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Media Room

Welcome to the McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Canada) Media Room. We hope you find it both worthwhile and easy to use. The most recent new titles are listed below in declining order of release date (these are also found under “New Releases,” found in the side bar to the left). Full media release information can be found by clicking on the “Continue reading →” hyperlink beside each title. For specific categories such as business, click on “Business” in the side bar, and appropriate titles will follow (again, in declining order of release date). You can also use the Search Media window in the sidebar, to search by topic (i.e. investing), title name, or author name. Try different combinations and explore the other features on the side bar. Our publicity contact is also to the left. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We also are extremely interested in any feedback you have about the site – or anything else at any time!

Recent Releases

Boost Your Interview IQ

Job interviews aren’t discussions; they’re oral exams – and the candidate with all the right answers gets the job. Boost Your Interview IQ helps job seekers prepare for that big test with interview skill-building exercises, an in-depth Interview IQ test, … Continue reading


The Shopper Economy

Thanks to technological advances, the definition of “retail” has been transformed. In the past, it was referred to as “in store.” But now thanks to digital connectivity, sharp entrepreneurs and creative developers, there are a slew of applications and websites … Continue reading


Customers First

Two days after Apple released the iPad 3, customers were still lining up to purchase one. What motivates that kind of enthusiasm? What hides behind the fanatical customer’s loyalty that propelled Apple to their dominant position in the industry of … Continue reading


A Sail of Two Idiots

Have you ever dreamed of dropping out of the rat race and dropping anchor, instead? Quitting your job and moving to the Caribbean? Michael and Renee Petrillo took those reveries to the next step. They had a big plan where … Continue reading


The Apple Experience

What compels customers to wait in line for hours, sometimes days, just to be the first to own a new Apple product? And what is the secret to Apple’s incredible decade of retail dominance? For the first time ever, readers … Continue reading


Return On Influence

Facebook has more than 800 million Friends. Over 100 million active users are logged onto Twitter. LinkedIn has attracted more than 150 million professionals in over 200 countries and territories to connect. What does it all mean? Thus far, businesses … Continue reading


Backstage Wall Street

How can investors make the right decision if they don’t have all the information? Or worse, misinformation? Chances are consumers haven’t been making the best possible investing decisions. Why? Because the Wall Street machine wants it that way. Sure to … Continue reading


The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership

“All in, all the time.” For Gary Burnison, CEO of the world’s largest executive search firm, these five simple words perfectly capture the essence of great leadership. There can be no half measures. Complete commitment, total engagement, and a powerful … Continue reading


Boundless Potential

Millions of us in our forties, fifties, and sixties are facing career, financial, and personal challenges beyond anything we anticipated—and now we’re filled with fresh uncertainties. We’ve seen careers derailed and investments devastated by economic chaos. Some of us have … Continue reading


Uprising

For the better part of a century, business has relied on a marketing model focused on persuading individuals to buy products or services. But the dirty little secret (which is not so secret anymore) is that all those expensive plugs … Continue reading