ASI was incorporated as a for-profit company in the state of California on October 13, 1981, and is located in Los Angeles. ASI pays a substantial portion of its income to the Church of Spiritual Technology, a non-profit corporation also based in California.[citation needed]
Since its incorporation ASI manages L. Ron Hubbard's personal, business and literary affairs. After Hubbard's death in 1986, ASI continued to represent his literary and musical works worldwide. Nineteen of his books have been on The New York Times best sellers list, and his works have been translated into 72 languages.[3]
ASI also sells book cover prints and special editions.[5] In 2005, ASI received a verification certificate from Guinness World Records on behalf of L. Ron Hubbard for being the "most translated author" in the world[6] (since surpassed by Paulo Coelho[7].)
The 200-seat Author Services (ASI) Theater reopened in October 2008 after a three-year hiatus to resume its live presentations of L. Ron Hubbard's original series of pulp fiction classic tales penned during the 1930s and 1940s and recently adapted into multi-cast audio performances.[8]
^"Author Services Inc; Live From Hollywood: the L. Ron Hubbard Stories From the Golden Age Theater". Entertainment Business Newsweekly: 46. October 26, 2008.