Showing posts with label Arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arts. Show all posts
We're missing a catalog for re-released works...
Bestseller Fiction Classics deserve better.
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That's why we've been updating them for you with new covers and decent descriptions.
This all started as a program to enable writers to learn from the classics and so improve their own craft. However, it's popular support has broadened the scope to include the top 100 (or so) all-time popular classic fiction (and a few non-fiction) to enable any writer (or reader) to study from history's greatest.
What we found is that these books - now in the public domain - have been given short shrift, with boring covers, cheap-quality printing, and poor (also boring) descriptions that don't communicate the excitement the millions of readers have shared over the years.
And the ebook versions are mostly some sort of machine-code scene, with no table of contents and sometimes other horrible errors. Sure, they're free - but "you get what you pay for" has never been truer.
So I started this campaign with a couple dozen books, just to see how they do - and now have committed to doing a full release for over 100 books. This will mean they get proper reviews, their own page on a respectful website, and ways you can find any version of these classics that you want - hardback or digital - all with some care to the reader, and respect for the original author and his works.
I just wanted to drop you a note to say I'm working on this. Eventually, they'll all wind up in a catalog that you can download (for free) and so have access to all these versions. The great part is that they don't have to cost an incredible amount to get the best quality possible.
The point is to give writers and readers, as well as the books and their authors, all possible respect. While this may take a good part of the upcoming year to create, it will be a labor of love - and so should go more quickly than someone getting paid to do this. (Of course, these will have small prices on them, which will pay my bills while I re-publish these.)
Thanks again for your support...
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Sun Tzu's Art of War - classic non-fiction study
Why is a single non-fiction book on the Midwest Journal Writer's Club list?
About this book:
The Art of
War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a
high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is
composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of
warfare. It is commonly known to be the definitive work on military
strategy and tactics of its time. It has been the most famous and
influential of China's Seven Military Classics, and "for the
last two thousand years it remained the most important military
treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name."
It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking,
business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.
The book
was first translated into the French language in 1772 by French
Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot and a partial translation into English
was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905.
The first annotated English language translation was completed and
published by Lionel Giles in 1910. Leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong,
General Vo Nguyen Giap, Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini, General Douglas
MacArthur and leaders of Imperial Japan have drawn inspiration from
the work.
Sun Tzu
considered war as a necessary evil that must be avoided whenever
possible. The war should be fought swiftly to avoid economic losses:
"No long war ever profited any country: 100 victories in 100
battles is simply ridiculous. Anyone who excels in defeating his
enemies triumphs before his enemy's threats become real".
According to the book, one must avoid massacres and atrocities
because this can provoke resistance and possibly allow an enemy to
turn the war in his favor. For the victor, "the best policy is
to capture the state intact; it should be destroyed only if no other
options are available".
Sun Tzu
emphasized the importance of positioning in military strategy. The
decision to position an army must be based on both objective
conditions in the physical environment and the subjective beliefs of
other, competitive actors in that environment. He thought that
strategy was not planning in the sense of working through an
established list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate
responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled
environment; but in a changing environment, competing plans collide,
creating unexpected situations.
(source:
Wikipedia)
About the author:
Sun Tzu
was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher
from the Zhou Dynasty. He is traditionally believed to be the author
of The Art of War, an extremely influential ancient Chinese book on
military strategy. Sun Tzu has had a significant impact on Chinese
and Asian history and culture, both as an author of The Art of War as
well as through legend.
During the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Sun Tzu's The Art of War grew in
popularity and saw practical use in Western society. His work
continues to influence both Asian and Western culture, politics,
business, and sports.
(source:
Wikipedia)
About the Midwest Journal Writers' Club:
This
was created by popular request to enable any beginning or established
author to improve their skills by studying quality editions of
classic bestselling fiction. Join at http://midwestjournalpress.com
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