An instant bestseller for two and a half years running! Now coming in an Expanded and Updated edition including more than 100 pages of new content. On Sale December 15th!

LevelFiveMedia is an agency whose mission is to serve authors by helping them create and develop the ideas and messages that will attract and motivate passionate, loyal readers. We provide services to improve authors’ media opportunities, expand their platforms, and enhance their ability to reach and mobilize their constituencies. First and foremost the goal is to create value for authors, which in turn creates value for publishers and other media partners.

LevelFiveMedia goes beyond traditional literary representation by offering integrated services including editorial development, marketing consultation and media development. We believe this integrated approach will return some of the power to authors, who are--first, last and always--what the book business is all about.

We have a very select client list, which includes New York Times Bestselling authors Jorge Cruise, Michael Gerber, Tim Ferriss and Michael Port, as well as engaging new voices such as Will Bowen, Andrew Keen, Rohit Bhargava, and Alice Wood.

About Steve/The Agency
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About Forthcoming Books
*Starred PW Review, 10/26/09*
Wealth Watchers: A Simple Program to Help You Spend Less and Save More Alice Wood with Glenn Rifkin. Free Press, $19.95 cloth (288p) ISBN 978-1-4391-5819-7

Wood, founder of the ingenious Wealth Watchers program, shares her accessible plan for financial independence in this highly original, commonsense approach to managing money. Her plan is based on the tenets of Weight Watchers—but rather than counting calories, readers are encouraged to figure out how much money they can spend each day. It's extraordinarily simple: Wood advocates basic action steps that anyone can take, including getting organized, creating a monthly budget, setting goals and journaling. She discusses the best approach to handling fixed expenses (e.g., housing and insurance) and semifixed expenses (e.g., transportation and child care) and includes a daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly journal in the back of the book for the reader to complete. Easy to follow and complemented by the author's well-told personal story, this unassuming book won't intimidate those with little financial knowledge and provides the simple tools everyone can use to take control of their finances. (Jan.)

Steve's Leading Clients: Atlas Media/Dr. Jan Garavaglia, Jason Berry, Rohit Bhargava, Matt Birkbeck, Will Bowen, Travis Bradberry, Michael Coogan, Jorge Cruise, Timothy Ferriss, Michael E. Gerber, David Gibson, Peter Guber, John Jantsch, Andrew Keen, Charles Kimball, Jon Kukla, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Michael Port, Noah St. John, Robert Seelert, Liz Weston, Dave Winer, Alice Wood and more.

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss: now sold in 35 markets; 800,000 copies in print; Triple Crown #1 Business Bestseller (NYT, WSJ, and BusinessWeek); two years and six months running on the NYT Business Bestseller list; and a bestseller in Germany.

*Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr's THE QUR'AN: A New Translation and Commentary (HarperSanFrancisco)

*John Jantsch's DUCT TAPE MARKETING: The Only Small Business Marketing Tool You Really Need (Nelson Business)

*New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week long-time bestselling author of the #1 enterpreneurial guide of all time, THE E-MYTH, Michael Gerber's next major entrepreneurial guide, AWAKENING THE ENTREPRENEUR WITHIN: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies (Collins, March 2008)

*Lucas Conley's OBSESSIVE BRANDING DISORDER: The Illusion of Business and the Business of Illusion (PublicAffairs)

*Travis Bradberry's THE PERSONALITY CODE: Maximize Your Strengths, Read People, and Unlock Your Full Potential (Putnam/Perigee)

*David M. Traversi's THE SOURCE OF LEADERSHIP: Eight Drivers of the High-Impact Leader (New Harbinger)

*#1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week bestseller, Tim Ferriss's THE 4-HOUR WORK WEEK: Escape 9 to 5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Crown)

*Andrew Keen's THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Economy, Culture, and Values (Doubleday/Currency)

*Patrick Renvoise and Christophe Morin's NEUROMARKETING: Selling to the Old Brain for Instant Success (Nelson Business)

*William Griffin's THE APOCRYPHA, completing a Catholic edition of Eugene Peterson's bestselling bible translation, THE MESSAGE (NavPress)

