The new book is out--and the response is overwhelming so far!
Many thanks for all the e-mails and orders in just the first week of the book’s release.
I want to let folks know that this limited edition hardback is available only until early 2009, and then will be discontinued. The book then goes to trade paperback and officially becomes part of the Equestrian Wisdom and History Series at the Long Riders’ Guild Academic Foundation (www.lrgaf.org) thereafter.
The sales for this first edition hardback are being handled in a unique fashion. Only two groups that have supported my writing and that I know for certain have horses’ best interest at heart are involved in its publication and sales.
Emily Kitching and the family run business, Eclectic-Horseman Communications, has exclusive world rights for distribution. This means we won’t be selling through Amazon, or bookstores, or any other outlet, but I am confident whatever additional sales might have been realized by going through corporate channels can not offset my joy knowing that I can reciprocate to the loyalty and honesty shown to me from Emily and her crew over the years.
Likewise, the publisher is The Long Riders’ Guild Press, and while they are a global association, they are comprised of real horse people that I know personally. I wholeheartedly trust them to be uncompromising in their integrity, and assuredly have horses’ wellbeing first and foremost in mind.
Also, I’d like to add that Harry Whitney is central to this project. He wrote the foreword, provided sage advice, and is a character—both in life and in the text.
The sum total of this alliance is, I hope, a book publishing project as truly horse-centric as it gets these days, not just marketed to look like one. Perhaps knowing this is as important to readers as it is to this author.
As we head into the holiday season, I’d like to wish everyone and their horses all the very best from this little farm in the mountains.