Yesterday, when I told you about Leo Babauta (left) and his decision to abandon the copyright on his Zen Habits blog, I mentioned that he was still looking for a book deal: “When I get published by a major publisher,” he wrote. “I probably won’t be able to release copyright. I accept that as a cost of getting published in print, which is a dream of mine.” And I added that I was sure he’d get a book deal eventually, because he’s that good.
It turns out that he’s much further along that path than I’d realized. Literary agent Holly Root dropped me a line yesterday afternoon to tell me that she sold Babauta’s The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential to Brendan Duffy at Hyperion last month, which I’d missed in the Publishers Marketplace deal lunches during the holiday crunch. So congratulations are already in order—and if you aren’t reading Zen Habits already, you can familiarize yourself with the material now, before the book comes out.