Comments on: How Does a Bestseller Happen? A Case Study in Hitting #1 on the New York Times http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dean Powell http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-47842 Dean Powell Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:41:02 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/#comment-47842 Alot of people get put down in life when they try and accomplish something but your persistance certainly paid off for you. I reckon if you would of released it now you would have even more demand then you did back in 2007. I too hope I can write my own book when Ive got the chance but only one person in a million can hit the number one spot like you did. Ive read your profile Ferriss on bodybuilding, could you please recommend me some supplements here in Australia. Alot of people get put down in life when they try and accomplish something but your persistance certainly paid off for you.
I reckon if you would of released it now you would have even more demand then you did back in 2007.
I too hope I can write my own book when Ive got the chance but only one person in a million can hit the number one spot like you did.
Ive read your profile Ferriss on bodybuilding, could you please recommend me some supplements here in Australia.

]]> By: The Effect of Memes on Creativity | Creativity Shifts http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-42945 The Effect of Memes on Creativity | Creativity Shifts Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:04:54 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/#comment-42945 [...] writes a book that becomes so popular that the title is a meme? For example, Tim Ferriss’s Four Hour Work Week. It’s both a title and an [...] [...] writes a book that becomes so popular that the title is a meme? For example, Tim Ferriss’s Four Hour Work Week. It’s both a title and an [...]

]]> By: Steve Rubel Dissects 4 Hour Work Week Success | MessagingLab http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-41434 Steve Rubel Dissects 4 Hour Work Week Success | MessagingLab Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:51:28 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/#comment-41434 [...] himself posts on his own blog what he did to make it [...] [...] himself posts on his own blog what he did to make it [...]

]]> By: Mike Carpenter http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-38753 Mike Carpenter Sun, 31 May 2009 23:40:22 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/#comment-38753 Tim, Congratulations on all of your hard work and success. I too have a book in me and is currently roughly half written. I expect something of an uphill battle promoting it and you have given be the inspiration to continue. I am also an OCD tester and love to do research. I have been attempting a study of the most successful (top selling) non-fiction books over the last 10 years and I have found that the information is not readily available. I have also found that Nielson Book Scan is the only reliable method to determine book sales data as it tracks point of sale information for most retail outlets. The subscription price to Nielsen Book Scan is far beyond the reach of any average Joe like myself. The reason I am asking is that most of the information on books sales is private information that is closely guarded by the publishing world. I think that most of the sales data for the best sellers that is available on the Internet MAY be wholly inaccurate or artificially inflated by the publishers to garner new sales. I would love to find some one that might have access to Nielson Book scan so I can compile more accurate date for my study. I am willing to pay for the access to the information if the information can be verified as accurate. If anyone out there can help me with my study I would love to hear from them. ... never hurts to ask! Would you be willing to talk to me about some of the authors and publishers you spoke to while doing your research? Any info would be of great help. Mike Carpenter mcarpen@mac.com mike@mikethemoneyman.com Tim,

Congratulations on all of your hard work and success. I too have a book in me and is currently roughly half written. I expect something of an uphill battle promoting it and you have given be the inspiration to continue. I am also an OCD tester and love to do research.

I have been attempting a study of the most successful (top selling) non-fiction books over the last 10 years and I have found that the information is not readily available.

I have also found that Nielson Book Scan is the only reliable method to determine book sales data as it tracks point of sale information for most retail outlets. The subscription price to Nielsen Book Scan is far beyond the reach of any average Joe like myself.

The reason I am asking is that most of the information on books sales is private information that is closely guarded by the publishing world. I think that most of the sales data for the best sellers that is available on the Internet MAY be wholly inaccurate or artificially inflated by the publishers to garner new sales.

I would love to find some one that might have access to Nielson Book scan so I can compile more accurate date for my study. I am willing to pay for the access to the information if the information can be verified as accurate.
If anyone out there can help me with my study I would love to hear from them. … never hurts to ask!

Would you be willing to talk to me about some of the authors and publishers you spoke to while doing your research? Any info would be of great help.

Mike Carpenter
mcarpen@mac.com
mike@mikethemoneyman.com

]]> By: Tim Ferriss http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-38636 Tim Ferriss Thu, 28 May 2009 06:32:15 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-case-study-in-hitting-1-on-the-new-york-times/#comment-38636 Hi Jeff, Back in the day, yessir, I did a bit of capoeira. Mostly breakdancing, but I can fake a bit of it :) Best, Tim Hi Jeff,

Back in the day, yessir, I did a bit of capoeira. Mostly breakdancing, but I can fake a bit of it :)

Best,

Tim

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