8 Author’s Note Book distribution has become available to everyone with the acquisition of an ISBN number. Books have made fortunes for many. J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, is the richest woman in Britain thanks to her writing. Books can enable you to work as a reporter or jour- nalist. For his classic work 吀栀ink and Grow Rich, Napo- leon Hill interviewed the 昀椀ve hundred most important men and women of his era. He sold 100 million books, made himself a fortune, and helped our country climb out of the Great Depression. Before that, Wallace Wattles helped readers emerge from the depression of the 1890s with his classic book 吀栀e Science of Getting Rich. Books have immense potential impacts. 吀栀at’s why I encourage you to write and keep on writing. Books are your sacred creations, your babies. Cre- ating a book helps you to grow, develop, manifest your fullest potential, and ful昀椀ll your destiny. When you look at obituaries, after a persons name and age, comes the book(s) they wrote before any other listings. Books make the world work. 吀栀ey change your world and your reader’s world. Books last forever. 吀栀ey leave a lasting legacy. Books enable you to serve greatly with love. 吀栀ey are also fun to create.