My Self-Published Bestselling Book Hits Number 60 on the Amazon Non-Fiction Chart for All Books

The Killing of Osama Bin Laden, a book I furiously wrote in 4 days and self-published on Amazon through my own publishing imprint, Glenneyre Press, pulled a full-frontal assault on Amazon's Bestselling Non-fiction book chart. Not just Kindle books, ALL non-fic on Amazon. I wrote earlier how my book hit #78 on the best-seller list. I mentioned on Facebook how the book had continued rising to #63 where I was outselling books by bestselling superstars like John Grisham, Jon Krakauer and David Mamet. Then, in between innings at my son's T-ball game, I checked the list on my phone and BAM… my book had jumped up to number 60!

Saturday, I also mentioned about how I was outselling Donald Rumsfeld in the Amazon category of Middle East History.

And that's not even the coolest part… because of my Bin Laden book, an entertainment company CEO contacted me and offered me a gig to write a brand-new comic book series! Since I have no lit agent or manager, I closed the deal myself (got what I thought was a pretty good deal). Monday, I'm off and running writing something I think will turn some heads.

And what I'd like to think is that in these exciting times, it's beyond obvious you don't need a mainstream publisher to do cool stuff in the literary world. You can build your brand, open doors and generate revenue if you're savvy enough. Fortune favors the bold.

And even though I've had a lot of luck with a couple of my other self-published books, "Where's My F*cking Latte?" (stories about what it's like to be a hollywood assistant) and "Go Forth and Kick Some Ass" (a book to help you get motivated), both of which are still on their respective Amazon sub-category bestseller charts, what has happened so far with this crazy Bin Laden book has been the sweetest win so far. You could possibly argue that being on a sub-category bestselling chart doesn't count, even though "Latte's" been on the ones for "Television" for about 2 years… but hitting the overall non-fiction top 100 feels real. I am a Bestselling Author… and you can never take that away from me, baby.