I’ll give you a moment to mop your brains off of the walls.
Yep, I’ve hopped on the sellout bandwagon. I WAS going to hold off on this announcement until after I had sent it off to the printer, but I figure it’s never too early to start building up hype. The Eternal Solipsism of the Female Mind and Other Essays is finished, in the editing process, and will soon be available at a website near you.
Let me explain.
I’ve wanted to put a book out for a while, but I wasn’t sure what it would be about, and I was also constrained by a lack of time to write. A book is an entirely different animal than a blog post. Blogging is not about being polished; it’s about putting ideas out at your convenience, getting feedback, and constantly improving. If you don’t like something, you can edit it or delete it entirely; the web is near-infinitely malleable. A book has to be as perfect as you can get it. You can’t hyperlink to articles in lieu of writing your own arguments. You can’t make typos every other paragraph. You have to be on the ball. Because this was my first publishing project, I didn’t want to bite off more than I could chew, so I stuck to familiar territory. I have at least two more book ideas in the pipeline (one of which I want to release by next September).
Despite the name, Eternal Solipsism is NOT a cut-and-paste job – roughly half its content is new and specifically written for the book, and even the articles that I’ve published before have been significantly rewritten and/or expanded. I’m hiring a professional editor to proofread and a professional artist to design the cover. Eternal Solipsism’s content is thematically focused on feminism, women, masculinity, and sex – a natural extension of what I write here at In Mala Fide. No economics, no nerd-baiting, no race stuff – that’s for later.
Eternal Solipsism is NOT a game guide or self-improvement manual. If you want to get laid more, read Roosh. If you want to get off your ass and make something of yourself, read Frost. If you want to know why the world is fucked up and have a few laughs along the way, read me. In my book, you’ll learn about:
- Why women are solipsistic and project their desires, neuroses and beliefs onto men.
- The idiocy of “manning up” in a world that has nothing to offer men.
- A way of bringing back patriarchy without resorting to the fascistic extremes of religious conservatism.
- Why the feminist conception of rape is wrong, and how this has ruined the lives of men AND women in the West.
- And more!
Plus, I’ve included some extras – two of my favorite autobiographical posts (including “The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing“), a never-before-seen short story, and some humor pieces (including “National Fuck a Ginger Day“).
What format will it be in?
Paperback, Kindle, and ePub. I may release a PDF version if there’s enough demand.
Who’s publishing?
Amazon will be handling the paperback and Kindle versions, while the ePub and PDF versions will be available through E-junkie.
When will it be out?
Optimistically, I’d like to release before Christmas. Realistically, you’ll probably see it in January, so hold on to those Amazon gift cards.
How much will it cost?
Right now, I’m angling for $7.99 for the paperback version and $3.99 for the electronic versions. Worse comes to worst, the paperback won’t cost more than $9.99 and the e-editions will be half that. (All prices USD, because USA! USA!)
How long will it be?
Again, I still need to finalize this, but likely somewhere between 100-130 pages.
Will your book be available in my country?
If Amazon operates in your country, then you bet your ass it will. If you live in a back o’ beyond hellhole like Pakistan, South Africa or New Zealand, you might be stuck with the ePub version. Sorry.
Ferd, stop fooling yourself. Going to a shitty self-publisher isn’t the same as getting published by a REAL company.
That’s not a question. And self-publishing is the future. I’ll let the peerless Fred Reed explain why:
For publishing books, New York simply doesn’t work very well. It is ossified, doesn’t like writers or writing, and can barely read. You can’t just send your manuscript to New York because they won’t read un-agented manuscripts. You likely don’t know an agent, so you buy Writer’s Market and guess. Your guess doesn’t matter because there are only two kinds of agents, those too important to bother with you, and those who are straightforwardly useless. You can spend years shopping agents who demand exclusive contracts while they don’t sell your book.
Suppose your opus somehow gets to Random House. It will fall into the hands of a first reader, usually a Barnard co-ed with the brains of a trout fly, who likely has never been more that fifty yards from a flush toilet. She will know nothing about America, truck stops, life, or Oklahoma. She will bounce your book.
Think I’m kidding? Every so often some wag takes a classic, maybe Crime and Punishment, changes the names, and sends it to New York. Invariably it gets rejected, meaning that the first reader knows neither literature nor writing. This is what you are up against.
If by some mistake the book is accepted, you get a tiny advance or none and, a year later 5,000 copies get printed, of which 2,000 sell, maybe, because Random House won’t promote it, whereupon it goes into remainders, and they have the copyright. Your book is dead.
Not to mention that with the entire book industry in free-fall right now, publishers are less willing to take chances on new, unproven authors, ESPECIALLY un-PC ones. With CreateSpace and E-junkie, I can publish my book and sell it directly to you, keep a greater percentage of the sales (35 – 75% versus 5 – 10% for “real” publishers), and retain total control over the finished product. Which sounds like the better deal?
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment or email me. I hope to bring you another update about the book – giving you a glimpse at the cover, a finalized price and release date, and how to get your hands on a review copy – before Thanksgiving.
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Congrats, Ferdinand, I look forward to reading it.
