Not a day after my post reviewing David Loy’s book “Money, Sex, War, Karma- Notes for a Buddhist Revolution”, I was greeted with a note from Joe from Wisdom Publications (the awesome publisher of Loy’s materials as well as such books as: “Hardcore Zen” by Brad Warner, “One City – A Declaration of Interdependence” by Ethan Nichtern, “Dear Lama Zopa – Radical Solutions for Transforming Problems into Happiness” by Lama Zopa as well as many books by the Dalai Lama.
Joe contacted me to thank me for my review of Loy’s book and offered up a copy of one of David’s previous books “The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons” after my mention in my blog post that I was looking forward to reading it.
How awesome is this?
I think it’s pretty awesome. First off, for Wisdom Publications to be listening to the opinions of “Buddhabloggers” is pretty cool in my ‘books’ (pun intended). Secondly, they are publishing books from and for audiences usually left off the radar (youth, punks, eco-greens, women and interfaith individuals).
I’m looking forward to reading Loy’s book (as well as the additional book that Joe sent along by Lama Zopa Rinpoche (which is due out in October 2008).
What a pleasant surprise for a Buddhablogger and book lover. Massive thanks go out to Wisdom Publications.
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