am i the only one who feels that the book is just going to be another iteration of the usual mantra and thus not really worth the $12 or the time?

the last couple "summary" posts seem to indicate that this is indeed the case.

Jason Fried's response on Hacker News when I asked a similar question: "this book may not be for you".

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1179086

Really good book for people that haven't followed everything they have said though. I've followed some of the stuff that has made it to HN over time so I recognized a bit but it is really well put together into book form. They follow their advice of cutting back the idea's to the essentials although I would have liked them to go a bit more in depth, you could easily have whole chapters on some of the good concepts.

This is the book you buy someone else if they don't think good business advice comes in blog-post format.

I'm hoping someone will send me some notes as the basis for a summary on Squeezed Books ( http://www.squeezedbooks.com ), or just go do it themselves.

"3. Interruption is the enemy of productivity" I know I shouldn't read HN

I've been holding out to read Rework until I can get it on iPad. This was just the dose I needed to get me through.

Great stuff Amit!