Tim Ferris Book- Four Hour Work Week

A lot of bloggers have been writing about and interviewing Tim Ferris about his new book " The Four Hour Week." Honestly, it sounded like a lot of hype to me, and the Amazon Reviews seemed a little "fishy." His PR firm probably hired some people to write perfect score reviews. This is common and is one of various methods ( including sending out mass cross-promotional emails offering incentives,etc) of "creating" an Amazon "Best-Seller." I suppose the hype machine works in the same way that Soundscan inflation ( and for singles, payola) works for music. Once something becomes a "hit" everyone takes notice. No one wants to be left out, and more people buy it.

Well, I decided to read the book. Someone else sent me a copy. How bad can a free book be? Actually, so far it seems pretty good. I am only about 1/4 of the way through, but a lot of the ideas are things I already think about or have been coming around to recently.

When I am done with this book, I hope to write a review. I am going to try to have it published on a more popular blog that I frequent.