coveyDr. Stephen R. Covey, renowned management/self-help author and co-founder of Franklin Covey, has passed away. Covey was most famous for his book The 7 Habits of Highly-Effective People and the many related works it spawned.

Dr. Covey caused a stir in the e-book world in late 2009 when he granted one year e-book exclusivity on two of his titles to Amazon’s Kindle store. Even now, 7 Habits is not available in e-book form on Barnes & Noble (though the other included title, Principle-Centered Leadership, is).

Also recently deceased: young-adult detective story author Donald J. Sobol, best known for his Encyclopedia Brown mysteries—a favorite read of mine when I was younger. (Alas, I wasn’t as good at solving the mysteries as I often should have been.) A number of his works are available as e-books.

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