Showing posts with label popular books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label popular books. Show all posts

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Books You May Like Pre- / Post Holidays

*The Dimensional Philosopher's Toolkit, rated 4.5 Stars (3+ Reviews).

*Hyper-Cubism: Post-Cubist Drawings and Paintings, rated 4 Stars (1 Review)

*Nathan Coppedge's Perpetual Motion Machine Designs & Theory (Sort of famous, with two early unkind reviews)

*42 Mind Seals, making sales even though it has one 2-star review from a priest.

*Coherent Systems Theory, about coherent math and philosophy.

*The Dimensional Spell-Casting Toolkit (contains a magic spell for converting a rice cake into a cheddar ricecake that really works, and many other spells).

*The Dimensional Immortality Toolkit (my best collection of writings on immortality to date).

*The Dimensional Time Travel Toolkit --- not to be under-estimated.

*Grand-Unified Theories of Meaning, showing typologies for the first sixteen dimensions and beyond...

And many more...

View the covers and descriptions at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/author/nathancoppedge



Tuesday, April 7, 2015

New Mark of Success

I'm averaging slightly over one book sold per day this month for the first time!

Progress!

If the average continues for the whole month I will have achieved this year's goal eight months early!

My author page with books on philosophy, perpetual motion, artwork, and etc. may be viewed on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/author/nathancoppedge


Wednesday, February 4, 2015

200 Books Sold on Amazon Now

Counting e-books, I have now sold 200 books, including about 20 - 40 different titles.

This is after my last mark of 100 books sold sometime last year.

Also, I sold 10 e-books today, which is a record for me by far!

Progress as an author!

My many interesting titles can be found on my Amazon Author Profile.


Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Received my second review at PMM D&T


See Reviews At: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1495373835

This reviewer claimed he didn't even read the book, and he gave it 3 stars, so I guess that's pretty good!

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Responding to a Three-Star-Review

OPTI RIGOT (SCEW) CAN'T EDIT EDITOR APPLIED

In which someone expressed disappointment because I did not make it easy to build perpetual motion,

I wrote:

I did my best to include numerous diagrams with descriptions which illustrate the function of the designs, and thus, how to build them. In some cases construction may be flexible in some ways, and much more awkward in others, but only under ideal conditions. This kind of complexity defies the concept of easy explanations. Confronting design problems is often counter-productive to the motivation in reading a book on perpetual motion. You are more likely to reach original theories by ignoring the most fundamental physical aspects of design. As for theory, it is certainly present in the book, and provides a strong groundwork for developing new theories of perpetual motion, which is the most viable strategy for realizing the goal of all these projects ('when in doubt, quantify' 'when in doubt about conservatism, quantify endlessly').

Few if any perpetual motion machines have been built, so it is unreasonable to expect detailed instructions on how to make them. For instructions on building a partial model of the Modular Trough Leverage device which can serve as experimental evidence, refer to Nathan Coppedge's blog.

I have at least two successful experiments, neither of which is particularly easy to reproduce. I felt including that material would just bog down the text. A few instructions on how to design the Escher Machine are present in another work, titled The Scientific Papers. However, I think you will find that book is less technical overall on the subject of cohensive perpetual motion theories. 

An industrial designer, for example, would find numerous ways to build the designs present in the numerous diagrams within the book. Including all the exhaustive details about what small errors to avoid for every device is really beyond me at this point. However, exhaustive information about one of the more successful designs is present about the Modular Trough Leverage device at my blog.

Remember that not all of the designs are successful. It is a remarkable achievement to get any evidence whatsoever of over-unity effects. To construct my experiments, I had to find cases where over-unity could be proven without building a full-scale perpetual motion machine. Actually building a complete machine (as of early 2015) is something that involves too large a leap, has too many psychological barriers, and would likewise meet with a politics of conflicted opinion. The motive is present to build successful experiments, however, the capacity to build is reserved for a builder, whereas I consider myself more of a designer. My efficiency is to churn out new, potentially viable concepts. It is then for history, or the authorities that be, to recognize me in small or large ways for my achievement, by making a practical choice involving trial and error, or concerted effort, applying a computational model if necessary.

