Once again our dear friend Andy Andrews has shared with us his outstanding blog.
Enjoy
The past few weeks have been dizzying to me. The
uncertainty of releasing a new book - KNOWING one
cannot control what happens to it - along with the sheer
volume of work and travel that goes with the experience . . .
Well, lets just say it can seem overwhelming.
It is not my intention to bore you with the details of a long
process that in the end might leave you thinking I was
boasting about how hard our team worked. Instead, my
amazement at what has begun to happen with The Noticer
has sent my thoughts in another direction entirely.
As I mentioned earlier, one simply cannot control what
happens to a book when it is out of the author’s hands.
Neither an author nor publisher can control where it is
placed in the bookstore, how it is placed in the bookstore,
how long it stays in the bookstore, or whether the book
even gets in a bookstore in the first place! So forget trying
to force a book onto one of the significant best-seller lists . . .
Even Amazon has become wise to the ways of those who
would manipulate its ranking system.
What ultimately happens with a book is simply and purely up
to the readers - word of mouth trumps all. Therefore it has
been with grateful astonishment that I have watched you begin
to tell others about The Noticer and it’s possible value in their
life. In essence, I have seen a huge team of people do something
that is simply impossible for a small team to accomplish . . .
And I am inspired to think outside this tiny box.
As people who don’t even know each other, who do care and
are willing to work, what might we accomplish that can be so
much greater than a mere book for our community, our nation,
our world, and our God? And why does our country seem so
disconnected right now? How firm are we in the actions and
beliefs that have allowed us to become divided along political,
racial, even financial lines?
These are simply questions for us to ponder as we watch this
short video of people who are significantly “apart”, yet have
managed to come together in order to create something incredible.
So I ask you . . . who can we stand by?
Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.andyandrews.com%2Fblo
Andy
Andy Andrews
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