{"product_id":"automate-your-work-with-ai-ken-tannenbaum-9798181102309","title":"Automate Your Work with AI: Connect Your Tools and Let AI Run the Busywork","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most valuable thing you could automate at work is the thing you've stopped noticing you do by hand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt hides in plain sight. The copy-paste between two systems that don't talk. The email you forward every time a certain thing happens. The spreadsheet you update from another spreadsheet. Each instance is small. Together they're a part-time job you never applied for - the work \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e the work - and almost all of it could be running on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutomate Your Work with AI\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical, no-code guide to getting it to run on its own - across the three leading automation platforms, with AI built in: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZapier\u003c\/b\u003e - the friendly connector with the largest app catalog and the gentlest learning curve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMake\u003c\/b\u003e - the visual canvas where you wire workflows like a flowchart and watch the data move\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003en8n\u003c\/b\u003e - the technical, self-hostable one you run on your own infrastructure, for when control and privacy matter most\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn all three on purpose: the right tool depends on how technical you are, where your data must live, how often your workflows fire, and whether you'd rather pay a subscription or run a server. Learn them at this level and you'll never be stuck because the tool you happened to know couldn't do the job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you'll learn how to: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpot the workflows in your week actually worth building - and map a process before you automate it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild your first real automations in each of the three platforms, and make them reliable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut AI steps and AI agents inside your workflows - reading, sorting, summarizing, drafting - and keep an agent on task\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply a library of genuinely useful workplace recipes: inbox and scheduling, documents and data entry, CRM and sales, reporting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo it safely at work - data, privacy, self-hosting, credentials, access, governance, and cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnow when \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e to automate, and when you've outgrown no-code and need a developer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is honest about AI. Inside automation it's real and large - but it's also oversold. Treat it the way you'd treat a fast, capable, occasionally careless new hire: worth delegating to, never worth leaving unsupervised at the moments that matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho it's for: \u003c\/b\u003e individuals buried in their own busywork; teams and operations people who feel the drudgery at scale; and the technically curious who'll want the deeper end - n8n, self-hosting, and connecting systems the friendlier tools don't reach. You don't need to be technical, and you don't need to write a line of code - the deeper material is signposted so you can lean in or navigate around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutomation doesn't make you more important by adding to what you do. It makes you more effective by \u003ci\u003esubtracting\u003c\/i\u003e - taking the connective drudgery off your desk so your hours go to the work that actually needs you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccurate as of mid-2026, with fast-moving details (pricing above all) flagged. Part of the Finnoybu Press \u003ci\u003eAI for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLet's find the work a machine should have been doing all along.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Tannenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181102309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Ken Tannenbaum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665710289151,"sku":"9798181102309","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/automate-your-work-with-ai-ken-tannenbaum-9798181102309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}