Jimmy Case autobiography

[gkmacca]

I couldn't find a thread about this (apologies if I missed it!).

 

Case's autobiography is up for subscription here:

 

Hard Case

[xerxes]

Yes, there was a previous thread on this.

 

The whole thing seems ill-advised, and odd.

[Juniper]

Yes' date=' there was a previous thread on this.

 

The whole thing seems ill-advised, and odd.[/quote']

 

To you

[halewood pete]

Fucking great player jimmy case,loved watching him tackle,awesome.Remember seeing him late one Saturday night with terry mcdermott in the squires club woolton after a home game,they were both absolutely shit faced drunk,!good times.

[xerxes]

To you

 

It doesn't stack.

 

Money is made from selling books on the after dinner circuit, and he has spoken pretty successfully.

 

Self publishing and self promotion in this case seems an own goal.

 

Is he that desperate for cash that he wants money up front? Few will pay,so he ends up being worse off.

[bossy]

 

It doesn't stack.

 

Money is made from selling books on the after dinner circuit' date=' and he has spoken pretty successfully.

 

Self publishing and self promotion in this case seems an own goal.

 

Is he that desperate for cash that he wants money up front? Few will pay,so he ends up being worse off.[/quote']

 

Lots of people in the arts are doing this nowadays; films, music and books are all being financed by fans in the first instance. it is newish but becoming a very common phenomenon. Stop complaining and buy or don't.

[Juniper]

 

Lots of people in the arts are doing this nowadays; films' date=' music and books are all being financed by fans in the first instance. it is newish but becoming a very common phenomenon. Stop complaining and buy or don't.[/quote']

 

I wouldn't waste your time. He didn't get it last time either.

[The Bugged Out]

Hopefully jimmy will get this project off the ground, but this forum would be better served if we used the money for a hitman to take out xerxes.

 

can we set up a subscription system for that?

[xerxes]

Lots of people in the arts are doing this nowadays; films, music and books are all being financed by fans in the first instance. it is newish but becoming a very common phenomenon. Stop complaining and buy or don't.

 

I am not complaining, I am saying that it is odd.

 

Self publishing is increasingly popular with aspiring artists of all genres. Case is sufficiently well known to secure a publishing deal,so is it about money? But he should make more money from a slick sports publishing house. Or is it that the content was poor? But y all accounts his after dinner performances have been good. That was what I meant when I said it doesn't stack- or he has been poorly advised.

[gkmacca]

God you really are the consummate cheerer-upper.

[bossy]

 

I am not complaining' date=' I am saying that it is odd.

 

Self publishing is increasingly popular with aspiring artists of all genres. Case is sufficiently well known to secure a publishing deal,so is it about money? But he should make more money from a slick sports publishing house. Or is it that the content was poor? But y all accounts his after dinner performances have been good. That was what I meant when I said it doesn't stack- or he has been poorly advised.[/quote']

 

I know in my heart that Juniper is right but...... Lots of well known people do this too. Ian McCullloch of the bunnymens last album for example. They make more money, they have an idea of how popular it will prove to be and they have cash in the bank early. It isn't odd, you just don't understand. The world is changing old man.

[xerxes]

I know in my heart that Juniper is right but...... Lots of well known people do this too. Ian McCullloch of the bunnymens last album for example. They make more money, they have an idea of how popular it will prove to be and they have cash in the bank early. It isn't odd, you just don't understand. The world is changing old man.

 

On the contrary, it is you that don’t understand, and using Ian McCulloch as the standard bearer of The New Way, hardly supports your point.

 

Case is asking people to finance an unwritten book. That is wholly different from producing artistic material in any genre and then asking people to pay cutting out the historic middleman.

 

Talk me through the "Lots of well known people" who have asked the public to finance an unwritten book, or unrecorded album.

 

Let me know when YOU have caught up.

[Reckoner]

I hope jimmy case adds the bit he played at marines ground in the early 90's as Halifax took a thumping in the fa cup.

oh jimmy jimmy, jimmy jimmy jimmy jimmy shit house case was the song.

Bit harsh on reflection.

[bossy]

 

On the contrary' date=' it is you that don’t understand, and using Ian McCulloch as the standard bearer of The New Way, hardly supports your point.

 

Case is asking people to finance an unwritten book. That is wholly different from producing artistic material in any genre and then asking people to pay cutting out the historic middleman.

 

Talk me through the "Lots of well known people" who have asked the public to finance an unwritten book, or unrecorded album.

 

Let me know when YOU have caught up.[/quote']

 

Amanda Palmer has just raised about a million to record an album. Ian Mac is pretty well known. Another Mac, Ian Mcnabb just recorded and released an album this way. Big Duncan, but we are still waiting. Ginger from the Wildhearts, Ben Folds Five, George Benson, Bruce Foxton, Gang of Four, Jack Bruce, Brett Easton Ellis, Ed Begley jnr, Seth Godin, Whoopi Goldberg and more if you can be arsed searching. None of the fans heard, saw or read anything but coughed up beforehand.

 

Stick that in your pipe.

[chrisbrand]

Lots of people in the arts are doing this nowadays; films, music and books are all being financed by fans in the first instance. it is newish but becoming a very common phenomenon. Stop complaining and buy or don't.

 

I have no problem with Jimmy doing it. I've donated to projects on Kickstarter because I've wanted to see them succeed. If you want to read the book, you're just paying up front.

It's a bit grim that he has to do this when even mediocre players in the Premier League basically win the lottery every year!

Edited July 2, 2013 by chrisbrand
typo

[bossy]

 

I have no problem with Jimmy doing it. I've donated to projects on Kickstarter because I've wanted to see them succeed. If you want to read the book' date=' you're just paying up front.

It's a bit grim that he has to do this when even mediocre players in the Premier League basically win the lottery every year![/quote']

 

I agree, loads of the greatest players our country has ever seen missed out while mediocre talent in even more mediocre teams become millionaires. Doing it this way he'll get a larger slice of the pie at least, as long as it sells.

[xerxes]

Amanda Palmer has just raised about a million to record an album. Ian Mac is pretty well known. Another Mac, Ian Mcnabb just recorded and released an album this way. Big Duncan, but we are still waiting. Ginger from the Wildhearts, Ben Folds Five, George Benson, Bruce Foxton, Gang of Four, Jack Bruce, Brett Easton Ellis, Ed Begley jnr, Seth Godin, Whoopi Goldberg and more if you can be arsed searching. None of the fans heard, saw or read anything but coughed up beforehand.

 

Stick that in your pipe.

 

You do not understand the way it works- or Kickstarter.

[bossy]

 

You do not understand the way it works- or Kickstarter.

 

Enlighten me.

[bossy]

Hello?

[KMD7]

Hello?

 

He's too busy at the moment getting his arse handed to him on the FSG thread

[MajesticSuarez]

I've met Jimmy Case, he's a gentleman.