How to Win Friends and Influence People in publication, Carnegie originally began writing small booklets to go along with his courses. After one of his 14-week courses, he was approached by publisher Leon Shimkin of the publishing house Simon & Schuster. Shimkin urged Carnegie to write a book, but he was not initially persuaded. Shimken then hired a stenographer to type up what he heard in one of Carnegie's long lectures and presented the transcript to Carnegie. Dale Carnegie liked the transcript so much he decided to edit and revise it into a final form. He wanted it to be extremely practical and interesting to read. To
How to Make Trouble and Influence People on "Culture Jamming: How to Make Trouble and Influence People", broadcast in 1998 and also featured in "Head Space" No 4, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's monthly Arts and Culture Magazine. A collected and expanded version of all three of the original publications, "How to Make Trouble and Influence People: Pranks, Hoaxes, Graffiti and Mischief-making from Across Australia" () was collated by Iain McIntyre and Breakdown Press for release in October 2009. The 276-page book includes expanded historical listings, over 300 photographs and 14 interviews with Australian trouble makers. How to Make Trouble and Influence People How to Make Trouble and