Bestsellers self-help guru became the author's highest profile has not yet signed a publishing contract with Amazon

guru Deepak Chopra has found another key to spiritual enlightenment. Become the latest in a series of renowned authors to sign an agreement with Amazon.com Megabucks

Amazon has moved aggressively in the publication of last year, the most important writers of the business, including self-help author of best-sellers and actress and director Timothy Ferriss Penny Marshall - Marshall provides $ 800,000 (£ 500,000), according to reports - and the launch of a phalanx of new tracks that range from romance to science fiction, each movement a new blow to a community of more more nervous of traditional publishers. This summer, he hired the former CEO of Time Warner Book Group Larry Kirshbaum to perform his label New York, and Kirshbaum has obtained an agreement for a memory Chopra, author of best-selling self-help titles from the ultimate happiness Prescription: 7 keys. Joy and Enlightenment and The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

sold for a sum reported to be higher than $ 500 000, Chopra and his brother, professor of medicine at the Brotherhood Sanjiv Chopra: a story of faith, big dreams and the power of persistence say how couple came to the United States in 70 years, no money, looking at how to meet your dreams today. The literary agent Robert Gottlieb, who negotiated the agreement, called "a game changer for the publishing industry."

Barry Eisler, a thriller which dismissed an amount of 500 000 main newspaper publisher St. Martin, but is now signed to the Amazon for a publishing contract up to six figures, said publishers must adapt to this new environment.