and offers a practical and fun self-discovery process that will help boomers reimagine and design fulfilling work."The Wall Street Journal

  • The Crisis in Healthcare by David A. Shore, Associate Dean, The Harvard School of Public Health (Oxford University Press, upcoming in 2006).

  • The Trust Prescription: How to Build a Reputation Customers Know and Trust by David A. Shore, Associate Dean, The Harvard School of Public Health (Health Administration Press, a division of the American College of Health Executives, 2005).

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