A year ago I heard about Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library Tv video blog.  I’m not so into wine, but I watched because he was such a character.  I then discovered his other video blog, garyvaynerchuk.com — and I watched them as fast as he put them up.

However, it was when I heard him speak at the Web 2.0 Conference last September that I knew without a doubt that I had to work with Gary. Before he left the stage I’d shot him an email, and by the time I left the Javitz Center I’d already heard back.

“That’s Your Book,” I screamed over the blackberry. “You need to write a book about passion just like the speech you just gave.”

And so the six month long conversation began…..that brought us to this exciting moment.

You can check out the stories about the book deal on wsj.com and TechCrunch, but for me, the best part is to see the reaction on Search.Twitter.com.

Here’s the speech that inspired the deal: