tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post6329337360999893740..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Five years of madnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-53645500685458401602012-06-14T15:16:42.771+02:002012-06-14T15:16:42.771+02:00You don't need a printed book for publishing. ...You don't need a printed book for publishing. Make it an e-book and you can even add a colour version at a low price + it's globally available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-74886910532311229292012-06-04T09:42:37.795+02:002012-06-04T09:42:37.795+02:00Keep up the great work SvenKeep up the great work SvenThink Defencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674093099627997373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-80022546443815282722012-06-02T13:25:05.852+02:002012-06-02T13:25:05.852+02:00The english version is indispensable. It's too...The english version is indispensable. It's too important to me to add to the very few English MilBlog voices on the contra-war side. There are so many acid hawkish MilBlogs out there that the MilBlogosphere is de facto a warmonger club without respect for foreign people's sovereignty.<br /><br />I tried to write this blog bilingually, but the occasional bilingual texts were such a huge effort that it's simply beyond my intrinsic motivation budget.<br />http://tinyurl.com/bqerpdq<br />http://tinyurl.com/d69xoec<br /><br />To write in German adds another problem; Germans would expect me to be informed about the tiniest recent developments in the Bundeswehr, and my contacts are simply not that tight. English allows me to write more naturally about topics in general instead of in reference to a single institution only.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-89899352727822660412012-06-02T01:00:54.061+02:002012-06-02T01:00:54.061+02:00Glückwunsch. This is quite the anniversary, so in ...Glückwunsch. This is quite the anniversary, so in the spirit of this blog, allow me to add a few critical words.<br /><br />I'm a German university student of political science, so reading all sorts of crap in English is my daily bread. I don't mind it, in fact whenever I hear someone complain about it, I find myself calling them yokel and rube in my head. I accept that in political science, because this field is naturally dominated by anglo-saxon authors. Writing in another language is just idiotic.<br /><br />But I don't think that's the case in this blog. There is great interest in the subject, a fact that Thomas Wiegold proves every day. There is also a lot of unclaimed space. If you were to start writing in German, you would literally be the only blog in your genre of tactical/operational/technical writing.<br /><br />One thing you easily forget when you write and read English language stuff on a daily basis is that while most people *can* read stuff in English, it is usually very hard and strenuous work. They will find it exhausting to the point where they have to put so much effort into just comprehending what is being said that they completely miss the content of it. <br /><br />So this low figure does not at all surprise me. And I don't think it makes a lot of sense to complain about the sorry state of German-language military writing and then contribute to this very state by shunning the German language.<br /><br />These are just my two cents. I've been reading your blog for quite a while and I'll continue to do so, because I generally like your style of pragmatic thinking and beneath-mainstream subjects. I'm sorry I can't add anything constructive to your problem of German readers. Try French maybe? :)Stefannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-52690720046935781462012-06-01T12:32:09.400+02:002012-06-01T12:32:09.400+02:00Five years is certainly a triumph of persistence i...Five years is certainly a triumph of persistence in Blog-land. Congrats! And may your audience continue to grow and learn.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-64674957160104573722012-06-01T07:44:12.466+02:002012-06-01T07:44:12.466+02:00The share of German readers here has dropped below...The share of German readers here has dropped below 15%, it really doesn't matter who knows English. German military literature largely ceased to exist when the WW2 vets were done by the late 50's.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-11948486112057241652012-06-01T07:05:13.043+02:002012-06-01T07:05:13.043+02:00Thanks for the reply, do many Germans know English...Thanks for the reply, do many Germans know English? Have you thought of using amazon kindle to publish it? If you get a publisher to print it some will promote it for you. I too am interested in the book when you complete it.<br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-3075522143613024992012-06-01T00:22:02.332+02:002012-06-01T00:22:02.332+02:00ill take one also.
Thats two!ill take one also.<br /><br />Thats two!Eric P.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-27595878886924260822012-05-31T22:56:45.563+02:002012-05-31T22:56:45.563+02:00Another problem is promotion.
There's no suita...Another problem is promotion.<br />There's no suitable public internet forum, almost no mil blogosphere, no suitable journal and almost no academia that could spread the word for a German-language book of this kind.<br /><br />Even Frieser's "Blitzkrieg Legende" book appears to depend more on the English edition for sales.<br /><br />In German, I'd certainly sell under 100.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-10007795230108916042012-05-31T22:11:57.411+02:002012-05-31T22:11:57.411+02:00Yes, depressing, given a population of 82 million ...Yes, depressing, given a population of 82 million people...I´d probably buy it, though.Matthias Wildenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-42922687457943337792012-05-31T16:38:45.558+02:002012-05-31T16:38:45.558+02:00@Tim
The last German book of this kind was publish...@Tim<br />The last German book of this kind was published more than 30 years ago. There's no market for this in German.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-19693947897105962402012-05-31T08:18:47.199+02:002012-05-31T08:18:47.199+02:00Congratulations on five impressively fruitful year...Congratulations on five impressively fruitful years! Gives me a great deal of thinking reading each of your posts. Keep at it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-29200675893958460262012-05-31T03:57:44.879+02:002012-05-31T03:57:44.879+02:00Your numbers aren't bad at all. Of the blogs ...Your numbers aren't bad at all. Of the blogs created by normal folks, I have noticed that it is the chatty, personal lifestyle blogs that tend to grab the huge audience.<br /><br />For a content driven blog, that's content is not of interest to the everyman, you are doing very well.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-7496134306144284432012-05-31T01:20:26.418+02:002012-05-31T01:20:26.418+02:00Will the book be in German or English?
TimWill the book be in German or English?<br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-38892387283755360282012-05-30T21:39:39.968+02:002012-05-30T21:39:39.968+02:00Keep it up Sven! Great blog.Keep it up Sven! Great blog.B.Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650152449414871058noreply@blogger.com