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My February birthday fund-raising campaign for this website, Behind the Black, is now over. Despite a relatively weak initial three weeks, the last week was spectacular, making this campaign the second best ever.

 

Thanks to every person who donated or subscribed. It continues to astonish me that people who can read my work for free like it enough to donate money voluntarily. Words cannot express my appreciation for that support, especially in these uncertain times.

 

If you have been a regular reader and a fan of my work and have not yet donated or subscribed, please consider doing so. I take no ads, I keep the website clean from pop-ups and annoying demands (most of the time). Thus, I depend entirely on my readers to support me. Though this means I am sacrificing some income, it also means that I remain entirely independent from outside pressure. By depending solely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, no one can threaten me with censorship. You don't like what I write, you can simply go elsewhere.

 

You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are five ways of doing so:

 

1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.

 

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The annual July fund-raising campaign: Thank you!

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My July fund-raising campaign for 2021 has now ended. Thank you all for your donations and subscriptions. While this year’s campaign was not as spectacular as last year’s, it was the second best July campaign since I began this website. My gratitude cannot be expressed adequately.

As already mentioned, a handful of people have donated enough for a free ebook, but have not responded to my requests for which book they wish and in what format. I can’t give you this gift if you don’t tell me what you want. Will those individuals please email me the book and the format (epup or pdf) they desire?

I once again must express my gratitude to everyone for their support. No one is obliged to pay anything to read my website. That so many people are willing to give freely warms my heart, and gives me hope that I am not the only person left who believes in fearless exploration and freedom.

Genesis cover

On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.


The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
 

"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

25 comments

  • Michael

    Purchased Conscious Choice from ebookit.

  • Lee Stevenson

    Quote “I will never be silenced.”, And I hope, to any god you choose, you never will be Bob! You and I, and the rest of your readership disagree on many things… But we all fight on the same hill when it comes to free speech!
    A few of my socialist dollars will be cast your way this evening.

    Never stop what you are doing!

  • Lee Stevenson

    Book purchased, along with a small chip in… I am fascinated to read it, although it might take a while, I promise to give you my review…

    ;-)

  • John

    Seems so dystopian that that a book title has both slavery and future in space.

    And if dollars are the only concern, I can get both Conscious Choice and Apollo 8 for $10 from ebookit.

    And that sidesteps Amazon, which loves to cancel conservatives.

  • Jeff Wright

    I wish you had not linked the two..it may backfire and cause a target to be painted on space. A history of Europes slaves under Barbary pirates was a greater crime than Tulsa.

  • Jeff Wright: Maybe you should consider the radical concept of reading my book to find out why I link slavery and the future of space exploration.

  • Jeff Wright

    Even working two jobs…to service debt…it is all I can to to buy food.

  • Lee Stevenson

    @ Jeff Wright, send me your email…. Mine is loonyman99 @gmail.com ( remove the space before the @) and I will chip in a couple of dollars, mostly for Bob ;-) but also so you and me both can read the book. I am also skeptical of the whole premise, but I can’t honestly condemn anything I know nothing about.

  • Lee Stevenson

    I’m not sure this tangent is anywhere near on topic… but… quote from the article… “from 2,201 to 1,696 deaths.”…

    I will never deny there has been an awful amount of bullcrap regarding all the figures spouted during this pandemic, but to be fair, 1700 deaths is not insignificant.

  • pzatchok

    Sorry but I could not find the mans email.

  • I have no idea what format I just bought. I seem to have gotten something that will ship (I was asked for an address and nothing downloaded), so I assume paperback, but I have no idea WHY. It’s certainly not what I wanted. Bookshelves are so last century. On the plus side, after I read it, it will end up at Goodwill for others to pick up.

    If I ever use eBookIt again, I’ll pay more attention.

  • That was weird (i.e. it violated expectations). It sent me an email with links (good for 72 hours) for each format. I now have the .mobi format. Yay!

  • markedup2: Thank you for your purchase. And please consider using ebookit if you decide to buy more of my books. I earn more from them and you aren’t sending money to Amazon.

  • Doubting Thomas

    Robert – Bought your book. About half way through it. Learning many things as I read.

    Read Ibrhim Kendi’s How to be an Anti-racist book. His description of how slavery began was sophomoric and factually in error many times. Wish I could slip your book into our public Library which has 12 copies of Kendi’s book and 10 of DiAngelo’s White Fragility book.

    Great book thank you for writing and publishing it.

  • Doubting Thomas: Thank you for the kind words.

    If sales are as good as I think they are, I will add a paperback version. When I do, you and all my readers should go to their local library and demand they buy copies.

  • Doubting Thomas

    Robert –

    Finished the book. Good reading. Learned a lot. Good documentation on your surmises on the positions (Royalist – Parliamentarian – Puritan) of historic individuals.

    Thought you did a good job connecting the past dot with the future dot. Pulling a book or two from your references for more reading on the past.

    Thanks for the writing the book. Important contribution to this time in our country, no matter how things turn out.

  • Doubting Thomas: Thank you for the feedback. Feel free to post this on Amazon, if you are inclined.

  • Doubting Thomas: Also, what books spark your interest? I am curious.

  • Doubting Thomas

    Robert – I have asked for the following books for no other reason (except one) that they piqued my interest when I scanned the bibliography. You should have seen our local librarian come running from her office to ask if I had read the “primary” references yet: Kendi & DiAngelo. I have, it wasn’t hard, each book had 4 or 5 copies on the shelves. You may get me run out of town on a rail but we will see.

    Transformation in Slavery, A History of Slavery in Africa by Lovejoy.

    The Formation of a Society on Virgina’s Eastern Shore 1615 – 1655 by Perry – You really intrigued me on the entire topic of how society went off the rails in Virginia want to read more.

    American Slavery, American Freedom by Morgan (This one I had seen referenced in two other places – So I am intrigued by the concentration of recommendations).

    Slavery in the Antebellum South by Stampp.

    Except for the Morgan book, I saw multiple books in your biblio that intrigued me and I sort of randomly picked the one I would try to get thru Inter-library loan. Anyway again, it was a worthwhile purchase, let us know if and when you get a paperback version – If I haven’t been run out of town, I’ll make an attempt to get it into the town library.

  • Of the books that interest you, the most well know is Morgan’s, which for decades has been go-to book for explaining the rise of slavery in Virginia. It is a very informative book, but in the end his book fails, because he is a late 20th Century historian who doesn’t see the actions of the individuals he describes but only mass social forces.

  • markedup2 opined:”Bookshelves are so last century.”

    When the power goes out, I can still access books.

  • Skunk Bucket

    I really enjoyed reading Genesis, Leaving Earth and Pioneer, so I just bought Conscious Choice. I’m really looking forward to the chance to settle into my armchair with a nice beverage and spending some time learning something new.

  • mkent

    When the power goes out, I can still access books.

    Even more importantly, the publisher of my books can’t legally break into my house and edit them after I buy them if he decides he doesn’t like the way something in them is written.

  • pawn

    Bob,

    Thanks for keeping this site up. Your Mars photos alone are worth the support. I really miss being in the flow and in the know but your stuff keeps me happy enough for now.

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