Survival Books Enter the Electronic Age
Survival knowledge is best stored in your head; if real trouble strikes there is rarely time to sit down and read a survival book; even if you have the presence of mind to read one in such a scenario! 21st Century View Ltd publishing took this view and opted for the electronic format for their latest book by author James Mandeville.
(PRWEB) October 19, 2005
Ex-army survival expert and author James Mandeville’s new book, “No Water? No Food?” (Finding water and food anywhere in the world.) ISBN 1-905337-00-0. First edition 01-04-05), is being made available by the publishers, 21st Century View Ltd., as a download and on CD from their website www. burn-a-book. com
A spokesperson for the publishers said the company took this approach because electronic books in their high quality e-book format allowed many full colour photographs and illustrations to be included in the publication — this would have been prohibitively expensive to produce using conventional book printing. Although we recognise that e-books have enjoyed a mixed reception from the public, our new format works just like a website, being highly illustrated, easy to navigate and read and it is being received very enthusiastically by readers.
“Survival knowledge is only useable when you carry it in your head and it does not matter if you read it in electronic book format or in a printed book.” That is the view of author James Mandeville. “No one I have ever served with in the army sat down and read a survival manual when in an actual survival situation! In such a scenario, everyone is traumatised, frightened and low on coping mechanisms. A survival manual in a rucksack or suitcase is no substitute for carrying that knowledge in your head. If you need to carry the knowledge around with you in a book you probably will not survive long enough to use it if you really get into a tough situation!
I began writing “No Water? No Food?” back in 2001 and since then the world has witnessed increasingly violent and tragic natural disasters, wars and acts of terrorism. These events have affected families, communities, regions and countries; the list goes on and on. There is much any survivor can do to help themselves in such a situation and in the extreme examples you have to be able to help yourself because help from other sources will be a long time in arriving. I wanted to share my survival knowledge with the general public and the electronic download seemed a good way to interest computer-savvy people in the book. In “No Water? No Food?” I also give equal weight to survival in the home. On the publisher’s website I have included a free article telling people how to prepare their homes and families to cope with local and regional disasters.”
21st Century View Ltd publishing is a private publishing company based in The Channel Islands. They specialize in books on health, personal survival and technical books.
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