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Acknowledgments

PIECES OF A LIFE and of every creation come together in ways we never expected or anticipated. This book combined the puzzle pieces with many contributions to allow a complete vision. The number of people who helped, influenced, and supported us over the years to create this book is countless, and we send out our thanks to you all.

First, thanks to three thought leaders whose work greatly influenced our book and shaped our approach to our audience of authors. These three saw and articulated the paradigm shift that allowed first a glimpse, then a full grasp of the magnitude of change that the move to a digital world has encompassed:

 Nicholas Negroponte, author of the paradigm shift title that moved awareness from atoms to bits and bytes: Being Digital. He is also founder of the MIT Media Lab and the One Laptop per Child Association.

 Tim O’Reilly, publisher, speaker at conferences, including ones at Waterside, a renowned tech expert who popularized the term Web 2.0. He envisions the Internet developing into a sort of global brain, an intelligent network of people and machines to function as a nervous system for our planet.

 David Meerman Scott, online marketing strategist and author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR, who saw immediately the shift away from media controlling a message and toward a democracy of influencers with ideas, enabled by the tools of social media and all other online media.

Thank you Glenn Yeffeth, Publisher at BenBella, for supporting and believing in our vision to publish our book to enable authors. Thanks to all of the publishing experts at BenBella who supported us and contributed their time and expertise throughout the book-writing process. First and foremost, thank you to our editor, “Saint” Paul Eisenberg, for your patience, and for your development, ideas, contributions, and editorial skills par excellence. We could not have had a better editor. Thank you to Sarah Dombrowsky for creating our blue branding color and cover design and typography, to Publishers’ Design and Production Services for the clean, compelling visual book design.

Many thanks to all at BenBella: to Debbie Harmsen and Vy Tran for editorial support, to Jessika Rieck for guiding our book through production, to Jenna Sampson for assistance with photo-wrangling, to Jennifer Canzoneri and Lindsay Marshall for their marketing expertise, and to Adrienne Lang, who understood and applied her knowledge of publishing to every aspect of our book process. Our thanks as well to Stacia Seaman for copyediting.

Deepest thank-yous to all who shared their time and talent in quotes, models, and formats, and to the many author client influencers for this book who shared their expertise so that others can benefit; to mention a few: George Plumley, Eric Butow, Jesse Feiler, Bud Smith, Dave Taylor, Jesse Stay, Ray Anthony, Bob LeVitus (Swifty’s favorite), Ed Tittel, Barbara Boyd, Tee Morris, Evo Terra, Chuck Tomasi, Rebecca Bollwitt, Andy Rathbone, Jesse Feiler, John Havens, John Carucci, David Busch, and many more. Former lines have blurred; author clients have now become lifelong friends.

Thank you to the many publishers, editors, and publishers’ marketing departments who contributed by sharing their advice over the many years, including ideas and success stories for authors to benefit. Thank you to those at Waterside who supported our efforts and visions in creating this book, with special thanks to Bill Gladstone, Margot Hutchinson, and Maureen Maloney; you are amazing in your experience and dedication to making authors successful. Thank you, Jack Canfield, for sharing your exceptional story and advice in the Foreword. More shoutout thanks to Richard Greninger (video), Karen Sterling (photography), Melissa Cavazos (transcription), and Doug Holliday (audio).

Most importantly, we could not have gotten through this long and arduous task and process of turning ideas into book form without support and encouragement from our friends, loved ones, colleagues, and supporters. Thank you all for your care and encouraging words and for never stopping your belief in us. Special thanks to Doug and Yvette, Jeanette McCallister, Karl Auker, Dory Willer, Gail Doering, Peter Gregory, Becky Gregory, Don Bangs, Glenn Reid, Zachary Romano, Michael Alves, and Michael McGrath to name a few. It’s been a long road of travel in the publishing world, and sending out thanks to all friends and colleagues from Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley, and Sybex for the many years (growing into a lifetime) of staying in touch.