Talk:American Christian Press

Page Creation
Page creation done today, needs work and cleanup to appear more like publishing articles. I will try and clean up later on but if someone with more experience wants to, then by ALL means some help is nice! Lsjzl 15:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I was just going to add SIAL Vol IV, but I forgot the title! Nice tan & brown cover in the inimitable TWI two-tone copver style! Vol V is "Order My Steps in Thy Word", red cover.


 * What about adding in the books that were published by authors who are now no longer in TWI? What comes to mind is a book by Walter Cummins, the name escapes me now, and the books that were "posthumously edited" by Chris Geer. One was "Take God at His Word" (in a snappy two-tone pinkish cover) and "Living Victoriously" (green & white) that was a collection of transcriptions of Wierwille's live 1982 class of the same name. John Lynn did a few books too while still with TWI, but don't know if they were ACP. Ten of Swords 02:46, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Since this page is for any books published by (or about) the ACP, then any book written even if by someone no longer in TWI can still be listed. As the list gets longer it can be broken up into current publications and ones no longer published etc. Lsjzl 13:27, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Apparently the "edited posthumously" books (Take God at His Word, Living Victoriously, Our Times [A collection of the paid editorials by VPW], Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, and Take a Stand For God.)were published by European Christian Press, which may or may not have been an arm of The Way International, but was run by Chris Geer, then head of The Way in Great Britain and the European way Corps.

I have included books by John Lynn and Walter Cummins which were published by ACPTen of Swords 19:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

To be moved?
Since many books were written by Victor Wierwille, one by L. Craig Martindale and others... should we list them on the persons page and just have a list say of published authors or something since it will be smaller than most publishing houses? Or is this page not needed... hmm? Lsjzl 04:00, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I think the whole list here, since some of the pages, like the TWI page are getting kind of big. Link everything here so it's easier to maintain.Ten of Swords 02:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Availability
I don't intend to add this so people know where to buy these..but as info as to where they are sold...what do you think of this:

"The books still being published are made available through The Way's bookstore program or for private sale by some ex-members on sites such as Ebay. These books however are not made available through libraries or regular bookstores." Lsjzl 13:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * My questions are:


 * 1) What books are still being published? Amazon counts all of VPW's books as "out of print." As far as I can tell, they're only available on the used book market (for prices up to $200 and more). But the other day at the Way's website, I noticed that they were offering Jesus Christ Our Promised Seed for sale to the general public.


 * And, 2) What's the "The Way's bookstore program"? When I tried to buy books over the phone, some time back, I was informed that I had to be a "follower."


 * The current policy of The Way International, of restricting access to its publications, is strange. Most publishers would like to sell as many books as possible, and with the used prices of VPW's books there must be a market for them. When I was involved, back when VPW was alive, the ministry had a program to sell American Christian Press books door-to-door. Since he died this publisher has become an odd duck. User:Jstanley01 16:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)