Posted on 04/16/2009 11:33:30 AM PDT by dynachrome
Patriots predicted a financial meltdown and the ensuing chaos. Now it’s a bestselling manifesto. Survivalist James Wesley, Rawles talks to Sara Nelson from an undisclosed location.
Every once in a while, a book you’ve never heard of by a writer you’ve never heard of comes out of the woodwork to become a bestseller. That was the story with the Tim LaHaye Left Behind novels of the 1990s, and with last year’s The Shack, by William P. Young. Both “faith-based,” and both originally either self- or tiny-house published, these books would never be reviewed by the likes of any of the usual literary suspects and have initially small advertising budgets—but score nonetheless, thanks to passionate word of mouth. This year’s entry in the Where-Did-That-Come-From? Sweepstakes is a 384-page paperback novel called Patriots from tiny Berkeley-based Ulysses Press. Published April 7, the book has already hovered around the top 10 on the Amazon bestsellers list. Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 75 percent of sales but does not receive reports from Wal-Mart (a store at which Patriots would likely sell well, thanks to its libertarian, survivalist themes), says 1,500-plus copies have sold in its first week.
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JW Rawles survival blog. Very good info for SHTF scenarios or any disaster prep.
John Ross is fantastic.
Is this the one that was originally titled “Triple Ought”?
That I do not know. I believe it has been re-written a few times for updating. “Fourth edition, expanded”
Self-publishing Ping.
His book is my original pick for “Most dangerous novel”
Read the book several times. Some interesting tidbits of “tips and tricks” embedded in the story line, although I’m in no position to buy property in Idaho for WTSHTF.
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