Saturday, June 11, 2011

Reserve a free copy of Walking Down the Avenue now!

So I'm writing a book.   About Empire Avenue as a matter of fact.   Honestly,   it is slow going.   EAv is evolving and changing so rapidly that even in the early pages of  draft,  I've had to re-write sections several times due to changes in the rules and procedures.  

I find myself very taken with Empire Avenue as I become more and more involved with and spend more and more time hanging out with great friends like Holly, Jake, Suspiria, Anise, Gina, Casey, Dirk, Scott and Ryan.   Not to mention Shannon, Travis, Hank, Carole, Stu, Sheree, Robert, Peter,  Mike, Paulo, Cyril, Caleb and Adriel.   Or Nakeva, Sharon, Michael and Jeffrey and so on and so on.   Honestly,  I've met so many people from all over the world since joining Empire Avenue that I have to mark it as a life changing experience.  My one gripe is that Empire Avenue can be very confusing to newcomers.   So much so that it  is even a bit off-putting.   Even to people who have mastered Twitter.     Which is why I decided to write a book specifically directed at Empire Avenue newcomers.   I am trying to be definitive without being verbose.   Authoritative without ever talking down to anyone.    A book that is short, useful and cheap.

I hope to have the beta edition  (this is going to be an eBook and I plan to number the frequently updated editions like software) available for sale by mid July.    If you would like to receive a copy of the beta edition, not at the amazingly low list price of  79 cents,  but instead absolutely free of charge,  please sign up for my very low volume mailing list-- using the widget in the right sidebar.   The first message I will send to this list will be when the eBook is published and ready for download,  as I said hopefully in early to mid July.   After that you can expect that I will write to you at most every four to six weeks.   (Yeah,  I am going a bit overboard to avoid being spammish*)

7 comments:

JakeWobegon said...

Thank you so much, Alan! It is truly an honor to be your friend, and I am excited for what you have in store for us. =)

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Unknown said...

Yay! Can't wait to see it! ;-)

Peter Wright said...

Alan, That is a wonderful idea and it will certainly help new players.
I am honoured to be included in such a distinguished list as you have mentioned.

@Nakeva said...

Alan, excited to hear about this book! I know you will have humor and some interesting content for all of us. Slow going? you are so great with words. Get going! Let me know when its ready to go ;)

You're awesome!

Ray Colon said...

Hi Alan,

I subscribe to many RSS feeds, but almost never to an email list. The combination of (1) useful information and (2) promised low frequency of your mailings worked to nudge me to sign up.

Good job!

Also, thanks. Your ebook will certainly be helpful in understanding EA better.

Ray

Unknown said...

Hey Alan! You, ROCK buddy! Thanks for including me and I can't wait to check out your book. This is a cool undertaking. Talk to you later! - Dirk