Yup, no more of the Training Mission books, PDF of otherwise. We have been copied and ripped off so much, worldwide. I have to spend my time more wisely making and doing other things to put thee ol’ food on the table. It always comes down to that. In the big picture too. You can’t make the next Spiderman movie if no one pays to see it.
I do plan to make four very big books on Hand, Stick, Knife, Gun. The Knife book is done and will never be on PDF to TRY curtail some of this problem. Nor will the other bigger books be on PDF.
I will make some smaller “hardback” and small PDF manuals. For sale - which will of course, the PDF will still be sent to ten best friends and then on their ten best friends, and so on like a virus. Then slip on to Torrent, or China. But, these are so small in stature that they will not “destroy my economy.” I know when my internet ratings are VERY, very high and that is usually when something has slipped free on the net. we shut them down and my ratings drop.
This same problem somewhat ruins the music and book industry. Writers and musicians eventually, through the decades, dedicate less and less time creating and more time to daily survival. That creativity never gets honed to its full potential. Then you get Rap music. Then you get to like rap music. Mostly, moron lyrics for morons. Best selling books are written in “See Dick run. Jane sees Spot.” Seen the best seller list lately? Year in, year out, about the same 15 authors writing for fourth graders.
In an abstract way, this perversely, perceived "right" to get stuff free and so forth is killing the world economies. USA. Greece. California. Labor Unions. Its the same thing. “I have a right to this or that.”
The old expression is when politicians make plans to rob Peter to pay Paul? Paul always votes for those politicians. The cycle begins. The world right now is filling up with Pauls. And Peter is getting damn tired. Hey, I just described Rand’s book, “Atlas Shrugged.” Too bad no one is smart enough to read it anymore. Smart enough to care.
ANyhoooooo...no more Training Mission books. For that matter, I’d give up the whole damn thing in a minute just to write westerns full time.
“Bang. See Dick Fall...Bang, Jane shot him down....Bang. Bang.”
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