Help...please. Author unknown
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Randy:
According to the author's YouTube page:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JGNjVf8hp7M
"The Cut Shot.com has gone Out of Business! I showed you with this video that it really worked, yet I couldn't get enough sales to make it worthwhile to stay in business. Too late now, you had your chance."
Indeed, their domain name "thecutshot.com" has expired and replaced by a registrar parking page.
So it appears the only source might be folks that've purchased the product, and perhaps might be willing to pass it along to you?
-Sean
looks like Seyberts once stocked it
Randy,
Looks like Seyberts once stocked it, might still have a copy. No idea, I can't get their page to come up. Hopefully somebody will be able to put you in touch with the author and he is in the mood to let you have a copy. He seems like he was a little bitter when he shut down, might still be.
Hu
Randy,
Looks like Seyberts once stocked it, might still have a copy. No idea, I can't get their page to come up. Hopefully somebody will be able to put you in touch with the author and he is in the mood to let you have a copy. He seems like he was a little bitter when he shut down, might still be.
Hu
Did you mean " I am running into dead ends"? You knew where to start,and are continuing to search for said book.
Your friend always , Crazy
I liked his videos. Now I am also interested in finding his book.
Hey, are you related to Dr. Suessman?
Is your name Sam I Am?
Hey, are you related to Dr. Suessman?
Is your name Sam I Am?
Hey Randy,
The author's name is Sam Loveless.
EDIT: Looks like everyone got in touch and there's no need to keep the contact info public.
Cheers
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Did you mean " I am running into dead ends"? You knew where to start,and are continuing to search for said book.
Your friend always , Crazy
Ya Jack, that's what I meant.....
randyg
Website & Book
Just found this thread about my book and wanted to let any of you that are interested know that the website is back up and running for another year at the most.
RandyG was able to contact me and I did send him a book that he is currently reviewing. He's been working on the material in the book for over a month and a half now, so apparently he found that there is something to it, or he wouldn't be investing the amount of time on it that he is!
For those of you that helped Randy find me, Thank You.
Thanks to Randys interest and Seyberts placing an order for more books, I decided to go ahead and bring the website back and make the book available again.
Here's a little history about how the book came to be. First off let me say that when I started this I never intended to write a book, at least not one to sell to the public, I was originally doing it for my own use as a way to work out the details of some things that I had been noticing over all the years that I have played Pool. I would set up shots on my table exactly as I describe in the book and then test them out, when I had the shot right I would then diagram it on the computer.
Once I had finished working out all of the shots I then printed out 1 copy for myself and took it to a Pool Room to test the shots in real world conditions and under different types of lighting. As I was doing this several people would come by and inquire about what I was doing and where did I get the diagrams for the shots and where could they get a copy of it. This got me started thinking, well I could have a few books printed and take them to the Pool Room the next time I went and maybe sell 1 or 2 and at least make enough off of it to pay for the gas, as that turned out to be fairly successful I thought well why not do it right and put a real book together for them, so I came up with a "cover" and "intro & how to" text and had some books printed at a real print shop. Those went over pretty well also, so next came the website & the You Tube videos. As you can tell one thing just kind of led to another and got out of hand, again I never intended to share this with anyone when I started it.
Next came the Advertising, I was able to hook up with a company that does Live Streams of Pool Tournaments on the internet and then they are posted to that companies You Tube channel the next week. As the advertising took off, sales increased, however there was one thing I wasn't happy about with the book - since originally it was to be for my use only I didn't care about the quality of the graphics (the original graphics program I had sucked) but as sales increased I thought I needed to put out a more professional looking product, so after asking several people about what program I could get that would work on my old out of date computer, I was able to get a more professional quality graphics program and I used it to completely rebuild all of the Diagrams and Cover Art. I then had some new books printed at a new printer that offered better quality printing on better quality paper (also did a Limited Edition to sell as a way to promote the new improved version of the book) to be ready to advertise at the next big event, which was "The Super Billiards Expo" in March 2011.
My advertisers were aware of the work I had just recently put into upgrading the book and they were supposed to be sure and mention this and the LTD Edition Version also, but they screwed up and no mention was ever made of the new book or the LTD Edition, they also played the wrong commercial to advertise my book for 2 days of the event. As a result, sales were way less than anticipated, that combined with no further opportunities to advertise before the contract on the website expired and the cost to renew it for another year led me to shut it down, permanently I thought. And I was OK with that, someone said I sounded "Bitter", I may have been at the time, but I quickly got over it, after all I never planned on any of this happening anyway! (there's only 1 person I'm still PO'd with)
Sorry this is so long, but it's your fault for telling RandyG how to find me. LOL
Just found this thread about my book and wanted to let any of you that are interested know that the website is back up and running for another year at the most.
RandyG was able to contact me and I did send him a book that he is currently reviewing. He's been working on the material in the book for over a month and a half now, so apparently he found that there is something to it, or he wouldn't be investing the amount of time on it that he is!
For those of you that helped Randy find me, Thank You.
Thanks to Randys interest and Seyberts placing an order for more books, I decided to go ahead and bring the website back and make the book available again.