I do apologize for what another reviewer called a 'lack of formulas'. I have done my best to revise based on that criticism and include at least a semblance of the relevant theory concepts (according to my own idiosyncratic definition). By providing theory concepts, it becomes much easier to realize the abstract element of design which prefigures a successful construction. Since many of my designs have remained theory-only, there is little else I can do to provide you with tools for building them. There is a strong difference between the practical characteristics of design (say, grades of aluminum, or how to weld joints), and the philosophical considerations that go into the formulation of perpetual motion in the abstract (such as enumeration of adequate principles). In constructing a principles-based book, I have done my best to provide more than just hints, but real affirmative evidence of a viable theory of working over-unity. However, I realize that some readers will be disappointed when my own success in theories does not carry over into a complete realization of every detail.

The truth is, because I have focused on theory, I give my readers what I believe to be a legitimate opportunity to build perpetual motion and claim the patent for themselves. But that depends on the practical knowledge which the reader may possess. It's not a bad bargain, but I wish it were more secure. I wish there were something guaranteeing success. But, apparently, there isn't. In confronting the book, readers will encounter many of the minor traumas I encountered in seeking out a good theory of perpetual motion. However, again there is a benefit: for this is the real, authentic quest of perpetual motion! I have already found good ideas. The only hurdle that remains, provided that someone accepts the limitations of design, is practical implementation. 

I in no way assume that the real builder will be a solitary individual. It is just as likely that a multi-national corporation or academic research agency adopts the problem.
Buy the Perpetual Motion Machine Designs & Theory on Amazon.

Friday, January 2, 2015

It turns out...

The Hyper-Cubism book was out of print because I didn't respond to my publisher alert messages.

It's in print now HERE!

Sorry, but none of my books are at risk of being out of print anymore. Thank goodness!

Recently-published books include The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (originally planned for next month or later, but published early), and the updated Dramatis Personae including a story about Marie Antoinette involving 'musical thread'.

The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit can be found HERE.

Dramatis Personae can be found HERE (technically it's supposed to be seven dollars, but Amazon discounted it to five).

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Gaining Ground as an Author

1-month record above 400,000th authorrank now.

6-month record above 500,000th authorrank now.

Gaining approximately 100,000 ranks every 6 months.

at this rate, I'll be in the top 100,000 permanently in 2 years.

There's also some chance that the growth is more exponential.

For example, I made almost 30X the sales I did last December.

It's still not a lot of money, but exponential growth is a good sign.

Good news, overall.

Link to Nathan Coppedge's Author Page HERE.


Monday, December 22, 2014

Improved Sales

A recent assessment shows that Nathan Coppedge's Perpetual Motion Machine Designs & Theory is up about 300% in the past 6 months, and The Dimensional Philosopher's Toolkit is up about 200% over last year.

Update: I've made over $1 / day on the perpetual motion book this month.

Admittedly I'm doing about 700% better than last holiday season, but I've published almost all of my books since then, so it's hard to gauge what the difference could mean. I've also found a new self-publisher, which could make a big difference. It certainly has for me.

Link to my Amazon Page.

And, a few fiction titles under my pseudonym, Master Kuo.

I also publish fiction under my primary name, when it's primary. But I'm not saying that Lessons of the Master or The Story of Master Wu are bad books. Indeed, they're very well written, but they come out through a secondary personality. The secondary personality may be more successful, but that's for the reader to determine. I had to take on an alternate identity to write those books. But if I combine multiple identities in the same volume, as I did with Dramatis Personae: Stories for Inventing History, then it becomes a primary volume.


Saturday, September 13, 2014

International Sales

My first sale from India reported today.
Earlier sales from this year include:
1 Japan.
1 Germany.
1 France.
1 Spain.
3 Italy.
About 15 sales in the UK.

Counting e-books.