*New York Times Bestselling author (three consecutive bestsellers) Jorge Cruise's next three fitness books in a series entitled THE 12-SECOND SEQUENCE to begin publishing in January 2008, in a multi-million dollar deal (Crown)

*Paul Moses' THE SAINT & THE SULTAN, recovering the supressed political side of St. Francis' life & teaching (Doubleday)

*Investigative Journalist Matthew Birkbeck's revealing biography of Sammy Davis Jr., DECONSTRUCTING SAMMY: MUSIC, MONEY, MADNESS AND THE MOB (Amistad/HarperCollins)

*International Bestseller and Kansas City Unity Minister Will Bowen's A COMPLAINT FREE WORLD, in a major deal for publication in Fall 2007 (Doubleday)

*PW Deputy Reviews Editor Jonny Segura's debut novel OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS (Simon & Schuster)

*Head of Interactive Marketing at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Blogger Rohit Bhargava's book on marketing in the social media era, PERSONALITY NOT INCLUDED: Why Brands Lose Their Authenticity and How Great Companies Get It Back (McGraw-Hill)

*President and co-founder of global think tank TalentSmart Travis Bradberry's SQUAWK!: How to Stop Making Noise and Start Getting Results in a significant deal for publication in September 2008(Collins Publishers)

*Chief Running Officer at Runner's World Magazine known as "The Mayor of Running" Bart Yasso's MY LIFE ON THE RUN, written with journalist Kathleen Parrish (Rodale Books)

*The star of Discovery Health Channel's #1 show Dr. G: Medical Examiner, Dr. Jan Garavaglia's HOW NOT TO DIE: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner in a major deal (Crown)

*Charles Kimball's WHEN RELIGION BECOMES EVIL: Five Warning Signs, Revised & Updated Edition (HarperSanFrancisco)

*Renowned biblical scholar and director of publications at the Harvard Semitic Museum Michael Coogan's FIRE IN THE LOINS: Human & Divine Sex in the Bible in a significant deal (Twelve)

*Founder of SuccessClinic.com and life coach Noah St. John's THE SECRET CODE OF SUCCESS: 7 Steps to More Wealth & Happiness in a significant deal (Collins)

*New York Times bestselling author of the 2 million-copy seller THE E-MYTH REVISITED, Michael Gerber's THE E-MYTH ENTERPRISE, his first E-Myth Book in four years (Collins)

*Bestselling author and Quaker minister Philip Gulley's IF THE CHURCH WERE CHRISTIAN (HarperOne)

*Founder of A Complaint Free World movement Will Bowen's COMPLAINT-FREE RELATIONSHIPS, taking his global movement of now more than 6 million people featured on Oprah and the Today Show to the next level, in a significant deal (Doubleday)

*New York Times Bestseller, popular business speaker, and founder of The Think Big Revolution Michael Port's THE THINK BIG MANIFESTO defining a new path of centered collaboration to overcome the small-thinking obstacles we encounter in business and life (Wiley)

*Cyndi Laurin and Craig Morningstar's THE RUDOLPH FACTOR: Building a Culture of Innovation That Lasts, based on their inside access to Boeing and its ability to find and foster the critical ten percent of innovators who are often overlooked in companies (Wiley)

*Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Robert Seelert's START WITH THE ANSWER: AND OTHER WISDOM FOR ASPIRING EXECUTIVES (Wiley)

*Content Marketing thought leaders Joe Pulizzi and Newt Barrett's GET CONTENT, GET CUSTOMERS (McGraw-Hill)

*Investigative journalist Jason Berry's PRINCES OF THE REALM, an eye-opening exploration of the Catholic church (Doubleday)

*#1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Businessweek bestselling author of THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK Tim Ferriss's next book extending "the 4-Hour experiments in lifestyle design" brand into a new area of our lives, in a major seven figure deal (Crown)

*Top business blogger (www.ducttapemarketing.com) and marketing coach John Jantsch's SHINE: CREATING A REMARKABLY REFERABLE BUSINESS (Portfolio)

*NYT, WSJ, and Businessweek bestseller Michael Gerber's THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS IN THE WORLD (Wiley)

*Brain injury survivor whose inspiring story led to the creation of the movement Wealth Watchers International®, Alice Wood's WEALTH WATCHERS (Free Press)