Here's a little history about how the book came to be. First off let me say that when I started this I never intended to write a book, at least not one to sell to the public, I was originally doing it for my own use as a way to work out the details of some things that I had been noticing over all the years that I have played Pool. I would set up shots on my table exactly as I describe in the book and then test them out, when I had the shot right I would then diagram it on the computer.
Once I had finished working out all of the shots I then printed out 1 copy for myself and took it to a Pool Room to test the shots in real world conditions and under different types of lighting. As I was doing this several people would come by and inquire about what I was doing and where did I get the diagrams for the shots and where could they get a copy of it. This got me started thinking, well I could have a few books printed and take them to the Pool Room the next time I went and maybe sell 1 or 2 and at least make enough off of it to pay for the gas, as that turned out to be fairly successful I thought well why not do it right and put a real book together for them, so I came up with a "cover" and "intro & how to" text and had some books printed at a real print shop. Those went over pretty well also, so next came the website & the You Tube videos. As you can tell one thing just kind of led to another and got out of hand, again I never intended to share this with anyone when I started it.
Next came the Advertising, I was able to hook up with a company that does Live Streams of Pool Tournaments on the internet and then they are posted to that companies You Tube channel the next week. As the advertising took off, sales increased, however there was one thing I wasn't happy about with the book - since originally it was to be for my use only I didn't care about the quality of the graphics (the original graphics program I had sucked) but as sales increased I thought I needed to put out a more professional looking product, so after asking several people about what program I could get that would work on my old out of date computer, I was able to get a more professional quality graphics program and I used it to completely rebuild all of the Diagrams and Cover Art. I then had some new books printed at a new printer that offered better quality printing on better quality paper (also did a Limited Edition to sell as a way to promote the new improved version of the book) to be ready to advertise at the next big event, which was "The Super Billiards Expo" in March 2011.
My advertisers were aware of the work I had just recently put into upgrading the book and they were supposed to be sure and mention this and the LTD Edition Version also, but they screwed up and no mention was ever made of the new book or the LTD Edition, they also played the wrong commercial to advertise my book for 2 days of the event. As a result, sales were way less than anticipated, that combined with no further opportunities to advertise before the contract on the website expired and the cost to renew it for another year led me to shut it down, permanently I thought. And I was OK with that, someone said I sounded "Bitter", I may have been at the time, but I quickly got over it, after all I never planned on any of this happening anyway! (there's only 1 person I'm still PO'd with)
Sorry this is so long, but it's your fault for telling RandyG how to find me. LOL
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Reflections is the key word here.... I know everyone has heard of using the light reflections on the balls... I was shown a portion of the system years ago but as the light fixtures changed I thought it was rendered useless..
My understanding is that the author has adjustments that will compensate for different lighting environments... I am still skeptical but if it only works for a hand full of shots it may be worth the price of the information.....
My understanding is that the author has adjustments that will compensate for different lighting environments... I am still skeptical but if it only works for a hand full of shots it may be worth the price of the information.....
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I have reviewed the book. Several students have explored the contents.
PRO: Book is very well organized and full of great info. Illustrations are extremely helpful. To any aiming guru, this is a must have.
CON: Takes more work that most other aiming systems. But most good things are a little stubborn.
randyg
PRO: Book is very well organized and full of great info. Illustrations are extremely helpful. To any aiming guru, this is a must have.
CON: Takes more work that most other aiming systems. But most good things are a little stubborn.
randyg
Thank You for the very good review Randy.
I knew that The Old School Players that have been brought up on & used the "Ghost Ball" aiming method all of their lives would be the ones that would have the hardest time adjusting to this aiming method. They are the players that probably don't really need this system, unless they just want to explore the concept and have other aiming options.
The "Ghost Ball" takes years to truly master, I'm just trying to help some of the beginners & intermediate players get there a little quicker. I am one of those Old School Players myself and although I mainly use my Reflection method now, I still find occasional shots where I'm reverting back to the Ghost Ball thinking & using a combination of techniques to aim the shot. So it's nice to have Options!
I don't know if the CON: is really a CON, I've always heard that anything worthwhile or worth doing WAS going to take a little more effort.
Anyway, I appreciate Randys interest in the book and all of his hard work he put into doing the review of the material, along with his students.
Sam
http://www.thecutshot.com
I knew that The Old School Players that have been brought up on & used the "Ghost Ball" aiming method all of their lives would be the ones that would have the hardest time adjusting to this aiming method. They are the players that probably don't really need this system, unless they just want to explore the concept and have other aiming options.
The "Ghost Ball" takes years to truly master, I'm just trying to help some of the beginners & intermediate players get there a little quicker. I am one of those Old School Players myself and although I mainly use my Reflection method now, I still find occasional shots where I'm reverting back to the Ghost Ball thinking & using a combination of techniques to aim the shot. So it's nice to have Options!
I don't know if the CON: is really a CON, I've always heard that anything worthwhile or worth doing WAS going to take a little more effort.
Anyway, I appreciate Randys interest in the book and all of his hard work he put into doing the review of the material, along with his students.
Sam
http://www.thecutshot.com