Have trouble falling asleep? I have some investing books on my desk that are guaranteed to make your eyelids heavy.
In an attempt to make snooze-inducing topics such as personal development, money management and sales more appealing to the Twitter generation, publisher Round Table Companies is releasing graphic novel versions of best-selling advice books in mid-April.
The company, which is the brainchild of Corey Michael Blake, transforms works by popular authors such as sales guru Tom Hopkins; Larry Winget, the self-described pit bull of personal development; and performance psychologist Dr. John Eliot into stylistic comic book adventures.
"We're taking the PowerPoint version of these books and illustrating them out," Blake told Forbes.com.
Authors exchange rights for $100 each, in return for royalty payments of as much as 20 percent of Round Table's take, double what most authors get, Blake told Forbes. Paperbacks will sell for $12.95 and digital version are $5-7, depending on the format.
"I passionately believe we're on to some revolutionary work in the book business," Blake said.