Comments on: new book about Bible translation issues

By: sgftosis

sgftosis — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:46:52 +0000

Seriously, it was a pleasure to honor a group of servants that have been more or less ignored for too long. They have made the Bible available to thousands of people groups who would never have heard. I hope lots of lay Christians will enjoy the book, as you mentioned.
If you want to order hard-copy books directly from me, my email address is sfort1222@msn.com.

By: dkmt

dkmt — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:27:50 +0000

Dr Fortosis,

That’s great news that it will be on Kindle too! Thanks for the information, and thanks for your work in bringing the translation task to life for non-translators.

Donna

By: sgftosis

sgftosis — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:31:09 +0000

Thanks a lot, Wayne, for your support and publicizing of the book. You’ve been great and you are much appreciated.

By: Wayne Leman

Wayne Leman — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:14:56 +0000

Here is the William Carey Library link for ordering Steve’s book:

http://missionbooks.org/williamcareylibrary/product.php?productid=740&cat=0&page=1“

By: sgftosis

sgftosis — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:52:42 +0000

I am the author of the book, The Multilingual God, as described in the prior post. My name is Steve Fortosis and my email address is sfort1222@msn.com.

By: sgftosis

sgftosis — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:47:40 +0000

Hi, I’m the author of the book described and discussed above. It is now available through William Carey Library.com. I’ve gotten some really nice reviews from readers, and the book is already selling very briskly and my copies are almost flying out the window. Thankfully, William Carey also states that within several months, the book should be available on Kindle as an ebook. You can email if you have any questions. You can purchase copies while I still have some or you can buy directly through WilliamCareyLibrary.com.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:36:25 +0000

Hi, I now read (more or less exclusively) e-books only (pdf is great on my net book or smartphone). I am happy to pay for the book but has it delivered electronically. I live in the UK and the cost of shipping the physical book to me will be more than the cost of the book itself!

By: Dan Arnold

Dan Arnold — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:02:06 +0000

Riddle me this, Batman:

If the publisher won’t publish the book unless he can guarantee 120 copies of the book, why can’t he abandon the risk-adverse publisher and self publish on Kindle?

By: Dannii

Dannii — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:51:36 +0000

Gah. Publishers suck. Any publisher who won’t even risk 120 copies is not worth an exclusive contract! In these days of print on demand, who needs them?! Especially if they’re not even marketing it for you!

My advice to would be authors: put your books under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence and then use lulu/whatever. Any publisher who likes what they see can always contact you for a private arrangement!

By: Wayne Leman

Wayne Leman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:27:24 +0000

Donna, the author says he is sorry but he is limited by his agreement with his publisher not to release the book in other formats. Hopefully, he will pursue this with them since e-books are so convenient now. And they weigh so little when I take them on trips with me!