Saturday, June 21, 2014

Great Review from The Blue Collar Economist






Robert A. McKeown, a self-identified Austrian Economist and proprietor of The Blue Collar Economist has written a glowing review of "Selected Salvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian, which, if enough people care, is merely Book One in a planned series of similar salvos.


McKeown says: "Garry Reed’s writing style is something bordering H.L. Mencken and Groucho Marx." Really? (Pause while I blush.)


Here's his opening teaser with a link to the full review:


Recently, I began reading Garry Reed’s book, “Selected Salvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian” and found myself enjoying every page. Garry Reed’s writing style is something bordering H.L. Mencken and Groucho Marx. His quick wit and colorful turn of a phrase gives the reader something to chuckle about while being informed. After having read volumes of economics books and tomes this little collection of his articles, between 2001 and 2002, I found quite refreshing. It was like cheating on a diet with a pizza and a beer.Read the rest of this entry »


Thank you Robert McKeown!


Now, everyone, check out the Libertarian News Examiner article that features McKeown's website. It's great to finally discover articles for the non-academic, non-scholarly, non-professional libertarian who wants to understand the economics of freedom without slogging through all of the theorizing on government economic skulduggery. The Link:



Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Another Book Review! Woohoo!

David Lloyd Sutton, also known as the Sacramento Libertarian Examiner, wrote the following book review for the San Francisco Book Review.



Selected Salvos for the Loose Cannon Libertarian

by David Lloyd Sutton, for the San Francisco Book Review

Buy My Book! Read My Book! It's Small! It's Fun! It's Cheap!” So reads Garry Reed’s online advertising for this deliciously irreverent collection.

He begins by defining and illustrating capitalism. Invoking Ludwig Von Mises? No, he invokes Scrooge McDuck. I think he made the best possible choice. Then he drifts into Government Chaos, detailing the runaway abuses of eminent domain and asset forfeiture. He explores the nanny state and political correctness with an essay on the future. Be very afraid.

Dropping his cannon balls on even more feet, Reed proceeds to a pithy and pointed examination of how “faith-based” stuff is a violation of the tenth amendment. Not content with that crop of crushed pinkies, he goes after the essence of Libertarianism, wanders into international non-interventionism, bombards jury nullification and the drug war.

Mr. Reed is a rather traditional Libertarian, espousing the stuffing of runaway government and imperialism back into the constitutional bottle. Some of his advocacy may appear a tad naive, with a tidal wave of poverty-stricken immigrants awaiting his open borders. With welfare systems undissolved, that idea would be disastrous without preparation.

Salvos is stimulating, amusing, and engaging. Every thinking person should buy and read it.

"I gave this 5 stars," Sutton told me in an email. 

YOU TOO can be a Selected Salvos reviewer! Get the simple details at My Free Book for Your Free Look!

Saturday, June 7, 2014

FREE BOOK!

My Free Book for your Free Look!


Become a crowdCritic by writing a critique of my book


My book sales are lagging, interest is flagging and that has me gagging!

Here's the deal for libertarian writers, reporters, reviewers, authors, essayists, interviewers, journalists, bloggers and everyone else:

I'll swap you my book for your review or interview.

I'll send you one FREE proof copy in pdf format of my SELECTED SALVOS FROM THE LOOSE CANNON LIBERTARIAN eBook if you will write a review of it or interview me about it and send me the link to where you posted me online at a:

Blog
Web page
eZine
Online News Outlet
Social Media
Book Review Site
Writer's Forum
Customer Review at
·         Amazon
·         Barnes & Noble
·         Goodreads
·         Anywhere and everywhere else!

It's only 76 pages so it's not like you're making a lifetime commitment!

Praise it or haze it, enshrine it or malign it, ballyhoo it or boo it, just read it, write it, post it and tell me where to find it.

Contact me here with your email address and I'll send you a pdf copy of:
Selected Salvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian

Become a CrowdCritic

You've heard of Crowdfunding, where people are invited to donate money for a cause at sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter.

You've heard of crowdsourcing, where people volunteer their knowledge at sites like Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary.

