I received the following email from a college friend of mine to publicize a new book that was written by another Princeton grad. I don’t know the guy, but I’ve got to help out my fellow Princetonian. The book actually sounds interesting, so i might just pick it up myself…

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> From: Tim Ferriss
> Date: Apr 25, 2007 4:52 AM
> Subject: Tim Ferriss Book Launch Today at #10 on Amazon — Help Beat Harry
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> Dear Friends and Family,
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> Today has been incredible. My debut book, The 4-Hour Workweek, launched
> nationwide this morning via Random House (Crown) and is now at #10 on
> Amazon!
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> Based largely on guest lectures I’ve given at Princeton since 2003
> (high-tech entrepreneurship), it explains how I tested the extremes of
> outsourcing and automating life in a digital world over the last two years:
> virtualizing my businesses 100%, checking e-mail once every 10-14 days, even
> offshoring my online dating as a social experiment. It also includes case
> studies of people who have found similar “lifehacks” in more than 20
> countries. More info can be found here:
> http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0307353133/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/104-9289879-8858363
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> I NEED ALL OF YOUR HELP! If I can break the top 5, huge things happen like
> foreign rights worldwide. The book will become an unstoppable force! The
> price has been reduced to just $11.97, and I need a cluster of orders
> tomorrow and Thursday to make it all happen.
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> Please check it out and consider it — I promise it’s a wild ride of a read!
> Ignore “available May 1″, as they’ve temporarily sold out (!) but will
> receive more stock tomorrow:
> http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0307353133/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/104-9289879-8858363
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> Thank you all so much for your support!
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> Tim Ferriss