This went out to my RealStevo.com subscribers this evening and I am sharing it here on Substack as well since I thought it might be of interest.
I got the next book that we will be reading as part of The Book Club, in the mail.
And as an author, I like to look at a number of things about a book.
I read the acknowledgments, the foreword, the intro, the author’s note, the bio of the author, notice the cover design (beautiful cover for a paperback) and the copyright page, who owns the rights to the book, who did the cover work, and … the publisher.
Who would dare publish someone like Alex Jones or Robert Kennedy?
Skyhorse Publishing of course, under the direction of Tony Lyon.
And who would publish Whitney Webb or the woman I met on Saturday, the New Orleans girlfriend of Lee Harvey Oswald? Trine Day of course.
You may never have heard of Trine Day.
Or maybe you have.
But there are just some publishers who do not want to be normal.
Trine Day is one of them, and Skyhorse is another.
I like when I find books from those two.
It’s like a hug from handicapped person or a compliment paid by someone who couldn’t possible care what you think of them — you know it’s sincere.
It’s a little extra special.
It’s a little nicer to receive because there aren’t all these motives tied into it.
I’m not saying that I’m always analyzing everyone for their motives,
I’m just saying, that I know that some people who have lived life with developmental disabilities...
have figured out how to say what they think...
and to know who they are and to know that they don’t have to buddy up to anyone...
and that they can get away with some pretty bad behavior sometimes.
And when that person gives you a hug, there’s something extra pure and sincere about it.
Trine Day publishing is like that.
They know who they are.
They aren’t trying to impress.
Though again, I really like the sheen of the cover — someone put work into finding a cover that was just right with just the perfect sheen. Kudos to that person.
Trine Day knows who they are.
Most publishers don’t.
Most people don’t.
And it’s just plain uncomfortable sometimes.
The next book in The Book Club, the book of the month of April, promises to be uncomfortable, only in a good way.
In a Trine Day way.
It talks about some rotten behavior from some people who operate under the imprimatur of “In God We Trust” and who walk around with the American flag.
They do some pretty lowdown stuff.
Whitney Webb in "One Nation Under Blackmail" gets into that.
She tells decades of history on how some awful folks have blackmailed key American officials so badly that America has been left in a very compromised position.
Some of your heroes you might have to start looking at differently because of this.
It will be a good read.
But not just that.
It will be a great discussion, with some of the excellent people on this email list who find their way into these discussions.
Join me.
Just do so before 11:59pm Pacific Thursday.
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-Allan Stevo
What a fantastic acknowledgement of the brave publishers out there, Allan!