Pictured here is the tentative title and cover of the book I am working on. I need your help with it. A subscriber suggested that I put my posts with the comments into a book and publish it. She said that the posts still seemed fresh and she enjoyed reading them. She also said that the comments were just as important as the post itself. I agree. I decided to try to do what she suggested. After many days of struggle, I have figured out a way to make this happen. The comment thread is the biggest problem. It will take me many hours/days to get these comments into a Word file that can be successfully uploaded to Amazon and Draft to Digital. But the finished product looks really good (so far) and I don't think anyone else has tried to do this yet.
Below is a screenshot of how the comment thread is coming out. I have all the links intact and the format is pretty true to the actual thread. I am even keeping the number of likes and replies too. So see what you think?
Here is what they will look like in a Kindle:
Here is a tablet view of the posts:
Here is a phone view of the posts:
So it looks like I will include the last 38 posts with all the comments. I have two things that I would like you to help me with.
#1 If you don't want your comment/comments published…let me know. If you want your name changed or deleted…let me know.
#2 The subscriber who made this suggestion told me that my posts help her get through this insanity. Many of you have told me similar things throughout my years (now) of posting. So with that being said, I want to put at the beginning of this book "your" thoughts on why you think what I write here is important or important to you.
So if you feel so inclined, tell me why you like what I write or what it means to you or how it helps you, in a couple sentences. I will select a few of them and they will be published with your user name in the book. Anyone who is selected will be sent a free copy of the book (your choice of format). I am hoping that I can make this into a hardcover book as well as a digital book.
I will post an announcement of the people who will have their thoughts published in the book. If you don’t want to put your “thoughts” in the comments, you can directly e-mail them to me at lbutts51@protonmail.com. I will publish them with your username or whatever name you would like me to use.
I am currently 11 posts into the book and I have a file that is 32,000 words long. So it is already a monster and a formatting nightmare. Will I finish it before Christmas? I don’t know at this point. I have to deal with mouse hand cramps from all the copy and pasting of the comments. No… you can’t bulk copy the comments without getting all kinds of extraneous HTML copied with it. So each comment must be individually copied, placed, and adjusted into the Word file.
And finally, I have no idea if Amazon or Draft to Digital will let me publish it…. who knows if I can sneak it by them? We will see.
I am of course open to suggestions or ideas about this book.
So my wonderful and awesome subscribers… prepare to be famous (or infamous).
Merry Christmas everyone!
These online interactions will likely be lost to the internet 'hole' soon, I would think, and having some record of them may prove to be quite valuable over the next years. A replacement for all the missed real life conversations that can no longer be easily had, out in the world. On a darker note, I may be burned at the stake for my comments, but at least I will be in good company!
I love the idea of a book with the comments from readers. Your Substack is so valuable. Future readers will NEVER believe the INSANITY the world over has and continues to live through. Thank you for shedding so much light on the TRUTH!