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I am starting a basic Marketing course soon can any one please recommend any books which i could read.?

I am starting a one day release college course in September and I want to beable to understand as much as possible.

Anything by Kotler should help – I study Marketing at uni and he writes good books, although they are rather big!

Essentials of Marketing by Jim Blythe is one I used in my first year and that would also be a good place to start.

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