I recently posted about the "book" scientology put on Amazon New Scientology Scam -- Panic Over A Billion Years. That one is gone, but they replaced it with a proliferation of others. They seem to come and go with these fake books with some regularity... It is indicative of how desperate they are that they continue to try this very lame "strategy"... Imagine putting this much time and effort into an utterly useless exercise. You gotta love an "analysis and study guide" about a book they have not read! And of course, it's always good to see Lyin' Ryan Prescott jumping … [Read more...]
A Billion Years UK & Australia Editions Update
As many of you know, there have been some difficulties with Amazon concerning the non-US edition being published by Humfrey Hunter and Silvertail Books. Sadly, the problems with A Billion Years caused all of Silvertail's titles to be removed from Amazon, which hurt other authors they publish. Through a lot of hard work and persistence, Humfrey has now resolved the issue and all his books are back up. But titles that were previously noted as "bestsellers" have been reset to "zero." Any pre-orders of A Billion Years will likely have been lost (check your Amazon account) and you will … [Read more...]
Book Update and My New Website
An update on a few things.... Website -- MRinder.com I have a new website. It is a simple landing page with connections to all things about me ahead of the book release. Please check it out here: MRinder.com Book Giveaway: A Billion Years has been added to the Goodreads Giveaway campaign. This means you can enter to win a free copy. This began yesterday and there are 1862 people already requesting a copy (100 are available). UK and Australia Amazon Pre-orders: Amazon stopped taking pre-orders when one of their algorithms kicked in because there is a … [Read more...]
New Scientology Scam — Panic Over A Billion Years
This is a new one even for me. It is indicative of how panic-stricken they are. I was alerted to this by a reader who sent me the following message: Mike, Just an fyi. I thought that I was ordering your book ahead of time on Amazon. Instead my order actually went through with an estimated receive date!? It took a little longer, and I received a thin, rudimentary, mostly black book with the name Wesley Deane on the bottom. Right away, I realized I was scammed by CO$. I read it. It seemed like a poorly written grouping of meaningless paragraphs of unfavorable comments and yes, … [Read more...]
A Billion Years — Barnes & Noble 25% Discount
Today (7 Sept), tomorrow and Friday, A Billion Years is available with a 25% discount at Barnes & Noble. Go to this link: Barnes & Noble, search for the book or audiobook and use the promo code PREORDER25 at checkout. Less than 3 weeks now before you will be able to read it (or listen to it)... … [Read more...]
Scientology in Panic Mode
My book will be available in less than a month (you can pre-order it here as a hardback or audiobook) and this is obviously causing waves inside the bubble. They are scrambling to try to "do something effective" in response to the rants from Miscavige about how this book is coming and "nobody is defending him." You can always tell what has impact in the bubble by what consumes the OSA bots in their online activities. They mostly concentrate on Leah, but over the last week have ramped up their squawks focused on me. And most of them feature my family members -- brother, children and … [Read more...]
A Billion Years — Update
I have been flat out recording the audiobook in preparation for release. I haven't really had time in the last few days to put together a real blog post. Thanks to your support, A Billion Years is now #1 (hardcover) AND #2 (Kindle) in the "Scientology" category on Amazon. So much amazing support! … [Read more...]
A Billion Years — Day One
Thank you so much for all your kind comments and words of encouragement here and on social media. Many people have asked if there will be an audiobook. I am recording it this week and next and it will be available on 27 Sept too. You can pre-order the Kindle version on Amazon now. And special thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the book yesterday. Before the end of the day it was listed as "#1 Bestseller in Scientology" which is amazing. It's in the same category as Dianetics and Fundamentals of Thought and all the other Hubbard books. The publishers collected … [Read more...]
A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
I have finally written a book. It was announced in a press release today -- it will be available on 27 September. You can find it at the Simon and Schuster website where there are links to all major retailers to pre-order if you are so inclined. There is also a description of the book and some initial reviews from Leah, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright and John Sweeney. It's taken a long time to put together. I hope it doesn't disappoint any of you who have been asking me to write a book. I am about to begin recording the audiobook. The press … [Read more...]