When I first started reading blogs, Ramit Sethi was one of the young writers who inspired me to get involved in the blogging community, as well as entrepreneurship. He’s a Stanford graduate who’s been helping readers save money for over three years, as well as a co-founder of a cool San Francisco startup, and he’s worked with Seth Godin and tons of other cool people! (Check out my 2006 interview with Ramit!)

Ramit has finally authored a hardcopy book to help folks optimize their finances, and it launched a few hours ago! There are several really awesome, useful preview chapters available, and Ramit’s even giving out prizes to a few lucky readers if you purchase your copy today. In his own words:

This book works. For about $10, you’ll get the step-by-step guide I wrote to walk you through optimizing your accounts, negotiating with banks and credit cards (use my call scripts), spending consciously (use my charts to see guidelines of how much people typically spend, and how to beat “typical” people), and how to invest. I’ll show you how most people think personal finance is all about willpower, like “If I just try harder, I’ll be able to save more…” That sounds suspiciously like a diet, which always fails. The book shows you how to automatically redirect your money to investing, saving, and guilt-free spending — even if it’s $200 jeans or $5 coffee every day.

Check out the cool gifts he’s giving out: if you buy a copy of the book and forward your receipt to [email protected], you’ll be entered to win one of the following:

  1. One Kindle per hour today: I’m giving away ONE BRAND-NEW KINDLE EVERY HOUR today (from 8am-4pm Pacific) to anyone who buys the book and forwards the receipt to [email protected]
  2. $1,000 for 5 savings accounts—each. Mint (which I use and recommend in the book) is giving away $1,000 checks to kick-start savings accounts for FIVE book buyers (that’s $5k in total)
  3. Software from Pearbudget: Three $30 accounts to help you manage your money
  4. Entrepreneurs—free advice. Chris Yeh (Stanford/Harvard Business School grad) and I will get on a conference call with 3 aspiring entrepreneurs for 20 minutes each and answer any questions you can throw at us
  5. I’m live on video throughout the day. I’ll be doing a live webcast for most of the day at iwillteachyoutoberich.com, so drop by and say hi

Ramit is an insightful writer who’s got hundreds of useful, actionable tips to help you save money, spend more wisely, and invest where it counts. His blog is great and he’s been a huge success, so I highly recommend picking up a copy of his brand new book I Will Teach You to Be Rich! Learn from the best! I highly recommend this guy’s work.