Get a Special, For-Review Edition of my New Book!
by tdaxp ~ April 27th, 2008
Books finished. It’s not too much, mostly a revision of my Revolution of Early Christianity history with a (vaguely) tighter focus on COIN and the Generations of War. My purpose in writing/revising it was that (a) Mark Sanfraski of ZenPundit will be doing something similar with the completed Boyd Roundtable, and (b) certain elements of the “money-fantasy machine” have been hijacking the xGW and 5GW frameworks for their own ends.
So I wanted something in print, darnit.
The press is Nimble, which is and on-demand press, but (unlike PublishAmerica) apparently on the up-and-up. Once it’s on general sale I’ll get royalty checks (my goal: one Starbucks coffee a year’s worth), but for now: you can read what I have to say for free!
The catch? Respond below or email to dan@tdaxp.com, and write a review either on your own blog, through Amazon’s RealName system, or both! Can be good, bad, or whatever. Essentialy trying to drum up some web hits for it, so potential buyers (or people who stumble upon it on Google BookSearch) recognize there’s a community behind it.
Any takers?
April 27th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Any timeframe for putting a review up? Although I suppose given a) my ignorance of Christian history, and b) my skepticism of the xGW framework, I wouldn’t be an ideal reviewer…
April 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Dan: I am game, so count me in.
Adrian: You might have a good PoV. Do you as a non-xGWer find the book useful/interestingly/worth-it?
April 27th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
I’m down with it. I always liked your posts on that topic.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:05 am
I’m not a qualified reviewer, but will definitely purchase a copy for reading when it’s available.
If more people going the print-on-demand route had realistic goals like yours, PublishAmerica wouldn’t thrive.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Sold.
I’m not a qualified reviewer, either.
But I’ll review it anyway.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Ditto.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Sounds like fun. I’ll pick up a copy, no doubt.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:01 am
I’m down too, and more than happy to review it. Nice job getting published too.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I’m sure I would find the book interesting. Feel free to send me a copy! My address will be changing soon though…
April 28th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Great to hear about your new book! Congrats. I hope you get that coffee.
April 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Put me in, Coach!
April 28th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Would love to, send me whatever you’ve got.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Ok Dan, why not. I found your postings about the overthrow of the Roman Empire by Christianity an interesting and novel idea. I’ll give it a shot, although I too have not written a book review before for publication.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:02 am
I will review it. For three semesters I have assisted a class called “The History of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages.” When I finish reviewing the book, I shall pass it on to my professor who is an expert on the subject. I will ask him to write a short review too.
I hope our reviews will help sell copies of the book. It’s a great marketing strategy, Dan.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:12 am
what if you’ve already read it?
i will happily write a short review. and i AM qualified
feel free to just send me the final digital copy. analog not necessary.
April 30th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
digital copy please.. i dunno know what the hell i’m reading about 5GW about it but I look forward to it as a learning experience and certainly like the concept of COIN back then.
May 4th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Thank you everyone for your interest!
Review copies should be making their way through cyberspace.
The physical book is now available on Amazon [1], and hopefully will be appearing soon on Google Book Search!
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-Strategies-Early-Christianity-Counterinsurgency/dp/193484036X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209899152&sr=8-1
May 4th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I don’t know how I missed this post, but I’ll review the hardcopy (I like to hold books and am loath to read them on anything with pixels) as soon as I purchase it. Given my own vision of the Anti-Christ being a potential proto-example of 5GW this will prove interesting and I’m looking forward to it.