Re: A good book.

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Thanks for the offer, Tom. Can't beat that. I appreciate your opinion and
will look forward to checking it out.
Pat Super

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tivers@aol.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 11:54 AM
Subject: RC: A good book.


> Listers
>
> I am halfway through a superb book written by James Autio called The
Digital
> Mantrap. This is a very dense 650 page book, better written and better
> documented than anything I've ever atttempted. It's about exercise and
> nutrition, with a target audience of corporate executives who want to live
> long enough to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But it applies directly to
> everything we're trying to do in building quality equine athletes.
>
> I've known Jim Autio for about 7 years. He developed two of the
nutritional
> products that have brought more that a million dollars of sales into my
> company--because they work. The man knows his stuff.
>
> The book is $55 and well worth the investment. The problem is, it's only
> available by "referral". Why he chose this method of marketing, I don't
know,
> but it's kind of like multi-level--which I have an adversion to.
>
> So I have a problem. Normally, when I find a good book that would be
useful
> to the people I'm working with, II tell people about it and suggest
> Amazon.com and I  buy it wholesale and then resell it at retail through
the
> normal methods, guaranteeing satisfaction. I can't do either in this case
> because you can't buy it without a referral code. And if I give you my
> referral code, then somewhere down the line, they're going to send me a
check
> for a percentage of your purchase price.
>
> So, as soon as I give you my referral code, this little note turns into
> dreaded SPAM.
>
> But, this is the best book I've ever encountered on conditioning and
> nutrition. It's dense, slow reading. It's stuffed to the gills with
> scientific references. So, it may not be everybody's cup of tea.
>
> So, here's what I'm going to do. If you use the referral code and get the
> book and just don't like it--I will buy it from you for what you paid.
That
> way, if I'm steering you wrong, I'll pay dearly for doing so.  Right now,
> that's the only way it can be done.
>
> The site is www.digitalmantrap.com and the code is G4C5.
>
> Sorry if this appears to be spam--it's not intended that way. In fact, if
Jim
> starts sending me checks, and I haven't had to buy too many books from you
> guys, I'll use that money to help sponsor this list.
>
> Tom Ivers
>
>
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