MTV Press recently announced that they are teaming with Staten Island MC Ghostface to release a new book, The World According to Pretty Toney, on January 8, 2008. MTV says that the motivational manual "offers nuggets of street wisdom on the key elements to becoming your own personal success story: livin', hustlin', lovin', eatin', and the all-encompassing Toneology." It also comes with an exclusive audio disc containing over 20 minutes of Ghost speaking on various subjects.

The book is based on a series of promotional shorts that Ghost did with the network back in 2005, where the MC's alter ego Pretty Toney dropped jewels on life. The shorts were co-created by MTV Promos writer/director J. Brightly, who also co-wrote The World According to Pretty Toney. MTV will start airing a new set of shorts on the network in December.