on the best seller list, and have sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide (as of 2019). I’m one of four people, along with Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Lewis, and Brené Brown, who’s had three books on the nonfiction New York Times Best Seller list at one time. I was named to Time Magazine’s Most Influential People list, and a movie was made about one of my books. Before founding my current company, I worked with authors like Tim Ferriss, Robert Greene, Peter Thiel, James Altucher, Dave Asprey, Seth Godin, and dozens of others on their books. All told, I’ve been directly involved in writing, editing, publishing, or marketing over twenty-two New York Times or Wall Street Jour- nal Best Sellers, that have combined to sell over 20 million copies worldwide. Many of those books were written and published using this exact method. At Scribe—in only five years—we’ve worked with 1200+ authors, and the process I am about to detail for you comes directly from the experience of working with them. We’ve published some of the biggest hits and best-selling books of the past five years using this exact process. Literally everything you will read in this book has been tested and proven to work, both at the highest levels of writing and publishing, and with regular people like you who are not professional writers. I’m not saying this to brag, just to make a simple point: you’re in good hands. If the story I just told resonated, this is the right book for you. Let’s get started. Why WriTE A BOOk? · 17