I am writing this and I haven’t finished the book yet. I bought this book because Luke Mitchell was kind enough to review something I had written and he mentioned that he’d written a book so I thought I would buy it based on all the great reviews here…..

When I got the book my suspicions were aroused somewhat by the quotes and the authors of those quotes on the back of the book e.g. ‘Top Amazon Reviewer’.

Once I had started reading Mind Bomb I became even more suspicious as it is most definitely NOT a five star book, and it is odd that in 17 or so reviews there are no dissenters. The writing is okay apart from the obigatory Blackadder simile on every page and the desire to be over funny in descriptions but so far I would not say the plot is as exciting as all the other reviews here say it is.

And then I looked a bit deeper, and was struck that the reviews here sound rather similar. ‘Surely not?’ I thought – so I clicked on the ‘read all my reviews’ and guess what, most of them are that reviewer’s only review.

I think Luke Mitchell may have written all these reviews and either set up a lot of addresses or got his friend to post them – it is unusual too that so many of them, for an unknown UK author, are from abroad.

Perhaps I am ultra suspicious but it has put me off the book – I was expecting something like American Psycho or something written so brilliantly or with a breathless plot I would be left gasping, but instead on my daily commute it is an effort to read it, and it is only a page turner because I want to finish it.

Of course it was my decision to buy the book but I wish I had looked deeper into the reviews – caveat emptor as usual!

When i said ‘ with your permision’ out of politeness i said.. Ofcourse it doesnt mean i will kee doing it..Common Suparni..Relax..Let go..

Wait… you said you would like to quote something I wrote in another forum – with my permission. I declined to give you that permission, and you did it anyway.

I know where not to share from now on.

Suparni.

Have a Great vacation..

I purposely contributed to the Osho Times thread because I feel that I have some insight from experience on the subject of magazine publishing – because I have contributed to both Osho Times and other worldwide publications on both web magazines and in print.

I do not, however, have much experience in terms of trademark or law, therefor I choose to remain silent on other threads… I don’t feel my input there can shed any light or provide any valuable insight, therefor I think it best to leave my comments IN CONTEXT – the context being Osho Times and what was said about it here. You asked me a question regarding trademark and I did the best I could to answer it – but its only the opinion of an inexperience and uneducated observer that I considered only because you asked me…

Thank you for supporting my contribution, but I don’t feel that quoting me in the context of another thread will do justice to my post or provide any insight. I do feel that perhaps my post should be left in tact and the place I see it as relevant – in the magazine thread – for I am not as experienced in trademark or the repercussions of trademark on individuals and Osho in the marketplace.

I do appreciate your asking… and I think I enjoy having a conversation in a less heated forum. I am going away on vacation soon and I don’t intend to go cruising around a whole bunch of threads on here to see what people said I said or think I said etc. This particular Osho Times subject is one of the few I feel experienced enough to contribute to.

Thanks. Cheers.
Suparni

Thank you for the opinions.. But i value it very much.. I think you will not mind if i quote you from your post on another thread.. Hope you dont have copyrighs for the above post..

But we may see some adverse reactions also..With your permission i am putting you into trouble by quoting you

First, I do not want to be mistaken as a publishing world expert… for I am not. I studied publishing in college with Alexander Burke Jr. former president of McGraw-Hill, but my experience with magazines and publishing is now from the point of view of a photographer and reader; I am a visual artist.

This year I was published in the Italian print magazine MIND and also in the online version of MARTHA STEWART LIVING… both published works (3 and 6 photos) were taken by me for Barney’s New York display team. I am not a publishing expert… but then I really don’t think that one needs to be in order to understand the simple change that magazine publishing is going through.

Regarding trademark… after reading what people wrote here about Osho Times, I can only assume that the same kind of hype and exaggeration is going on around trademark issues.

I have my opinions about usage of the word Osho – but those opinions are just that, opinions – and they are not really worth going on and on about… but my experience with the breath energy group in mexico was just as good under the name Oceanic Breath Energy as it was Osho Breath Energy… same group, same experience… very simple.

I think it is easy to find things to complain about when you are looking for them… in regard to Osho Times or in regard to TM or whatever.

And it is also easy to do your thing and flow and share with or without the word Osho involved…. just like the Oceanic Breath Energy group in Mexico. Very simple. I liked it just as much as the Osho Breath Energy training in Pune… I don’t think its that big of a deal really! I just see there is a lot of fuss about it… hype and fuss… yawn.

I also feel that trademark (and certainly without a doubt copyright) was necessary for OIF to obtain so that publishers in the marketplace would take them seriously and print Osho’s books. I studied enough publishing to know that no publisher was going to even consider them without copyright and really they have done a tremendous job… all of the people involved.

I have plenty of friends and I have met plenty of people who have been introduced to and enjoyed Osho through those books and it is no small thing that they are even on the shelves in mainstream bookshops… in fact – its HUGE.

I don’t really think that these trademarks and copyrights are necessarily about power and corruption – just like I don’t think that OT going out of print is about racism and failure.

I think there is a great deal of idiocy going on around it though….