Author Services, Incorporated (ASI) is a for-profit corporation based in Hollywood, California. ASI is primarily a royalty collection business for the fiction works of American author and philosopher, L. Ron Hubbard. ASI was incorporated in the state of California on October 13, 1981. ASI pays a substantial portion of its income to the Church of Spiritual Technology, a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation also based in California. An official Church of Scientology portrait of L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1970 Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 â January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific American author and the controversial founder of Dianetics and Scientology. ... State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...