Breaking 2000 - Now in Paperback!

Wow! Congrats on your acheivements Leshxa! It is an incredible accomplishment to publish a book, and I look forward to reading it soon.

Congrats Leshxa!!!

To me, you are the BEST poster in this forum. You are always very insightful in your posts and I have learned so much just from reading your posts.

Hope you have lots of success from this book, I myself will be getting your book as soon as it is released and will recommend it to my friends without any hesitation. It will be my very first book that I will get in TT.

Good luck!

Congratulations on reaching your goals : )

Thank you all very much for the warm words. I am glad to hear that there is some interest in my book. I just hope after reading it that you'll feel the same way

This is probably the wrong time for a joke, but then why not!

Originally posted by pipigrande To me, you are the BEST poster in this forum.

Thank you for your comment. It really feels good to know that I am able to contribute, but I must say that there are many members that I personally look up to on the forum for their input. Perhaps your description suggests that I probably spend the most amount of time typing up responses ( my wife constantly makes fun of me saying I keep posting novels. )

Originally posted by JimT Alex, great job! Is it possible for you to simply post the ePub or fb2 or html file somewhere on a file server (Megaupload is closed now but some other server perhaps? )... or is not not free? please clarify!

Regarding price the book. It is not free for several reasons. One of which goes back to the days when I played chess. My chess coach told me once "I can teach you for free, but I won't. If you learn it free, you will never appreciate it".

With the royalties offered I know I definitely won't be a rich man, nor will I acquire budget to buy butterfly equipment all of a sudden. It is simply a way to support other efforts I have in the plan for table tennis. These efforts are not personal, they will benefit the whole community, but it is far too early to talk about it.

In short, the book is priced less than a three-pack of table tennis balls. If you compare the knowledge and effort to three balls that are broken at a rate of at least once per training day, I hope you will recognize the value.

I also would like to mention that with Kindle library ( where you can "lend" books ), the book is free the first 90 days, but you can read up on it from Kindle. I also allowed booksharing as an option to share the book among friends for free for 14 days.

I'll buy a printed copy one.

Originally posted by JimT I am not sure why but clicking on eBook doesn't lead me anywhere... :(

I know I am sorry. I made a post only to realize that Kindle does not publish immediately. It goes through some kind of a 12 hours process. I'll update the links and will post them here once Kindle sends me the confirmation.

nice one! congratz

The book is now available.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0070Y4GF4/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=breaking2000-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0070Y4GF4

Thank you!


Edited by Leshxa - 02/08/2012 at 2:21pm

So, what makes 2000 such a special milestone, or is that mentioned in the book too?
Why is 1900 not a good goal, or 2100 for that matter?  Just wondering...

Originally posted by Leshxa Originally posted by sunilid So, what makes 2000 such a special milestone, or is that mentioned in the book too? Why is 1900 not a good goal, or 2100 for that matter?  Just wondering... Ratings are subjective so different numbers mean different things. Officially however, 2000 implies the barrier within a USATT reating system where the player crosses intermediate level and becomes an advanced player. On the other hand, how could you not like a nice round number of 2000. Think back to year 2000. That year stood out while it wasn't really any special.

While some may believe it is the barrier between intermediate/advanced, I personally feel the number is actually higher (given my games against other 2000-players). 
Though I like the fact it is a round number, so why not :)

Originally posted by Leshxa I completely agree with you, that is why I said implies. It is implied by looking at the USATT web site's membership rating chart. In reality the barrier cannot be measured precisely because it really depends on lots of factors. It depends on geographic area, it depends on player's tournament exposure and it obviously depends on the tournament results. The system exists and is far from perfect, but one needs a goal to achieve. In my case, my goal was to get to 2000. That's what the book is about. I set my goal to get there very aggressively and I was disappointed not to be able to get there by the set time, but eventually it was achieved. Hence the book. Hopefully it explains it. Its by no means a magic number. I hope that players get to that that goal sooner than I did and aim and achieve a lot higher results. Personally, I always get excited to see someone improve, it is admirable and inspirational. Perhaps that is why I wanted to share my story.

Yes, and it's admirable that you have written a book to share your experiences with others.
Of-course, one has to sustain that rating or higher  to *really* say that they have
reached/crossed the barrier (whatever that may be), and achieved the status of
an 'advanced' player.

Come on guys, 2000 is just a number for the 1st (and probably the last) mile stone (goal) set by most TT players, and only about %20 made it in their life time, and fewer still, made it in a alotted time frame.  Leshxa is one of these few, so congratulation, and I will definitily want to read about it.  BTW - Can I read it in ITouch? Never get any ebook before, so I may want to wait for a print copy...

I think this book is going to be a really good book, not great mind you, as I am sure it will not have any romance in it.  No one under 70 yrs old is brave, or stupid enough recount that in their book, specially with the chief editor is the wife .

Edited by mhnh007 - 01/24/2012 at 8:03am

I wanna read the book.  But I don't have Kindle

Originally posted by Imago You remind me of Joseph Conrad.

Catch 22 Joseph Conrad? Lol, why do I remind you of him?

Originally posted by mhnh007 BTW - Can I read it in ITouch? Never get any ebook before, so I may want to wait for a print copy...

Originally posted by BeaverMD I wanna read the book.  But I don't have Kindle

Guys, Kindle is just a platform. Certainly you can read the book using the Kindle gadget, but Kindle is also available on all other devices as an App. There is also such a thing as Kindle for PC, so you can read books from your PC using a Kindle program.

If there is really a strong demand for another platform, once the 90 day Kindle restriction is lifted, I will publish the book on other sites.