Here is the link for nytimes (yes, just wanted to verify :)). Love him or hate him, his marketing and hustling skills or impressive.<p>http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-01-02/hardcover-advice/list.html
Yup, he worked hard to play the system - i.e. providing incentives direct to customers to order the book during a specific period of time in order to maximize order volumes over a specific time period, etc... Good work on his end re: figuring out how the game works, and making it work to his advantage.<p>i.e.: <a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/12/09/the-land-rush-4-hour-body-book-promotion/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/12/09/the-land-rus...</a> , etc..
I did verify this claim: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-01-02/hardcover-advice/list.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-01-02/hardcov...</a><p>Love him or hate him, his hustling and marketing skills bring results (for him atleast)
Is there anything Tim Ferriss cannot do? Sometimes I catch myself thinking that Tim Ferriss is the next Chuck Norris.<p>Joking aside, he is a really good marketer. Congratulations on hitting the #1 on the NYT bestseller list yet another time.
From <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/mf_qa_ferriss/all/1" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/mf_qa_ferriss/all/1</a>,<p>"The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman, a title he reverse-engineered from data he collected from the clickstream and Twitterverse."<p>Does anyone know how the above works?