Neato
Ferd,
I can’t WAIT till it comes out! I’ll be buying a copy for sure.
Oh, and did you ever hear about how Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, got started? He was a cop with the LAPD, and he knew where all the agents hung out. He took his script to one of them at their bar/hangout, and gave it to him personally. Since Roddenberry was 6’3″, he was an imposing figure; between that and being LAPD, the agent had no choice but to take the man’s script. He read it, liked it, and the rest is history. However, if Roddenberry hadn’t had that ‘in’, Star Trek would never have seen the light of day…
MarkyMark
Awesome, looking forwards it! Other bloggers and myself will promote it upon release.
edit: “looking forward”
note to self, wake up.
Congrats man, looking forward to reading it.
Congratulations and well done, Ferd – I’m looking forward to it as well! :)
Interesting, that.
The topics you listed are already widely discussed in the web, blogs and forums.
That’s the blogger dilemma. You are not the first one: if a blogger stated his book is original, it means he is withdrawing content from the blog, otherwise why spend money for a book? So good choice adding various stuff – I hope maybe updated and edited.
Here the vibe “support me because you know me”, “feel one of the restrict circle who reached something in paper”. How about selling a paper copy SIGNED by you? Added value. Marketing, marketing.
Good luck :-)
So, that’s what you’ve been doing all this time…I didn’t even know you’ve become an aspiring author, @Ferdy. Congrats, and I’ll keep a lookout for your new book!
EmanTheDesperateHouseboy
Best of luck to you Ferd.
Interesting observations about the publishing industry, sounds similar to what the music industry has been going through for years and why many artists are staying “independent.”
“the fascistic extremes of religious conservatism”?
This from the man who composed the article “The Abyss Stares into Poland”?
What the hell is this supposed to mean, Ferd?
Congratulations, Ferd! Looking forward to it.
Cicero: interesting question. When one goes fascist, however, one has to (a) work outward from known and accepted principles, and (b) make sure one bases one’s fascism on solid ideological or strategic ground.
Congratulations! Should be interesting.
I have published all my 4 books and 70 articles in my own website which runs under my own name. They have been downloaded in thousands. Publishing houses can go to hell now.
Only an idiot would consider it a bad move to avoid large publishers in today’s age. Be it books, music, or even original video content, self-publish and bring in the numbers, then possibly shop around a second work. Once you’ve established that you can generate sales, the big publishers will be lining up with contracts that are much more favorable.
Traveller:
That’s why I’m selling it for so cheap. If it was a wholly original book, I’d be charging more (but not much more – the economics of self-publishing allows me to charge less than mainstream authors and STILL make more money off of each copy sold).
Cicero:
It means that we can have a patriarchal society without having to jam the jackboot of the police state up everyone’s asses, like the social conservatives/Christian Dominionists want to do.
Recommend you tweak the title to “Eternal SoLIEpsism”, just so we know it’s you.
Excellent news. I thought you’d lost your drive and inspiration but am glad to hear that you’ve been directing your talents into expanding on your themes. I’ll be purchasing a copy for sure.
Re. “the fascistic extremes of religious conservatism”: this is not an appropriate use of the term “fascism” as it smacks of leftism and neoconism to use fascism as a pejorative adjective. Fascism is the solution to what ails us.
Pat:
Yeah, you’re right. A better word would be “authoritarianism.” This is one area where the gubmint needs to loosen its grip.
Authoritarianism ain’t all bad. After all, Francisco Franco called his govt “Spanish Catholic Authoritarianism” after WWII.
Or have a liberal jackboot jammed up our asses, which seems to be the case now.
To avoid that, you have to step outside centralized power structures entirely. Anarchy doesn’t work, which leaves aristocratism.
Not surprisingly, Plato and Aristotle are nodding firmly in that direction.
Looking forward to this.
Surely it isn’t that authoritarianism per se is bad.
The key is whose authoritarianism prevails.
Thought you might like this, Ferd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zHMuI0_9fs&feature=feedu
Aristocratism is NOT the solution. Case in point: Antebellum South.
It’s aristocratic class’s enthusiasm for turning Dixie and eventually all of North America into Haiti 2.0, and driving every last non-slave-owning white person (the despised po white trash) off to Appalachia or to the western territories was just barely held in check by their friends to the north.
Hi Ferdinand,
I’ve been researching this subject, and the story actually gets pretty weird. At this point, the available evidence makes it hard to tell if the biggest flaw in the feminist concept of rape is inflation of female victimization, or denial of male victimization. If you’re still working on that section, feel free to drop me a line, and I’d be happy to send you a few interesting links and citations.
Just make a PDF version. It will appear that way sooner or later anyhow. But for you, I will pay for a real book.
Exploded head from SNL, no?
Good work……
This is an interesting topic too.
http://spiritofnature99.blogspot.com/
@ Brett Stevens
Quote: “To avoid that, you have to step outside centralized power structures entirely. Anarchy doesn’t work, which leaves aristocratism.”
Concept of God. Without it… no man can step outside any power structure if all there is is man’s will over other men. (i.e. atheism)
A man who believes in God… can tell every other man to go to hell… precisely because God is above all men… completely outside man made power structures.
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