The World is Flat 2.0?

Nothing says "instant bestseller" more than a "revised" version of a previous (and still current) publishing king. For those who keep an eye on Amazon's book sales rank, you know that The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman has been ranked, if not number 1, then in the top 10 for the last 5 trillion years.

As of April 18, 2006, Friedman is back with his new "Updated and Expanded" version of The World is Flat, naturally only available in hardcover. This may be the first time a book has been revised while it is still a best seller.

According to an interview with Friedman available on Amazon's website, this is much more than just a typo correction. He refers to it as "The World is Flat 2.0", and also "The World is Still Flat." In this book, Friedman not only focuses on defining and describing the new world economy we find ourselves in, but also how we forward thinkers can best capitalize on this. He discusses which education and jobs will be successful in the future.

Friedman also expands on his oil dependency topics, pushing his "green is the new red, white and blue" banner. He looks at how our political system has just begun implementing policy to help this dependency, and also what else needs to happen to get this monkey off our back.

The World is Flat, Updated and Expanded will undoubtedly become an overnight bestseller, if for no other reason, as it will replace the previous edition on the sales shelves.