As most of you already know by now, as of May 20, 2025 there is a new, updated version of The Simple Path to Wealth available. Indeed, it has already reached #7 on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
If you buy the book at Barnes & Noble or any local bookstore, you’ll automatically get the new edition.
But, somewhat confusingly, the original is also still available on Amazon.
This is your guide to make sure you are buying the version you want
There are four different formats of the book:
A hard cover, a paperback, an E-book, and an Audible version.
On Amazon there are four buttons allowing you to choose between them.
However, only two of these are currently the new edition. The other two are the original.
Here’s which is which:
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- The Hardcover is the new edition.
- The E-book is the new edition.
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- The Paperback is the original.
- The Audible version is the original.
The new edition is expanded and updated, and frankly I think it is the better book.
That said, The Simple Path itself is the same in both. So if you just want to know how to make this Path work for you, either will serve you well.
The paperback has the advantage of being less expensive and the audio version provides that unique experience.
So, why aren’t all four the new edition?
Paperback:
While we have asked Amazon to stop printing and selling the original paperback, their policy is to keep it for sale until the existing inventory has been exhausted.
Once that supply is gone, only the new edition hard cover will be available. In a couple of years, as is traditional in the publishing world, my publishers will produce and offer the new edition in paperback.
Audio:
My contract with Audible runs through 2027 and this gives them the rights to sell the original audio version until then.
Once that contract has run its course, we will be free to produce an audio version of the new edition.
However, I may or may not be the one narrating it.
I mention this because so many have told me how much they like hearing it in my voice.
While I would like the new edition to also be in my voice, recording an audio book is a large and fairly unpleasant task. It is one I simply may not be up for when the time comes. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Hopefully this short guide will help ensure the version you order is the version you want.
Whichever version you read or listen to, I also hope it resonates with you and sets you on the path to your own rich, free life!
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Addendum:
Here’s my conversation about the new edition with James Clear
Here’s a sample of his insights and why I subscribe to his newsletter:
I’m usually asleep from 5am to 6am, but when I wake up early I tend to enjoy it. Start the day slow. Watch the sunrise. Get a few things done before everyone else wakes up.
Meanwhile, I am often awake from 10pm to 11pm and I find that I tend to use the time poorly. Passively watching TV or scrolling on a screen. Late night snacking. Overthinking things that are unimportant.
Trading the last hour of the night for the first hour in the morning would be a pretty high value trade for me.
Which hours of your day tend to return the most value and which ones tend to return the least?
