On Dec 13, 2014, Martin Pulman wrote:
Mentalism is starting to go down a very precarious road. When you release a "limited edition" in mentalism, it is surely understood that it is the information that is going to be limited, not the medium the information is contained within. Otherwise what is to stop someone bringing out a limited edition book, followed by a limited edition audiobook of the same content, followed by a limited edition ebook, finishing off with a limited (to 700 copies)edition DVD which, as was pointed out above, is practically mass-market in mentalism terms.

High prices, un-limited limited editions, people buying limited editions to immediately sell for profit, illegal downloads, you tube exposure, psychic frauds muscling in on our art: what a corrupt, money-grabbing mess mentalism is turning into.

On Dec 13, 2014, takeachance wrote:
I gather that the DVD follows the book. There has been some criticism that the book was rehashed cold reading and stock standard lines taken from the many freely available resources, which one would expect to a degree. Is there anything that you both would class as outstanding or a breakthrough in Steblers approach that puts it ahead of other publications on cold reading.

On Dec 13, 2014, Martin Pulman wrote:
what a corrupt, money-grabbing mess mentalism is turning into.

On Dec 13, 2014, Anthony Black wrote:
Odd way to do things.

If I review a book on Amazon and give it 5 stars, I don't expect that review to be used for a film adaption a year down the road.

They should make that clear in the adverts.
Otherwise people will assume you are giving your support to a project you have not even seen.

On Dec 12, 2014, Dreda wrote:

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On Dec 12, 2014, kannon wrote:
There was also a big thread regarding the book and evidence it was largely plagurised from some psychic websites word for word. Not surprising it vanished.

I remember this thread : http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=15 but that's all...

It was in Penny for your thoughts ?

On Dec 13, 2014, takeachance wrote:

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On Dec 13, 2014, takeachance wrote:
I gather that the DVD follows the book. There has been some criticism that the book was rehashed cold reading and stock standard lines taken from the many freely available resources, which one would expect to a degree. Is there anything that you both would class as outstanding or a breakthrough in Steblers approach that puts it ahead of other publications on cold reading.

Other controversies of limited editions aside, Bob and Luca are both highly regarded professionals and have read and endorsed the book. Their opinion/answer to my question would help many of us able to make an informed decision on purchasing the book or DVD.

On Dec 13, 2014, Enotskcalb wrote:
This DVD set looks quite interesting. Still have not bought the book, but I may check it out based on the endorsements by Bob Cassidy, Marc Salem and Luca Volpe.