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Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (1993)
《心靈雞湯》（Chicken Soup for the Soul），作者：杰克•坎菲爾德與馬克•維克多•漢森（1993年）
Conceived of as a collection of 101 inspiring stories more than two decades ago, the book begat a mega-franchise. Motivational speakers Canfield and Hansen took on the original project after their audience members solicited them to compile anecdotes from their talks. Snowballing into more than 250 titles and selling more than 110 million copies in the U.S. and Canada, the series has become a fixture of bookshelves across the world. Sold in 2008 to three new owners, the franchise has not lost steam. It has since launched a YouTube Channel and comfort food lines for both pets and humans.
20年前構(gòu)想本書時，作者只是希望編撰一本由101篇鼓舞人心的故事組成的合集，未曾想“心靈雞湯”最終演變?yōu)橐粋€巨大的特許經(jīng)營品牌。勵志演講家坎菲爾德與漢森當初著手這個項目的原因是，有聽眾請求他們將演講中提到的故事編輯成冊。如今，該圖書系列已經(jīng)超過250種，在美國與加拿大的總銷量超過1.1億本，在世界其他國家也大受歡迎。2008年，該圖書的特許經(jīng)營權(quán)被出售，但其熱度不減，先后推出一個YouTube頻道，以及針對寵物和人類的安慰食品系列。
