Over the past summer, I published three new books but didn’t
announce them here on the blog.
Truthfully, I was a little embarrassed about them. See, I hate when authors, mostly self-published,
come out with an “all-new” book that isn’t all-new at all. Some I’ve seen have less than 20% new
material, and everything else is a re-hash of a previous title. I hate that.
It seems so dishonest. I wanted
nothing to do with anything that my readers might construe that way.
And I fear it would be easy for that to happen. So let me tell you all about the new books
and why I did what I did.
At the venues where I sold my books in 2024, some people
were overwhelmed by Armageddon Pharmacy.
They asked for something smaller, with color photographs. Because I anticipated doing more of these markets
in the coming years, I decided to give it a try, breaking the original Armageddon
Pharmacy into subsets akin to a quick start or introduction. The first three focus on backyard flowers,
mint family herbs, and weeds, and average 130 pages. There will eventually be six more of these
subsets; however, I have another project to complete before doing any more.
Medicine Surrounds Us:
Craft Powerful Herbal Remedies from Backyard Flowers contains 14
flowers. These ten are in Armageddon
Pharmacy:
Calendula
Chrysanthemum
Dianthus
Echinacea
German chamomile
Nasturtium
Passionflower
Peony
Snapdragon
Sunflower
These four are only in Medicine
Surrounds Us, Volume 1, and on the blog:
California poppy
Hollyhock
Johnny jump-up
Sweet alyssum
Medicine Surrounds Us, Volume 2: Craft Powerful Herbal Remedies from Mint
Family Herbs contains 11 mint family herbs.
These nine are in Armageddon Pharmacy:
Basil
Catnip
Lavender
Lemon balm
Oregano
Peppermint
Rosemary
Spearmint
Thyme
These two are only in Medicine Surrounds Us, Volume 2:
Horsemint
Sage
Medicine Surrounds Us, Volume 3: Craft Powerful Herbal Remedies from Weeds
contains only information that was published in Armageddon Pharmacy. There is no new material, other than the
photographs and therapeutic usage index.
After publishing Armageddon Pharmacy last year, I realized
what I really wanted in it was a Therapeutic Usage Index. I want to locate my illness in the index and
find which herbs manage it; I don’t want to look up a dozen page numbers, and
then find out which herbs treat it. I
guess I’m impatient like that.
I posted two Therapeutic Usage Indexes on the ribbon at the
top of the blog. One button contains
just the herbs and substances found in Armageddon Pharmacy. The other, Armageddon Pharmacy +,
contains what’s been published in the Medicine Surrounds Us books as
well as on the blog but nowhere else. Feel
free to print them up for your own use.
The Medicine Surrounds Us books are basically quick
start guides. With only three pages of
introduction and about a dozen on making medicine, the focus is on the making
medicine from the herbs.
All four books contain the same information on how to transform
herbs into the various preparations as well as all the footnotes. The Medicine Surrounds Us volumes are
formatted much better. I improve my
skills with each book. I cringe looking
at the formatting of my earlier books. I’m
really embarrassed by them.
So there you have it.
A short description of the books and why I published them. If you’ve already got Armageddon Pharmacy,
would I recommend these? Well, not for
yourself, for sure. If you’re interested
in the other herbs, look them up on the blog and jot down any info you need in
the margins of Armageddon Pharmacy.
If buying them for gifts, absolutely.
I think they look rather nice.
Amazon is the most expensive place to buy them, and I get
the least amount of profit.
EmergingBookshelf.com, an upstart Amazon alternative, has
most of my titles but not all. We’re
still working on that. Everything there
is less than on Amazon, and a few titles are less than on my author
website. We’re also still working on
that, but in the meantime, take advantage of the lower prices. Last I checked, shipping was free with a $40
order.
AuthorJenniferRader.com is my website; click on the Square
button purchase through me. It’s not a
pretty site, but it works. Shipping
through me is also free.
