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This page contains a list of chapter links or bonus materials followed by the preface to the expanded edition of "The 4-Hour Workweek." In the text, the author recounts the book's initial rejection by numerous publishers and describes the moment his editor, Heather, informed him that the book had hit the New York Times bestseller list.
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May 2, 2007 phone call from editor
Book launch
Radio interviews
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"The 4-Hour Workweek was turned down by 26 out of 27 publishers."Source
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"“No, you really hit the list. Congratulations, Mr. New York Times bestselling author!”"Source
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"I hoped for the best and planned for the worst."Source
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Working Remotely
Killing Your BlackBerry
Star Wars, Anyone?
Killing Your BlackBerry
Star Wars, Anyone?
RESTRICTED READING: THE FEW THAT MATTER
BONUS MATERIAL
How to Get $250,000 of Advertising for $10,000
How to Learn Any Language in 3 Months
Muse Math: Predicting the Revenue of Any Product
Licensing: From Tae Bo to Teddy Ruxpin
Real Licensing Agreement with Real Dollars
Online Round-the-World (RTW) Trip Planner
How to Get $250,000 of Advertising for $10,000
How to Learn Any Language in 3 Months
Muse Math: Predicting the Revenue of Any Product
Licensing: From Tae Bo to Teddy Ruxpin
Real Licensing Agreement with Real Dollars
Online Round-the-World (RTW) Trip Planner
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE TO THE EXPANDED AND
UPDATED EDITION
UPDATED EDITION
The 4-Hour Workweek was turned down by 26 out of 27 publishers.
After it was sold, the president of one potential marketing partner, a large bookseller, e-mailed me historical bestseller statistics to make it clear—this wouldn’t be a mainstream success.
So I did all I knew how to do. I wrote it with two of my closest friends in mind, speaking directly to them and their problems—problems I long had—and I focused on the unusual options that had worked for me around the world.
I certainly tried to set conditions for making a sleeper hit possible, but I knew it wasn’t likely. I hoped for the best and planned for the worst.
May 2, 2007, I receive a call on my cell phone from my editor.
“Tim, you hit the list.”
It was just past 5 P.M. in New York City, and I was exhausted. The book had launched five days before, and I had just finished a series of more than twenty radio interviews in succession, beginning at 6 A.M. that morning. I never planned a book tour, preferring instead to “batch” radio satellite tours into 48 hours.
“Heather, I love you, but please don’t $#%* with me.”
“No, you really hit the list. Congratulations, Mr. New York Times bestselling author!”
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