Woo hoo!!! My new book just hit #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list!! Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the book! This couldn’t have happened without you! Here’s a copy of the press release that my publisher just sent out on the news wire.
NEW YORK, New York. (April 1, 2010) – Morgan James Publishing, is pleased to announce that Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul by John Chow and Michael Kwan, has hit number 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list. What’s even more amazing about this accomplishment is that the book isn’t even out yet. This is the first time in NYT history that any book has made the Best Sellers list on pre-orders alone.
“I can’t believe it! I knew I had a loyal readership but I didn’t expect them to show this much support. It’s amazing!” said John Chow from his home in West Vancouver. Michael Kwan fainted when he heard the news and wasn’t able to comment.
Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul doesn’t hit bookstores until May 1 but retailers have been swamped trying to keep up with the demand. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com said, “Never before have we seen this level of interest for such a niche product. Reaching one million pre-orders a full month ahead of release is quite the accomplishment. A well-deserved kudos goes out to John Chow and Michael Kwan.”
To help meet demand for Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul, Morgan James Publishing has added two extra shifts to their printing plants to make sure every book outlet has enough copies on opening day.
About John Chow
John Chow (www.JohnChow.com), a damn fine person, friend of the community, Ultimate Fighting Championship contestant, member of the Save the Whales Foundation, the man who controls the black market on baby seal pelts and member of the “probably yo’ daddy” foundation. New York Times besting selling author.About Michael Kwan
Michael Kwan (www.MichaelKwan.com) is a freelance writer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated with honours from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Psychology and English Literature. During that time, he worked as a contributing writer and co-editor for Arts@Work, the official newsletter of the UBC Arts Co-op Program. Today, Michael’s freelance work is mostly found online with a focus on professional blogging and technology reviews.About Morgan James Publishing
Morgan James Publishing (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com) provides entrepreneurs with the vital information, inspiration and guidance they need to be successful. A division of Morgan James, LLC, Morgan James Publishing, The Entrepreneurial Publisher, is recognized by NASDAQ as one of the world’s most prestigious businesses and is reported as being the future of publishing.
If you’re one of the few who hasn’t reserved your copy of Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul yet, then you better do it now to ensure you get your copy when it launches next month. To everyone who already ordered, thanks again. The drinks are on me!
Wow, congrats!
What Congrats? 😮 You can smell that this is an April Fools joke..There is no such news officially from New York Times.
“1 Million Pre-orders” easily sounds fishy to me.. 😮
lolz i though JOhn is serious
I saw that coming from the title…haha
Happy April Fools too!
This is a joke??
if it was, it got me.. LOL.
if it isn’t well, Congratulations to you john and michael!
I hope you could give a FREE copy of the book for us.. LOL
Great one John …
You made us Fool 🙂
I believe it until I read 1 million pre-orders, lol. Even the iPad didn’t do that well.
The iPad didn’t do as well because it cost $500! This book cost only $10.85 at Amazon. 🙂
Haha I smell an April fools joke 😉
LOL @ the grammatical error in the first sentence… Nice try John
An April Fools Joke?!…Right!?… I was buying into it off & on as I read…What a joker that John Chow! I liked the part where Michael Kwan passes out! Funny Stuff!
Definitely a good April Fools!
Congrats John,, its impressive. I feel sorry for Michael kwan :(..
Btw, one of my blog just died today.. so its good for you and bad for me! arg!!!
haha, I really wish you’d get on that list, but well, A good April the 1st to you too John 🙂
The book was a damn fine read. Love the part about the panda. 🙂
What book lol? It hasen’t even been released yet!! 😛
Will there be a Kindle Edition for your book?
Michael Kwan fainted when he heard the good news? *suspicious* lol
Folks, this is an April Fools Joke.
If you sell so many books in stores, you can follow up with “how to make money offline” too 🙂
Honestly, you had me going! Then I remembered the date…. your an evil man john!
Who took the trouble to write the fine press release? Michael Kwan?
Who else :p
Happy fools day
wow congratulations john…you finally made it
You had me up until the “About” section. Happy April Fools Day! 🙂
LoL no no that’s not the joke, the about section is actually an abstract of the about page on this blog, check it out lol
Definitely an April’s fools joke. Now I have to go play one on my wife.
