Who here besides me is waiting for Jake Raby's upcoming book?

[Perfectlap]

please make available on Google Play Books or at least Kindle.

I will not buy a hardcover book anymore. More space in the house, another thing to lug around or forget to bring along.

[truegearhead]

I'm in. What are you going to name it? How about "Porsche's Guide to making Aluminum Soup"?


I'm sure you guys can think of some better ones.

[Jamesp]

I think the plot line will be about avoiding the soup, though I expect there may be some pictures of soup!

[Boxster101]

Originally Posted by truegearhead

I'm in. What are you going to name it? How about "Porsche's Guide to making Aluminum Soup"?


I'm sure you guys can think of some better ones.

How about "How I Make a Living Scaring The Hell out of Boxster Owners"?

[ATX_Boxster]

Hope you feel better Jake! Thanks for your continued contribution to this forum, and I look forward to purchasing your book.

[Hayden]

Sorry to hear about your health problems. Sounds like a great book. Best of luck with everything!

[Jake Raby]

The book is titled "The M96 Definitive Guide"

Distribution will first go to those who distribute our components in the Porsche industry. These people, and companies deserve to have the first copies as they have believed in us enough to stock tens of thousands of our products and they also sell service manuals and guides.

These are the same companies that Pelican and others buy from, so this will get the book further into the Porsche world and enthusiasts hands right away.

This book isn't about money, its about sharing what I've learned and those who work with us being able to take advantage of that and the relationships we have built. Because of this, I do not want the book to be available on Amazon or for direct downloads/ Kindle or etc for the first 18-24 months after release in print. I already have ISBNs in hand.

How about "How I Make a Living Scaring The Hell out of Boxster Owners"?

The good news is the IMS bearing didn't fail, the IMS might have been in 3 pieces, but the bearing was good as new.

Don't worry, I have pulled all the failure commentary from my book in its entirety. Its all unicorns and rainbows now, just like what everyone wants these days...











Yes, its missing 1/2 of the crankshaft carrier

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by Boxster101

How about "How I Make a Living Scaring The Hell out of Boxster Owners"?

If scaring the hell out of me is pointing out the common failure modes in my engine and how to improve/avoid them, keep scaring me!

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

If scaring the hell out of me is pointing out the common failure modes in my engine and how to improve/avoid them, keep scaring me!

Several times I have tabled the book just because its been so difficult to write without being able to cover failures.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

please make available on Google Play Books or at least Kindle.

I will not buy a hardcover book anymore. More space in the house, another thing to lug around or forget to bring along.

PL - I am all with you on that one. Screw paper

But in the garage, believe me you want the hardcopy instead of a iPAD or Kindle. Unless you don't mind the petroleum substance finding their way here and there all over the buttons you press

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

PL - I am all with you on that one. Screw paper

But in the garage, believe me you want the hardcopy instead of a iPAD or Kindle. Unless you don't mind the petroleum substance finding their way here and there all over the buttons you press

This is why I love Google Play books. For the garage I would bring my laptop connected to wifi along, log onto Google and my copy of "101 Projects for your Porsche Boxster" loads right up.

And I'm always doing Google searches across the various forums or YouTube for other Porsche people doing similar DIY projects. We've all been there.

The Google Play Books app and site works on any PC or Laptop or any smartphone/tablet than can load Google. Basically its always there for you.

Paper is completely useless to me now.

[healthservices]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

This is why I love Google Play books. For the garage I would bring my laptop connected to wifi along, log onto Google and my copy of "101 Projects for your Porsche Boxster" loads right up.

And I'm always doing Google searches across the various forums or YouTube for other Porsche people doing similar DIY projects. We've all been there.

The Google Play Books app and site works on any PC or Laptop or any smartphone/tablet than can load Google. Basically its always there for you.

Paper is completely useless to me now.

I like pdf as you can print up pages and go threw the notes with your greasy fat fingers and toss after the job is done. This is also what I did at the dealership when I had electrical problems as I made notes and staple to the hard copy for future reference if the car comes back or if there are other future isssues

[nieuwhzn]

I'm an old fart.
Nothing better than a nice workplace manual with greasy finger prints all over it.

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by nieuwhzn

I'm an old fart.
Nothing better than a nice workplace manual with greasy finger prints all over it.

I love getting a workshop manual with a used car I've purchased. I just look at the greasy parts of the manual and then I REALLY know what repairs the PO did to the car.