My book, Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball: Memoir of a Namibian Odyssey, is officially up on Amazon.
You can buy it as a hardcover, paperback, or ebook here.
For today only, I’m pricing the ebook at 99 cents (from tomorrow it will be $3.99) so please consider buying the book today, in any format, as I’m trying to maximize first day sales.
Plus, 99 cents is a steal.
Of course, you can also purchase the hardcover for $16.99. Do that and lunch is on me the next time (or first time) I see you.
Schedule for the Week
Usually I have a post on Monday and a podcast episode on Thursday.
This week, I have a Monday post (the one you’re reading now) AND a podcast episode coming out in a few hours, Part 1 of my conversation with Dre Alvarez (@nerdnumbers), where Dre interviews me about writing Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball. Then, on Thursday, I’ll send out Part 2 of my convo with Dre.
So that’s a newsletter post and podcast episode coming out today and another podcast episode on Thursday.
Next week we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming, including an interview with Washington Post reporter Kent Babb (@kentbabb).
I’ll be posting content all week on Twitter, like these cool visual posters that I made from the blurbs.
And I made a book trailer…
Again, please consider buying the book today.
And please recommend it to others (or forward this email).
Every sale helps 👌.
Two Posts You May Have Missed
Glenn Stout (@GlennStout) was my editor for Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball. Here are the lessons I learned working with Glenn.
And here is last week’s podcast episode with Glenn, where we dive deep into the writing process, all the way down to sentence construction and individual word choice.
Three Tweets You May Have Missed (including the best 🧵 I’ve ever read)
That’s all for today. Look for my conversation with Dre Alvarez (@NerdNumbers) later today.
Thank you for your support, please consider buying Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball here, and have a great day.
Ben
P.S. Here is a free copy of Lessons Learned Self-Publishing on Amazon, Working with a Professional Editor, Starting a Podcast, and Creating a Newsletter, a short book I’ve been working on summarizing some of the lessons I’ve learned over the past year 😊.
Thanks again for your support.