Clear And Present Thinking: A Free College-level Logic Text
A project in Gatineau, Canada by Brendan Myers000days
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University textbooks cost too much. So I've been writing my own - a critical thinking & logic book - to give to my students for free.
Backers: 707
Average Pledge Per Backer: $24
Funded: $16,872 of $5,000
Dates: Jun 7th -> Jul 7th (30 days)
Project By: Brendan Myers
Backers: 707
Average Pledge Per Backer: $24
Funded: $16,872 of $5,000
Dates: Jun 7th -> Jul 7th (30 days)
Project By: Brendan Myers
$16,872
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 7 @ 13:40 -0400 GMT
337%
of goal
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Latest News
The press kit, and "The Fellwater Tales" 
November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
The last two backer rewards for this project - the press kit and the thank-you cards - are underway now. The press kit was delayed while I gather information about just how many students are using the textbook, and what colleges and universities they... (Read More)
In other news...
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
I'm publishing two new books this year. But I don't feel quite right using Kickstarter to promote them. So I've created a separate mailing list, and I invite you to join it. If you would like to join my email list, please click here:... (Read More)
All the books are in the post!
September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Yes friends, I can now safely claim that all the book rewards are in the post. If you haven't got yours yet, then they're heading to you now. That is - all the backers for whom I have a postal address. There's still about half a dozen people for whom... (Read More)
Backer rewards almost there...
August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Good afternoon everyone, Well, I suppose I should admit it: I'm behind schedule with the backer rewards. By close to the end of July I had sent out the books to around 300 of you. Then I moved to a new apartment, and my ISP did not set a date to hook... (Read More)
Brief note about postage and taxes
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
In order to save money, I've been sending the backer rewards directly from CreateSpace, the online P.O.D. service through which I published the book. The idea was to avoid having to pay for postage for each copy of the book twice: once when I mail it... (Read More)
Backer Rewards are on the way
June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick update for those still waiting for their backer rewards:I've been sending them out in "batches", every two weeks or so, following my paycheques. With about 500 orders to fill, this has been the least stressful way to do it. Thus far,... (Read More)
Finished and published!
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
"Clear and Present Thinking", the college-level textbook in logic and critical thinking, is now finished, and available to the world, for free!Direct link to the text: http://www.brendanmyers.net/storage/CPT-01-homeprinting.pdfLink to the info page... (Read More)
Publication Day In Three Weeks!
April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, Today I am glad to announce that the editors and designers and I are close enough to being completely finished the project that we can fix a publication day: Tuesday, 21st May, 2013!On that day, the electronic (pdf) version of the text,... (Read More)
Still in post-production.
March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
A very brief update today - just to let you know how the process is going. The text is still in the hands of the editor. At more than 60,00 words (just slightly less than the standard length of a nonfiction book in the trade-paperback market), that's... (Read More)
The design process begins!
February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening everyone,Just a quick update tonight: here's a link to the designer's blog, where you can see some of the first stages of the layout and design process for our textbook.http://winterhebert.blogspot.ca/p/clear-and-present-thinking.html... (Read More)
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