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- Titles of Books
- How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
Career Success Without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations
The Joy of Thinking Big
Look Ma; Life's Easy
Don't Hurry, Be Happy
Graffiti for the Soul
101 Reasons to Love a Recession
The Joy of Being Retired: 101 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks (and Work Sucks!)
The Joy of Not Working
101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting
Real Success Without a Real Job
The Lazy Person's Guide to Success
- About Me:
- Ernie J. Zelinski is the author of the international bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor, which was rejected by over 35 American and British publishers. Since it was self published, How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free (distributed by Ten Speed Press) has sold over 100,000 copies. It has also been published in 7 foreign languages. What's more, go to www.Amazon.com and type "retirement" into the search feature. You will see that How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free appears in the number 1 position — out of over 175,000 listings for retirement books! Not bad, wouldn't you say, for a book that was rejected by over 35 major publishers? Of course, word-of-mouth advertising is the most powerful force when you have the best retirement book in the world.
Ernie Zelinski has negotiated 101 book deals with publishers in 27 different countries and his books have now sold over 600,000 copies worldwide. Ernie is best known as the author of The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked, which is published by Ten Speed Press in Berkeley, California.
Ernie Zelinski is also author of the unconventional career book Real Success Without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations. His latest work is 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting.
Ernie Zelinski has a B.Sc. in Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Alberta. He occasionally speaks professionally on the subjects of book marketing, solo-entrepreneurship, early retirement, and applying creativity to business and leisure.
Ernie Zelinski's Top-10 Specialties
1. International Best-Selling Author — His books Have Sold Over 550,000 Copies. 2. Early Retirement — He Semi-Retired When He Was 35 and Broke!
3. Solo-Entrepreneurship — "Secure Career" Is Not Part of His Vocabulary!
4. Self-Publishing — All of His Best-Sellers Had to Be Self-Published.
5. Book Promotion — Specializes in Using Free Creative E-books for Viral Marketing.
6. Foreign Book Rights Sales — He Has Negotiated 95 Book Deals in 25 Different Countries Without a North American Agent.
7. Public Speaking — Only When He Feels Like It, Gets Paid to Fly Business Class, and Gets to Stay at the Ritz-Carlton!
8. Living the 80/20 Way — Working 3 or 4 Hours a Day and Still Earning a Great Living
9. Outwitting Corporate Life and Wearing a "Corporate Employment Is So Last Year" T-shirt with Pride.
10. World Class Leisureologist — Leave the Relaxing to Him!
Check out Ernie Zelinski's Blogs:
Retirement Living Made Easy Blog
Retirement Planning Advice Blog
The Free E-Book with Over Half of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
Check out these New Websites by Ernie Zelinski:
Benefits of an Economic Recession
The Fun at Work Café The Best Places to Retire at the Retirement Café
The Money Café
Friendship Poems at the The Friendship Café
- Website:
- http://www.retirement-cafe.com
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Top 10 Signs You Should Read The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations
Posted on May 25, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment
Two Copies of "Career Success Without a Real Job" Sell for $200 Per Copy
Last Friday I had copies of Career Success Without a Real Job expedited from Transcontinental Printing
… ContinuePosted on April 9, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment
Getting Paid Your Due Royalties by Publishers Is Not Always Easy
I am amazed by the number of publishers that I deal with that have so little excellence, integrity, and class in the way they operate.
I get particularly annoyed when the publishers are North American.
Now don't get me wrong; there are a lot of publishers that ope… Continue
Posted on March 28, 2009 at 10:33pm —
Frankfurt Book Fair Is Not the Best Place to Sell Foreign Rights to Your Books
This last week I was offered 3 book deals with a Bulgarian publisher which jumped my total from 97 book deals to 100 books deals with various publishers around the world. I sold the Bulgarian rights to these 3 books:
… ContinuePosted on March 18, 2009 at 12:35am —
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 10:46am on March 17, 2008,
carol stanley said… - HiErnie: Just came by your name and noticed we have a similar topic...My book "For Kids 59.99 and Over" a joyful account of living healthy, happy, with fun, joy and acceptance. I will be happy to link youwhen I get my website up. Congrats on so much aclaim. My book will be out in about two months or so....Any suggestions???
- At 12:28am on February 28, 2008,
Coach Deb said… - Aloha Ernie,
Here's to living wild, happy and free!
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