Ferriss' latest extends 4-hour lifestyle philosophies to cooking and
food
SEATTLE, Aug 16, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
(NASDAQ:AMZN)--Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that Amazon Publishing's
first major acquisition by its New York imprint is the next book in
Timothy Ferriss' #1 New York Times best-selling "4-hour" series, "The
4-Hour Chef." Ferriss is author of the #1 New York Times best sellers
"The 4-Hour Body" and "The 4-Hour Workweek," the latter of which has
been sold into 35 languages and has been on the New York Times best
seller list for more than four years. "The 4-Hour Chef," which is
expected to be released in April 2012, will be published in print,
enhanced digital and audio formats by the New York-based imprint of
Amazon Publishing headed by Larry Kirshbaum. Ferriss' literary agent,
Stephen Hanselman of LevelFiveMedia, represented the author in this
world rights deal.
The new full-length book builds upon Ferriss' "4-hour" philosophy by
transforming the way we cook and eat. Featuring recipes and cooking
guidelines from world-renowned chefs and interspersed with the
revolutionary advice Ferriss' fans have come to expect, "The 4-Hour
Chef" is a practical but unusual guide to mastering food and cooking,
whether you are a seasoned pro or a blank-slate novice. The book also
showcases the very best recipes based on Ferriss' The Slow-Carb Diet,
which thousands of his readers have tested for fat loss and performance
enhancement.
"My decision to collaborate with Amazon Publishing wasn't just a
question of which publisher to work with," said Tim Ferriss. "It was a
question of what future of publishing I want to embrace. My readers are
migrating irreversibly into digital, and it made perfect sense to work
with Amazon to try and redefine what is possible. This is a chance to
really show what the future of books looks like, and to deliver a
beautiful experience to my readers, who always come first. I could not
be more excited about what we're doing."
"Like every book Tim has published to date, 'The 4-Hour Chef'is
a watershed work, and an ideal way to launch our new publishing imprint
in New York," said Larry Kirshbaum, VP and Publisher, Amazon Publishing,
New York.
Ferriss, nominated as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business
People of 2007" and Forbes Magazine's "Names You Need to Know in 2011,"
is author of the #1 New York Times best sellers "The 4-Hour Body" and
"The 4-Hour Workweek," the latter of which has been sold into 35
languages and has been on the New York Times best seller list for more
than four years. He is an angel investor (StumbleUpon, Facebook, Digg,
Twitter, et al.), guest lecturer at Princeton University, and faculty
member at Singularity University, based at NASA Ames Research Center.
Newsweek calls Tim "the world's best guinea pig," which he takes as a
compliment.
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