Haha, If I weren’t just came from Problogger, I will buy it too =)
Why lol what’s going on on pro-blogger?
WOW that good, if it is not a April Fool :;p
Happy April Fools 😛
Wow that is great news.
We are happy for you John.
Where are we drinking at ?? ahahah
Blood .. Heh?!!! 😆
Happy April Fools Day!!!
Haha…..That’s a good one….I too am a member of the “probably yo’ daddy” foundation!
OMG! that’s great news, you should forget about this internet thing and become a Full Time book writer. 😉
Thats Awesome!
So you beat Problogger. Good Job
John this is really awesome! Congratulations on your success! Most semi famous internet marketers will publish book but they will never be #1 on the new york times best seller list like yourself.
Congrats on your success and I wish you much more success in the future!
Hello John! I am new to this blog and am definitely looking forward to reading some great posts from you! Congrats on making it to #1!!!
he didn’t really make it lol
APRIL FOOLS
That’s a classic, John Chow!
I was considering blogging a congrats to you … until I remembered today’s date. 😉
Hahaha… April Fools!
🙂
Haha, Darren Rowse has similar april fool strategy on his blog too! You almost got me until I read the “Reaching one million pre-orders”, that’s incredible! lol!
Happy April Fool John!
Regards,
Lee
April Fool blog post which may sell and bring money. Great John.
Haha, pretty clever of John and I was just reading his earlier book – surprised why that wasn’t the Best Seller? had killer content :p
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is very advocated so that it is good.
But I believe you can make it better.
the charactor of No here is not very good because it can make “we” ashamed so that “we” may be annoyed.
Anyway, I give you an applause today than a critics in the other day.
At first, I had a feeling the JohnChow’s populariy and reputation can possibly realize that top selling instance. But when, I read that it got 1million on pre-orders. Oh man! I begin to smell something fishy. It’s April 1’s day. But anyway, I know your book will soar. Good luck and congrats in advance.
Congratulations on your number one best seller!
Happy April Fool’s day. At 10.85, that’s only $10,850,000 🙂
Nice one John…and nice try 🙂
I almost fall for it…
What’s sad is that you had me going & it’s not even April Fool’s Day anymore. I did catch the “1 million” part like others also!
Its not a joke folks, the link to amazon is a live link and you can place order for that.
He is using plugin for that where all keywords will convert to allocated URL.
I think it is Ninja plugin, if I am not wrong.
I believed it until I read the part about Michael Kwan fainting.
I think that I am going to go ahead and get me a couple of this book because I am looking for a couple of different ways that I can further monetize my income streams
Haha, good one! John never lets 1st April pass by without a joke… good one!
Hi John,
I have pre-ordered the book. To most of the people who commented here, who read your blog or pretend to be doing so I have to say this:
You just pay a lip service here because you don’t even bother to check out what John has to offer. I’m not sure about the bestseller list but the book can indeed be pre-ordered on Amazon and that’s exactly what I’ve done.
Put your money where your mouth is.
Back to John: Now that I will have the book in my hands sometime in May, I hope that you will autograph it for me and perhaps even give me an interview.
I hope that you can answer it here, since I’m putting the record straight as to whether or not you are making fools out of your readers.
They’ve made fools out of themselves this time except for one or two smart people who actually clicked on your link.
Vance
hey, you do know this was an April Fools joke?? hahahhahah wow
Where is John … we would like to see his smiling face or may be a video will be great.
Any digital format available? Due to I’m living in Thailand, a shipping cost is quite a lot, about $10 (as high as a book itself). This release in digital format (not a kindle, could be pdf)
Anyway, Congratulation for you, john. I’m happy for you.
Heheheheheh! I only saw this now, and only when I got to the comments did I realise it was an April Fool’s joke. Good one John, you sure had me going for a second there!
As of 5th April 2010, The book has SALES RANK as below
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #193,363
So, definitely, its a BIG JOKE !
I just went a few days back into your blog John and found this…nice!
It’s funny reading this post after April 1st and not noticing the date right away.
Bryan