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Zachary Klaas
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 04:41:17 pm » |
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Thirteen bucks for it, too.  Going to pay it to find out what he said? |
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JasonMckerra
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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2009, 02:05:03 am » |
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No, I can't imagine it's anything that wasn't posted a thousand times on the forums :-)
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JasonMckerra
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2009, 02:48:40 am » |
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I do hope to write something of a book about Lavalon, but it would be more of a dodgy photocopier job, to be mailed to any interested party free of charge.
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Brandon
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2010, 07:40:56 am » |
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If I published any books of general interest on something niche-y like micronationalism, it would be on Lulu because my idea is you can charge for the book and maybe tack on a dollar to the price, charge a dollar on the download since you can print it, and use the preview feature on Lulu so people are free to read it but not print it on anything physical.
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JasonMckerra
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2010, 09:38:35 am » |
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It depends whether your goal is to make money, or disseminate ideas. Mine tends to be the latter.
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Brandon
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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2010, 07:56:14 pm » |
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I'd prefer to make money disseminating ideas! I hate to bring him up again, but if Glen Beck can be as rich as he is spewing the BS he does, then I should be able to make money spewing the slightly-less-BS ideas my ideas are!
But in truth it depends on the circumstances. I am writing a fiction book now, and I want to make money. If I were to write on a micronational topic I wouldn't be worried about money so much.
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JasonMckerra
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« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2010, 01:14:21 am » |
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If one wants to be a writer, obviously you want to make enough money to be able to continue writing :-)
A thousand words a day, it's not that hard, if you can keep it up, you can churn out the basics of a paperback every month :-)
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vincent
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2010, 03:30:19 pm » |
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The book is $13.35 for the paperback. The download is only $1.25. You can always print it out yourself.
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JasonMckerra
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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2010, 12:16:51 am » |
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I am loath to pay a $1.25 to read Matt's ranting :-P
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Brandon
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2010, 05:10:16 am » |
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The next time I talk to him I'll ask him if he'll put it in review mode to see if it says anything. If it were going to make any money, I think it already would have. Maybe I can update it a bit with his permission if it is good.
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vasroe
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2010, 07:58:58 pm » |
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Hello, It's pleasing to see An Introduction to Lavalon being discussed here. I would like to share a few things about it. The book is intentionally short on opinion. The target audience is small, so I decided that the risk of offending any one person was a risk not worth taking. Also, the book is chock full of interesting information, including a few things you may not have known. I strove to research points of minutiae in order to write more thorough descriptions of them. In particular, Lavalonian Republic's "core" cultural values, circa 2005-2006, are given a thorough examination. Vincent has correctly noted the download copy price, which is much less than the paper copy price (though I make the same amount of profit for both.) Though the book's download price, $1.25, may be the same as a bottle of high-calorie, artificially flavored, artificially colored, and artificially preserved soda, its content is much healthier for you. Regards, Mateu Vasroe a.k.a. Maxwell Basil |
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Brandon
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2010, 09:05:03 pm » |
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I didn't expect you to come and do this Vasroe!
The problem with it is, I really can't pay the $1.25. Remember that general micronations book, I think the history of micronations on lulu? It had a free download and they probably sold more hard copies because the information was free to download. I think the preview makes more sense because it prevents people from printing the book, but in micronationalism promoting things works a bit differently and if I could see it while I can't buy it, I am more likely to fork up the money once I can in a few years.
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Gottingen
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2010, 04:16:48 am » |
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Now, if I could get an autographed copy that might be something interesting.
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JasonMckerra
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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2010, 06:10:53 am » |
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In particular, Lavalonian Republic's "core" cultural values, circa 2005-2006, are given a thorough examination. "When I hear the world culture I reach for my gun" - Goering. When I hear micronations talk about cultural values, I just think of artificial social engineering. How can a micronation decide to have or not have a "culture"? It just seems at odds with what I understand the concept of culture to mean. |
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