15: the untold and unofficial story of the carolina panthers

[R0CKnR0LLA]

6 hours ago, SCP said:

I can't wait to download it illegaly

fixed

[Randolph Panther]

I was thinking the other day it would be nice to have a book on the history of the Panthers.  I will buy it and read it.  With this great run we've had the last few weeks and over Christmas I have really reflected on those first 7 years we were in existence.  We experienced some good but alot of growing pains as a franchise.  

[PhillyB]

5 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Courier or Courier New...?

it turns out iBooks is a really terrible application and doesn't transfer text and formatting very well. at some point i'll compile the book and open it in amazon's kindle previewer, which is about a thousand times better, and replace those images. the text looks nicer on the page and it's generally a much cleaner overall package.

we're broken 60,000 words btw. y'all are gonna have a ball with this poo

[iamhubby1]

$3? I guess I'll have to beg the wife for an advance on next months allowance. But, I am sure it will be worth all the groveling I'll need to do.

 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

just found something 2 do for my sunday poo

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

A book written collectively by huddlers.

This season keeps on getting weirder.

[SOJA]

wait......is this for real?

If so color me in. So in I'm deeper than Jim Irsay's nose in the dirtiest hooker New Orleans has to offer on a Tuesday night after he hit up the local TGIF's

[ThPantherFan]

7 hours ago, PhillyB said:

also the cover art is top secret and won't be released til saturday (cause i haven't finished it yet not because it's an actual secret) but all i will say is cam newton's calves and thighs are the hardest thing i've ever tried to paint

Count me in.  Will there be a coupon for free beer with every purchase?  I mean 3 bucks.......sheeze.

[Kevin Greene]

Ah that pass to Moose. I like anything that reminds me of that moment. It is a piece of time permanently etched in my brain and I can see everything  around me as I watched that play transpire. We were so close.

Good luck with your sale.

 

[Hotsauce]

7 hours ago, PhillyB said:

Fiz and I wrote a book about the Panthers and you get to read it Sunday!

That's right, this coming Sunday there is no Panthers game. We got a first-round bye and we won't have anything to do but sit around hucking Bojangles and watching Russell Wilson's unused dick freeze and fall off down his pant leg in the -10 degree winter horror that will be the Vikings game. Except for reading the book PhillyB and Fiz wrote!

Here's what's up:

• This damn thing is huge. It's over 200 pages, and at close to 60,000 words it's well within the defined range of a novel. And it's told in very easily digested and entertaining narrative form, so in many ways it will read like fiction. But it's not fiction. It's real, including all that stuff about John Fox calling everyone pussies on his first day in the locker room and the stuff about Chip Kelly and The Golden Calf of Bristol.
• It's organized into two parts: a detailed history of the Panthers from their founding to the 2014 season, and then a game-by-game breakdown of the 2015 season.
• Since NFL merchandizing licenses are more than a million dollars to acquire, we couldn't display any NFL or team imagery, so this thing is illustrated entirely through organic means. Between artwork contributions from the huddle to play diagrams used to teach and break down play calls and schemes to funny-ass classical art pieces inserted at dramatic moments, this thing is gonna be the best thing you've never read.
• SCP has graciously written the book's epilogue and it's the single greatest thing i have ever laid eyes on.

 

It'll be available at 12:01am Sunday for purchase through Amazon. It's in e-book format, but you can read it on any tablet, laptop, desktop, hell even your phone. We haven't narrowed down the exact price, but it'll be under $3. That's a damn bargain. You can't buy a cheeto-stained copy of Moby Dick at Ed McKay's for three bucks. We'll post the link using the portal that allows the Huddle to profit from it (comes out of Amazon's pocket, not yours) and you'll be helping to keep this place chugging along as we move into the playoffs.

Here's a sneak preview of what you'll be looking at:

 

 

None of it's edited or formatted worth a damn yet, but you get the idea.

edit: and the text won't look that obnoxious. it's just a stock previewer program.

This thing's gonna win a Pulitzer.

You know who is gonna buy this book at 12:01 on Sunday?

I am gonna buy this book, that's who!

 

In all seriousness, this really really excites me. I am flying out west in a couple of weeks, so I will save it for my plane ride then. 

Really looking forward to it, again, super pumped about this!

[Jangler]

Just Cam's calves and thighs? meh...

[SCP]

Can somebody do a water color of Dave Gettleman 

[KillerKat]

Do photo contributors get a free copy?

[w280sax]

Take my 3 dollars.