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That include a ticket to Chicago? :)

If i got a ticket for travelling from Germany – I’m in :D

Or is this limited to inside US only?

Awesome! Thanks for the opportunity. Looking forward to both books and the seminar!

I just purchased both books and I am wondering if the Q&A session will be available to view online after it has happened. I already know I won’t be able to watch/participate as it happens live but would still like to view it later.

What do I get if I buy Rework + Crush It! + FAIL Nation? :)

http://failblog.org/2009/10/12/win-a-confidential-business-qa/

What would make this really special would be a combination of the approaches of 37signals and the Fail blog. Why limit the incentives to one winner with one hour or thousands of winners competing for their comment to be noticed in a 3 hour window? Seems to go against the very grain of what you both stand for.

Instead, what about offering the first x number of book purchasers a specific time slot in that three hour window? Do it via a video chat (ala a reworked tinychat type app) where it becomes a truer one on one (or two as it is) experience, instead of video to text.

Both of you guys are big on preaching your manifesto to the masses, and you do a great job with it. But eventually, preachers have to come down off the platform and engage personally. This could prove to be an awesome way of doing this, while pushing the status quo of online live conversations similar to this.

Just a thought.

Sorry about the Jets, Gar.

Ah!! When did you publish your new book? I didn’t know that. Is there a PDF version that I can buy?

He should write a follow-up book called “Cruisin’ on Name Recognition!”

Done… Thanks for the opportunity!

I don’t quite agree with the logic of Crush It. It is extremely sad that the only way Americans are able to sell software products is thru’ a click ad model.

I call it great american brain drain. Loss of knowledge in return of eye-ball.

You gonna be able to get a word in edge ways in that 3 hours Jason? ;)

I’ve never been able to find Gary Vaynerchu actual family winery.

Does anyone know what wine his family makes?

You guys should make that “Pre-order it on Amazon!” link stand out more—there’s almost no contrast between that and the body text.. Crush It! is getting all the love on this promo with it’s big buy now button.

I’‘ll buy 10 of each if you throw in meeting DHH as well!!!

Quite surprised that you’re Gary V fans. His hustle approach seems 180 to yours. He’s said repeatedly that the secret to his success is the 80+ hours/week he puts in: “15 hours a day, grinding, hustling … That’s been able to separate myself.” I don’t doubt him: I think he’s right.

And you know I also love you guys, svn, GettingReal and I look forward to Rework!

Question: The business seminar will be “at the 37signals headquarters in Chicago”. How many people do you think you can fit in there? If it’s at your headquarters, this offer must be space limited. Is it?

What if you already pre-ordered the books separately?

JF: I agree. Props to you and Gary.

I’m in Derek’s camp. Is there an address we can send both purchase receipts to?

For those of you out there that only plan to purchase a single copy of the book … send me your receipt of purchase.

Once I have received 10 receipts, I’ll random select who will get to attend the day long seminar.

Just think, by just buying 1 book you had no chance in getting a free day pass. Now, you’ll have 10% chance (10 people, 10 receipts).

Is there any way to buy rework as a PDF ?

Amazon can’t ship to my retarded country (the customs abduct the 20$ package and ask 100$ to release it. Welcome to Serbia). I’d really like to read it ;)

“Like the rest of the world, we’re big Gary Vaynerchuk fans.”

Apparently, I am not of this world.

Is it just me, or is it kind of lame to be pushing this hard on a book that’s not available for another five months?

Nice offer another set of books that I’ll be handing out to folks far & wide!

I went over to check out the Crush It! sample chapter, and have to echo “Happy’s” surprise that these books are paired up:

...there will be no time for Wii. There will be no time for Scrabble or book club or poker or hockey. There will be time for meals, and catching up with your significant other, and playing with the kids, and otherwise you will be in front of your computer until 3:00 a.m. every night. If you’re unemployed or retired and have all day to work, maybe you knock off at midnight instead. Expect this to be all consuming.

But that’s cool. Just add 4HWW to the package and you’ll have the whole spectrum covered. :)

@JF Amen, Jason. 100% Amen.

Maybe I’m reading too much cynicism into this post, but it seems to carry an air of contempt for your readers. There’s nothing wrong with a little cross-promotion, but do you have to write about it as if it’s been your lifelong dream to have this month’s “One Minute Manager” help you hawk your books? It feels like you’re being less than honest, or that we’re meant to be impressed by the name-dropping, or… something.

I am surprised people think you need to agree with 100% of what someone else says, believes, or lives in order to be a fan or have respect for their grand position.

So am I, but I think this one of the dangers of embracing an audience that thinks they’re listening to preachers lay donw tenants of the faith.

I mean Mark’s comment: Amen, Jason. 100% Amen.

Is hardly atypical in this or other threads, and often times you’ll see 50 of them in a row.

Strong positions yield better reading, but when you leave out the nuances, you’ll tend to select for more people looking for easy answers. And more often than not, less interesting discussion.

Something to think about.

I definitely took advantage of this deal for the 3 hour teleconference. Thanks for putting this on and it was cool seeing your Giant Floating Head at LessConf. Thanks for doing that too.

This is a really great offer! Especially the one including the seminar! However, I am afraid I’ll have to pass it due to the travel expenses. But I hope that those of you living in Chicago will take advantage of this offer!

All the best, Traian from Covert Hypnosis