*Hollywood producer, executive, and entrepreneur Peter Guber's AH HA! UNLEASH THE MAGIC OF STORY TO POWER YOUR SUCCESS in a significant deal (Crown)

*Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University and author of The Heart of Islam Seyyed Hossein Nasr's TRADITIONAL ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD (HarperOne)

*NYU professor and winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize, historian Stephane Gerson's NOSTRADAMUS: How an Obscure French Doctor Became the West's Prophet of Doom (St. Martin's Press)

*Spirituality writer and editor Emilie Griffin's HOMEWARD VOYAGE and an untitled work on the spirituality of aging (InterVarsity Press)

*Stephane Gerson and Richard Sieburth's untitled work to Penguin Classics.

*Digital Media Critic Andrew Keen's DIGITAL VERTIGO: INEQUALITY, ANXIETY & ISOLATION IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE (St. Martin's)

*Director of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma Charles Kimball's next book on the volatile mix of religion and politics in the world today (Jossey-Bass)

*Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Ramin Jahanbegloo's IN SEARCH OF THE SACRED: A CONVERSATION WITH SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR ON HIS LIFE AND THOUGHT (Praeger)

*Historian Jon Kukla's THE FIRST AMERICAN: Patrick Henry and the Birth of the American Revolution (Simon & Schuster)

*Award-winning syndicated personal finance columnist (and Nielsen's most-read on the Internet) Liz Weston's THE NEW MONEY BIBLE: Everything You Need to Know to Survive and Thrive in the New Economy (Hudson Street Press)

Domestic Book Sales List

*Audio rights for Michael Port's THINK BIG MANIFESTO to Gildan Media
*Brazilian rights for Andrew Keen's DIGITAL VERTIGO to Jorge Zahar
*Dutch rights for Andrew Keen's DIGITAL VERTIGO to J.M. Meulenhoff
*Polish rights for Andrew Keen's DIGITAL VERTIGO to WAIP

Translation rights available for: Michael Port's THE THINK BIG MANIFESTO (debuted 5/17/09 at #9 on the New York Times Advice list); Andrew Keen's DIGITAL VERTIGO (UK and AUDIO rights also available); Paul Moses's THE SAINT AND THE SULTAN (UK also available); and Jason Berry's PRINCES OF THE REALM.

Stephen Hanselman began his career as a bookseller 30 years ago at Fresno Pacific College. He continued to pursue his passion for bookselling at Harvard Divinity School, where he served as director of the bookstore while a full-time student. After graduating Harvard Divinity School in 1986 with a Master of Theological Studies degree, he founded Divinitas Books, a New England specialty chain and direct-mail operation focused on books from all religious traditions. At the beginning of 1992, after selling his business the prior year, Steve joined HarperSanFrancisco's marketing department. This began a 13-year tenure at HarperCollins in a variety of roles including marketing manager, marketing director, sales manager, sales director, director of product & market development, editorial director, and since 1999 as publisher of HarperSanFrancisco. From 2002 to early 2005, Steve was group publisher responsible for all activities of HarperBusiness, HarperResource, and HarperSanFrancisco, as he led these imprints to an 85% increase in annual sales and record profits. He personally edited books for each imprint, including such bestselling authors as Jack Canfield, Marianne Williamson, Michael Gerber, Peter Gomes, Richard Foster, and Philip Gulley. Steve also worked to establish or reinvigorate major house franchises including C.S. Lewis, David Niven, Peter Drucker, Mayo Clinic, Mental_Floss and Emily Post. His bestseller acquisitions at Harper included Mehmet Oz & Michael Roizen's YOU: The Owner's Manual, Jorge Cruise's THE 3-HOUR DIET, T. Harv Eker's SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND, and Jim Wallis' GOD'S POLITICS. Steve left HarperCollins in 2005 to found LevelFiveMedia.

Stephen W. Hanselman, Founder & President
Julia Serebrinsky, VP of Editorial Development
Ethan J. Friedman, Literary Agent

Steve is not taking submissions at this time. Ethan Friedman, however, can be queried at EthanJFriedman [at] gmail [dot] com.