Becoming
More Authentic: The
Positive Side of Existentialism
for
the EXCO seminar
Hello
prospective members of the EXCO class called
"Becoming More Authentic: The Positive Side of Existentialism",
Because I am a very frugal person myself
(see my EXCO class Voluntary Poverty: How to Simplify Your Life),
I am very sympathetic toward all potential members of
our seminar on Authenticity who must spend very carefully.
Therefore, I offer two different ways for you to
read the book.
(If I can get a library to agree to accept a free gift of
this book,
and place it permanently on their shelves,
that will add a third way for you to read it.)
If you want to be reminded of what this book
contains,
here is the table of contents, with links to many pages from the book: Becoming More
Authentic.
$8
OPTION
There are just a few copies of the second edition
of
this book available for sale.
The second edition (1990) was published in a paper folder.
There is no printing on this three-prong cover.
The pages were composed on a typewriter and then photocopied.
Only careful readers will notice later improvements in the text.
Later editions were produced by computer and laser printer,
with a better typeface,
which is one reason this early edition is about half the price.
You should look at both versions of the text before
deciding which you want.
There is no provision for selling this edition of the book back to the
author. You may pay by
either $8 cash or a personal check for $8.
This is the original price of the book 20 years ago,
even tho the dollar has lost half its value over these two decades.
$15
OPTION---with buy-back of undamaged copies
The
standard bindings for the fifth edition (2007) of
Becoming More Authentic: The Positive Side of Existentialism are comb binding and
stapled binding.
You
pay $15 to receive your copy of Becoming More Authentic
in whichever binding you prefer.
And you are thereafter free to do with it as you please:
You could keep it for yourself after the class is over.
You could lend or give it to others who might be interested in reading
it.
You could even sell it to others who might like to take
this EXCO seminar on Becoming More
Authentic
at some later time.
But
here is the offer that will ultimately prove to be the cheapest for you:
If you take good care of your copy,
you can sell it back to the author at the end of the seminar for $10.
(This makes your net cost for reading it just $5.)
This is a willing-seller, willing-buyer agreement.
Neither side is under any contractual obligation.
The book belongs to you once you pay for it.
But if your book is undamaged after the end of our
last class,
I will happily buy it back from you.
And I will sell it to someone in the next class.
The stapled binding is the strongest,
which makes it the best candidate for this kind of buy-back.
However, both bindings will be considered.
If
you plan to sell your copy back at the end of the class,
you should probably keep it in a large envelope,
so that the corners will not be damaged when you put it into your
back-pack, etc.
Under this option, you do have to pay $15 at the beginning of the
seminar.
But you can consider $10 of this as a returnable deposit.
This is definitely the least expensive option for reading Becoming More Authentic.
And you can always change your mind
and decide to keep the book or pass it on to someone else
instead of selling it back to me.
You
may pay by either $15 cash or a personal check for $15.
Yours,
James Park,
author of Becoming More
Authentic and EXCO facilitator
PS: Mail order option:
It is also possible for anyone in the world
to obtain a copy of Becoming
More Authentic
by means of mail order.
Search the Internet for the publisher's website: Existential Books.
But this will cost you $3 more for the postage and handling.
(The cost of shipping and handling for readers outside of the USA is
$16.)
And if you pay by credit card, it will cost you yet another $2
to cover the cost of electronic transfer by means of PayPal.
Mail-order is the only option that allows
payment by credit card.
All of the in-person purchases must be either cash or check.
And, of course, anyone can buy a copy by mail-order at any time.
