Bible Reading Plans
- Plan One: New Testament Only
- Plan Two: New Testament + Psalms
- Plan Three: New Testament + History
- Plan Four: The Entire Bible – Year 1 of 3, Year 2 of 3, Year 3 of 3
Don’t know which plan? Go to A Christ-Centered Bible Reading Plan: Quick Start.
Extras
Verse of the Day, Audio Capsule, and Video Minute
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Before we transition to the next book, I want to give some news about access to The Duty of a Man.
For the first time, I now have a pdf version of this book for you. You can find it here. Some people have told me that they like to print my books, and, of course, a website is not easy to print from – so finally having a pdf of DM is a plus. Also, you may be aware that Kindle and most major e-reader competitors (like Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play Books) can intake pdf files. So, whether you want to read print on paper or read on a digital reader, you can now do either with DM just as you have been able to do on most of my other books.
I’m also happy to report that a company called Lulu (and, presumably, its competitors) have a way for you to get printed versions of my books – both hardback and paper. All that is required is a…(drum roll)…pdf. I was made a aware of this recently and just yesterday order a hardback version of DM. Lulu is charging me $12.22 for the book, $5.69 for shipping, and $1.26 for tax. That totals to $19.17, which amazes me.
Granted, DM is a small book, but they say it will only cost me $15.40 for a hardback version of The Biblical Case for Everyone Going to Heaven which is the normal size of a hardcover non-fiction book. I don’t know what the total will be with shipping and tax added, but consider that the average price for a new hardcover non-fiction book typically falls in the $25 to $35 range apart from any shipping or tax! I have no idea how the manufacturing economics work out, but I am not going to ask them to raise their price.
I chose the cheapest shipping option, so it will take 13-16 days before I can examine the quality of the book, but a current customer of theirs who told me about them expresses satisfaction with all the books purchased there so far. Maybe their books won’t hold up as well over time as mass-manufactured books, but their commercial success so far indicates that whatever difference exists is being found acceptable by the marketplace.
A few points to add:
- I’m not plugging Lulu. It’s just that I have no experience with this industry so, though I’m sure they have competitors, I don’t know any of their competitors by name. Otherwise, I’d recommend them, too.
- Other than having purchased this one book from Lulu, I have no commercial relationship with Lulu other than that of being a customer. I will never receive a penny from any book of mine you buy from Lulu or any of its competitors. I have put, and will continue to put, all my books for the Lord into the public domain.
- The book ordering experience at Lulu was not easy. There’s lots and lots of choices you have to make – hardback or paperback, this size book or that, this quality paper or that, this color of paper or that, and on and on it goes. There is such a thing as too many choices. Another problem is that the user interface seemed clunky to me, and the workflow from one part of the ordering process to another was confusing. Worst of all, I found no online support – no AI chatbot, no human CSR. (Just keepin’ it real, people.)
Bottom line: The publishing industry has figured out a way to make producing a single book from a pdf more economical than buying a traditionally mass-produced book. I never imagined such a thing could be. The implications for the gospel are heartwarming.
The Duty of a Man 