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Click the LINK above and contribute $10 or more and receive a III Patch.
You can also buy a dozen or more of
III to Liberty 2012 Platform Books
pictured below directly from Sam at a reduced rate and receive the patch free. I place them in gunshops at cost.=======
III to Liberty 2012 Platform
Available at Amazon Now! The III 2012 Political Platform, and featured pieces by Concerned American, Alvie D. Zane, Arctic Patriot, TL Davis and more.
Why is the book not available for FREE e-book download?
ReplyDeleteYou're not the first to ask and I've requested it.
ReplyDeleteIsn't the point to SELL books in order to help push the Restoration Movement forward?
ReplyDeleteGood point as it does cost money to just distribute the books.
ReplyDelete[[Brock Townsend Jan 11, 2012 07:07 PM
ReplyDeleteYou're not the first to ask and I've requested it.]]
Good luck Brock - my questions have never even received the courtesy of a response.
[[Brock Townsend Jan 12, 2012 08:22 AM
Good point as it does cost money to just distribute the books.]]
It would cost *NOTHING* to put the "e-book" (read: PDF, .txt, whatever) out for free on any number of "file sharing" sites.
[[avordvet Jan 12, 2012 01:33 AM
Isn't the point to SELL books in order to help push the Restoration Movement forward?]]
According to Kerodin, he's not making ANY profit on them - he says the price barely covers costs, if that.
Further, I thought the "POINT" was to push the IDEAS into the general consciousness.
Let's face it - the only ones likely to buy the book are people who already fit the "III" mentality.
Give me an electronic file I can distribute at will, and I can then pass it along to countless people who might be "on the fence" or at least open-minded enough to consider what it says. Even those who reject it would have at least READ it!
If each person who reads it sends it to just one more, the growth would be large. TWO more would be exponential.
THREE more??!! Now it's gone "viral"!
Think how many more people you could reach if - instead of "books sold in gun shops at cost" you could put a small "sign" and a stack of business-cards pointing to the *FREE* download-address!
There's more. To be frank, I have some concerns about Kerodin as an individual, and given his history, I'm reluctant to send him money for a "3%" cause. I am not alone.
To be BLUNT, telling him who I am (name, address and phone - required so he can send me a book) is an even BIGGER concern. I am DEFINITELY not alone on this note either.
I have no wish to denigrate the man - his history is public knowledge. I truly hope he is sincere, but his actions leave room for questions, which in light of his history leads to uncomfortable conclusions...
With my big "mouth" I'm no-doubt already on about every "list" there is, but that's really not the point...
*IF* the point is the propagation of ideas, and not profit, then it makes no sense not to issue a free "electronic version" available for anonymous download.
Given the ongoing, undeniable insistence on demanding payment and collecting names and addresses in the process, I don't believe it's unreasonable to question the motives of someone with his history.
If the point is to "grow the movement" then the best way to accomplish THAT would be for Kerodin to relinquish control - starting with the "seminal text"...
Lastly, as Baen (ala "baen free library") has proven beyond doubt, unknown/niche authors will sell MORE "dead-tree" books if they release them in "ebook" format for free!
Those who really "connect" with the book nearly always buy a hard-copy - and MOST of these people are folks who would never have bought the book had they not read it first.
All of which brings me full-circle: Every legitimate purpose of the book would be BETTER served by releasing a FREE version.
Why does he continue to refuse to do so?
I meant that I've requested the e-book on Amazon.
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