You may have heard of Crowdspecting, where massive numbers of people are asked to find out things for you at sites like WeGoLook.

This is CrowdCritiquing.

I don't know if this is original or not, but I'm inviting you to become a CrowdCritic and review my book. Sorry, no money involved; just do it for Fun & Freedom and I'll re-post your reviews and interviews on my Google blog and Google+.

This is an experiment

Thanks for becoming a CrowdCritic for Selected Salvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian.

Fun&Freedom!
Garry Reed


Tuesday, June 3, 2014

More worldwide booksellers for SELECTED SALVOS




Since the initial flurry of interest in Selected Salvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian three other libertarian writers have promised to write book reviews and post them online.


While I'm still eagerly waiting their appearances here are a dozen more online outlets from around the world where you can buy the paperback or download the digital version to your reader.

So get out there and BUY BUY BUY!

Bye bye.


Monday, April 21, 2014

Dallas Libertarians publish my self-interview



The Libertarian Party of Dallas County Newsletter publisher Curry Taylor included a banned article in its April 2014 issue.

I originally wrote it for my "Dallas Libertarian Examiner" column but never posted it because a similar article about my Selected Salvos book launch that I actually published in my companion site "Libertarian News Examiner" was promptly "unpublished" by the staff of examiner.com for being guilty of "self-promotion."

Note that I didn't say that either article had been censored.

Examiner is a privately owned online media site and they have the right to impose and enforce any rules they choose, just as I have a right not to write for them if I choose.

You can read Dallas-Area Libertarian Launches 'Fun&Freedom' Book by Garry Reed by following the embedded link. It comes with photos, a separate article by me, and eight pages of excellent libertarian articles by other contributors, all put together in a professionally designed package by Curry Taylor.

(NOTE: The opening article by me is on a local subject. My self interview is located at the end of the newsletter.)



Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Selected Salvos now in great company


We've all heard variations on people defining something or someone this way:

If you looked up "lying cheating backstabbing psycho freak" in the dictionary you would see a picture of my ex.

But now I can say something like that for real!

If you looked up the phrase "zero aggression principle" in Cyclopedia.net you would see a picture of Selected Salvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian book.

The French language website, fr.cyclopaedia.net, has a full page entry for Zero Aggression Principle and offers a definition from the English-language Wikipedia entry for Non-aggression principle.

It then provides links to related images (none), search results on Google and Bing (Wikipedia, Mises Institute, The Libertarian Enterprise and Zero Aggression Project), French and English scientific articles about the principle (Wikipedia, Mises.org, Libertarianism.org), something that according to Google converts to "Development of applications for Google search" (none) and then this, three of the eight entries under the heading "Books on the Zero Aggression Principle term:"





Tuesday, April 1, 2014

A Baker's Dozen of Booksellers



You can now buy SelectedSalvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian, some in paperback, some in ePub, some in either/or, from any one of these 13 online bookstores.

But shop around because prices vary significantly.

You can buy a paperback copy for as high as $17.99 from Bookworld unless you join free and become a Citizen, in which case you'll save a whole buck. (But these are Australian dollars so check your exchange rates if you're not a Down Under native).

Downloading an ebook will set you back $3.55 at the DEA Store.

So here are your best prices:

Paperback: Lulu $6.00 (and remember that virtually all physical books add tax and/or shipping and/or "handling" charges but this is the lowest price in US$ for  these 13 sellers.

ebook: Only 1,99 Euros from Republic of Ireland iTunes with required iOS devices or $1.99 from Barnes&Noble Nook books.

So no more excuses. Get out there and buy! Read! Enjoy!

Also available in Euros, (€) Austrailian dollars (AU$), Swedish Krona (Kr), and South African Rands (R).

And one more thing ...

Amazon says I have one used paperback in "Very Good condition! Huge seller with millions of transactions! Satisfaction Guaranteed!" and sells for $41.20 + $3.99 shipping.


Do not believe them. Since this is a self-written, self-designed, self-published and self-promoted book it is also my very own self-autographed copy and I won't part with it!