Michael:

I don't know if this will help or not but you may want to contact:

BYRRD ENTERPRISES
1302 Lafayette Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308
(800) 628-0901
byrrdbooksaol.com

I know they distribute the five or so Military SMARTbooks from TheLightningPre ss through AAFES outlets.

Love your website and your reporting.

Wally B

Michael: My most sincere thanks to you for your courage and brave service to your country. Even the worst of the liberal MSM are starting to understand that we are winning the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The MSM elect to ignore the good news that the war is being won. They are all paying a price by seeing their income going down 10% a year. God bless you and those who serve and have served their country.

I sent them a email from Corey's address.
Good work letting us know what they are up to.

The left (and yes this is another effort of the left) continues to sicken me with their Stalinist insistence on suppressing information and news that doesn't fit their political goals on Iraq.

Mr. Yon, I purchased 3 copies of your book. One for myself and one for my son and daughter. From what I have read so far..EXCELLENT. You are awesome! I will help to put pressure on this Anderson company..Some one posted contacting O'Reilly,he is just the right guy to bring light to this!!! Great Idea!! . Meanwhile I am going to purchase a few more copies to bring over to our Healing Heroes and to ship to my troops I support in Iraq and Afgahanistan. Thank you and May God Continue to bless our troops!
We need more people like you!!

Sent my e-mail sent to Anderson - and it was polite! A cousin of mine is one of the Major's mentioned in the book. He has read the book and indicated that it is a very true depicition of what went on. He has had very complimentary things to say of Michael as well. For anyone who has read the book, take a few moments and follow the link to Anderson.

AAFES is a joke!!! That's what happens when you allow civilians to take control of any part of the military. AAFES has never been the same since it was turned over to the civilians. I don't shop there, most things you can buy off post at better prices. I bought my copy at Borders Books, they are now carrying it on their shelves. Keep up the good work Michael!!

Hi,

I've already purchased a signed copy, read it and its already on its way to my son Phil (173rd Airborne) stationed in Afghanistan.
I know he'll hand it around...

Everyone should try to do the same...

Good luck dealing with AAFS or the NEX. I just wrote my senators and congressman. The subject political censorship.

I called the NEX Book Buyer and voiced my displeasure. American Democracy in action...

Email sent. I'll set up a table and sell the books myself at the entrance to the PX if you'll let me! Just say the word.Thanks for all you do Michael. Stay safe.

When I first read this I was ready to run out and urge strong activity, letters to congressmen and all that. Then I started to wonder what the market for your book might be on military bases. What effect might it have on say returning soldiers with mild PTSD. Might it make their problem worse? On another paw your book would be a good introduction to what could be expected by a person going over there for the first time. On the whole, I am imagining here, I suspect I'd want much lighter fair if I've been over there and seen the same material first hand. So the market for the book on bases where soldiers have just returned from deployment might be low. It might be much higher on other bases. After I'd been home awhile and had decompressed I imagine reading it would be a good thing. It'd tell me more than the little piece of the picture I'd seen while over there, figuring, hypothetically, that I was a soldier to begin with.

With that conjecture in mind it might be interesting to take a survey of the type of literature on the shelves at those bases and what seems to sell. That would help provide some background on the distributor's decision. Maybe they simply figure the market for the book would be small.

Before complaining too loudly I'd like data to back up any complaints that might impute bias rather than pure commercial interests as being behind the distributor's action. It's not obvious from the data presented, as disturbing as that data might be.

{^_^}

Dear Michael -

You and your book are just amazing. I have been spellbound reading it and having ah-HA moments throughout. You make the entire course of this war make sense now. Thank you for getting the truth out there, and I pray that those who are able will ensure a wide and vast distribution of your book and those books to follow so enlighten Americans and others around the world. What al Queda has done to Iraq is heartbreaking. What the very few in the military with questionable honor have done is also heartbreaking. However, knowing we have the leadership of honorable, incredible men like General Petraeus gives me such hope and encouragement for the future of that country and ours. Please know you and all those you write about are in my prayers and the prayers of those on my small church email prayer chain. May God bless you with good health, continued inspiration, love in you and around you, and a hedge surrounding you to keep you safe. In Jesus's name. Amen.

I was in B&N a few days ago and asked about the book (I have a signed copy). They had one copy, on an aisle table, on a side bottom shelf. I swapped its location with a single copy of another book that was on the tabletop

Might I suggest providing the book to sell by one of the hundreds of vendors set up in lobbies in BX and PX locations across the world. It is sad that some distributor who is making a lot of money from troops can't provide an insight into their dangerous and hectic lives. I will not buy another Anderson distributed publication from my local BX until they use common sense. Maybe if enough follow through it will hit them where it hurts... the pocket book.

Be safe. Duty, honor, Country. God Bless America!

I saw nine copies available at the bookstore at Fort Leavenworth, KS on 29 May. Looks like the grassroots efforts are working!

Go Mr. Yon!!! I was searching the net for "Military distribution channels" for Galaxy's titles (we publish L. Ron Hubbard's fiction works) and I some how got into your article regarding Anderson News. I have personal experience with them, same old, same old - your article is 100% accurate. But I think you "are" going to get your books in there, with that much back up, you WILL get in there. My wishes are with you!!
By the way is your book available in paperback? You could get it submitted to be included in the "Library Program/Moral Support Program". It's a Gov program and the buyer for the program hand selects dozens of titles every month and includes them in boxes that go to deployed troops. His orders are usually for between 200-900 copies or more and he's a really nice, down to earth guy, he's based out of Alexandria, VA. I'll have to find his address for you.