John Sardella wrote A Journey Without a Map to help others find their way through grief. It hit #1 on Amazon. And recently, he signed a literary agent contract to turn it into a feature film.
"And right now... wow."
That's what a book can do.
Full Author Hour episode wherever you get podcasts.
Independent bookstores are having their best decade in 20 years. 3,417 stores. 19% membership growth. (via Fortune + Baltimore Sun)
Turns out people still want to hold a real book by a real person with a real story.
Are you writing yours?
@MattShoup was already a speaker.
But he couldn't crack the five-figure engagement. Until he wrote Painted Baby with Scribe.
"That was the best content I've ever put out. That was when I pitched my first five-figure gig and landed it."
The book didn't replace the speaking. It unlocked it.
🎧 Full Author Hour episode wherever you get podcasts.
Every stone you cast creates ripples. Are you paying attention to which ones you're throwing?
The Stonecaster by Dillon W. Buck launches June 16 as a modern parable about accountability, intention, and the freedom that comes from owning your story.
@scribemediaco We used The Scribe Method ourselves to write Dreams & Deadlines, out now. Not (yet) at bestseller level, but I can highly recommend the book and the method. Laid it out clearly.
@SebastianVoss
Books are officially a tourist destination.
There's an @airbnb in Scotland where you stay above a bookstore and RUN IT while you're there––and it sells out constantly.
Imagine... where could your book end up?
https://t.co/iyx0S3MHpx
"Our brains are wired to act first… then the motivation comes."
Dr. Richard Harris, in conversation with Eric Jorgenson on Author Hour.
Stop waiting to feel ready. Start. The rest follows.
🎧 Find the full episode wherever you get podcasts: “There'll Never Be a Right Time: Dr. Richard Harris on White Coat, Heavy Soul”
A mild-mannered accountant made a list of Life Goals. Then spent 50 years achieving them... one summit at a time.
The Billionaire of Living by Mike Woodmansee is out August 4. This book will redefine what "rich" means to you.
Dr. Laura M. Brown, ND thought she was writing a book about gut health.
She ended up with a #1 bestseller—and a stack of unexpected outcomes she never saw coming.
Her full Author Hour conversation with Eric Jorgenson is live, and it's worth a listen.
This is what becoming an author can do.
The OKR system runs Google and LinkedIn.
In Dreams and Deadlines, Wolfram Hedrich & Sebastian Voss adapt it into Personal OKRs: five-year vision down to weekly check-ins.
About an hour a week.
Out May 26.
The "Amazon-first" book strategy is officially dead.
Amazon's new KDP algorithm rewards books that drive external traffic to Amazon.
Your audience didn't just get more valuable. It got measurable.
Books are legacy.
Photos fade. Posts disappear. But the words you put on a page can outlive you by a hundred years.
@EricJorgenson on the Author Hour Podcast with author Michael Erath. This is the conversation every future author needs to hear.
Start writing your legacy now → https://t.co/2pQ28wXcBa
#BooksAreLegacy
@DavidWeaverCOMP Thank you for trusting us to help bring this vital work into the world. We’re honored to support your mission to close the wage gap and give leaders a clear path to achieving true pay equity—congratulations on launch day!
Out now: Equal Pay Matters by @DavidWeaverCOMP.
A three-part system for leaders ready to fight bias in compensation and build truly fair, transparent workplaces.
Grab your copy: https://t.co/Jkr8ImwfzE
@HadleyOttDFC@EricJorgenson Thank you so much for the kind shoutout and for sharing your mission! Keep going, your book is going to make a real difference.
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨
Do Your Thing: Lessons from Banking's Biggest Digital Transformation by Ralph Hamers — former CEO of ING and UBS — is officially live.
The inside playbook on reinventing a global institution in the age of AI.
Grab it here: https://t.co/2T9CQC5AFf
The marquee is lit again.
Professor Michael Hittman's THE BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT THEATRE — the definitive history of the world's first "Talkies" palace — launches Tuesday, May 26.
Film. Vaudeville. Jazz. Rock & roll. Three decades of legend.
Find it here: https://t.co/IzGqTvAoGc
#BrooklynParamount #NYCHistory
@JeshuaTLauka@EricJorgenson@davidsenra@FoundersPodcast@naval@elon@PaulBuser Love this throwback—such a great visit and an even better conversation about books as a vehicle for first principles. Thanks for highlighting Eric’s work; those ideas are exactly the kind of thinking that helps authors create enduring books and legacies.