It might work. But it would be wrong without the copyright-holder's (Dr. Leonard Peikoff's) consent. And then, there are things in some of her writings, which, while quite acceptable for adults, would be unsuitable for children(before about the age of 16 or 17), and they, I believe, are most often the most numerous users of coloring and puzzle books.

Reach me privately at kate@gamepuzzles.com

Wow, many great ideas!! You were on a roll... I think the multiple choice questions would be very fun to answer - and to make. I can envision a card game that leads to discussions being very lively and stimulating too. An Objectivist version of those popular discussion card games out there now... but my original post was thinking about simpler puzzles and games like word puzzles.
I'm still eager and open to talking with you more about these. My preference and recommendation would be to start and test with quicker, easier, and less expensive products first. Baby steps that get feedback from our target audience and prove we are on the right track. Let's talk and giddee-up!

A "puzzle" book about Objectivism could make a fine teaching tool and propaganda organ. Situational questions could be included with a multiple-choice list of answers dealing with ethics, rational self-interest, equal rights, etc. The situations could be modern cases of conflicts and events in the real world. We need someone well versed in the Objectivist ethics and psycho-epistemology to set these up. Making up a crossword puzzle out of Rand's special vocabulary would be easier. Analogies, premises, core values... all would make fine puzzle topics. I would love to see a treatment of the many meanings of the word "selfishness" that Rand threw in the faces of the sacrifice crowd. Fifty shades of selfhood, not giving up a greater value for a lesser value, not living "for the sake of" another yet giving all for the sake of another whom one loves more than oneself. Think of Galt willing to kill himself to spare Dagny from being tortured. The whole topic of values would make a great boardgame. Sorting out how Rand's prime principles apply to today's situations would be a fine puzzle in its own right. Who's up for designing them?

Good, thanks. Those are easy-peasy for me. What I can't say or promise is when I could get a whole book done about Ferrari. Please get in touch with me directly to prod me and to give me a way to let you know when it's available, if and when that happens. I'm at brett (at) creative (hypen) forces dot net. Thanks.

Thanks a lot for your experience and perspective. I still have an assumption that something explicitly about Objectivism and Ayn Rand would have appeal to people for themselves, and to a lesser extent (but still real) as a gift for others. Sure, some people will be offended or disgusted by it but they can't stop others from getting it and enjoying it.

Happy to be in your contact list.

I too am usually up between 4 and 4:30 but woe be unto he who dares to even look at me before I have finished my morning "routine" which involves much coffee and close-and-personal time with my computer.

Hubby knows to check the coffee machine carefully to make sure I've had mine before daring to speak in my direction :-)

I get up at 4 most days, it s the best time of the day. You are correct, this will be a print on demand, unless some publisher is rocked and wants to cut me a big check...OK, back to reality, I agree the e book is a poor choice for images mixed with text, I contributed to one years ago and it was OK, but not "right". I collect old/signed/1st editions and an e-book just doesnt blow my dress up. I appreciate the input, using Word for the actual copy is a great idea cause I only want to write it once. I `ll put your e mail in my contacts and may pester you again once I get further than planning and rough layout.

Any and all info is appreciated. This has been in the planning stages for quite a while, as the prospect of partial retirement looms, it is climbing the priority ladder. Now I just need to decide how to do it, I have been writing media and opinion articles for several years - my guess is, this is a whole different critter.

A fine idea, Brett. Of course, if the ultimate agenda is to spread Objectivist ideas to the uninitiated, you may get political resistance. If you want to present enjoyable recreations to the cognoscenti, puzzle books and ebooks may be a good product line. Most such books deal with word puzzles, however. For abstract thinking and conceptual problem solving, it would be good to use puzzles like those I have created in the geometric and spatial realm. See my display in the Gulch Marketplace. These are non-verbal, physical objects that double as pieces of math as art (Ayn Rand liked mathematics, too). Each physical tiling has thousands of different possibilities and engages logic, reason, and individualist features, without overtly preaching any political message. Their constructive solving provides an intellectual, visual, and emotional reward. I just don't know how to make them financially rewarding to anyone else, since we don't wholesale. The best I can offer is a small commission to anyone who helps sell them. My output through 40 years of designing consists of over 250 original sets. You can see them on www.gamepuzzles.com. They are a tactile form of disproving socialist practices.

Word Seek? Crossword?

Not seeing it yet HOWEVER I have kids in town visiting, so I will check later, OK?

I could do that. Nothing out there yet for you I suppose? Any preferences on types of puzzles or would you like a variety?

G is giving you lots of good info. For me, I am using Google tools as much as possible. Instead of PowerPoint I use Google Slides and Google Docs. Export to PDF for paperbacks and export to doc or docx for ebooks. Hope that helps too.

Happy to see that Rich! Thanks for replying. Look for my email. Eager to talk more with you.

Thanks for telling us about your logic puzzle book. Looks challenging.

Thanks and done!

Well, in the "bright light" of 4 am, I just realized I made an unwarranted assumption, which is probably 100% wrong.

My answer was cast in the light of PRINT publication, but you may be intending to create an EBOOK publication, in which case you can ignore everything I said.

eBook creation is slightly harder and I DO encourage you to use MS Word (or equivalent) to get it into the base shape you want. Then you use a program freely downloadable from Amazon called Kindle Create to finish it off to their specifications (makes life a lot easier).

BTW you can also ignore everything I said about color/grayscale if you are creating an ebook. Color in ebooks incurs no additional charge.

Here's the rub: with an ebook, you have to realize that the text and the pictures are resized per the individual reader. So what I see on my iPad will not be the same as what I see on my Android Phone or my Computer, all of which have Kindle apps on them. And if I'm feeling "old" today I might decide to increase the size of my font...so my point is that there is a lot that you can't control. Once you get past that mental hurdle, and realize you have limited control over how your book looks, you are well on your way. Kindle Create has a previewer feature so you can see how the book will look on every device before you commit.

So, two different ways of creating the book - and once you have ONE of them done, they invite you to create the same book in the other format. Actually not hard at all, but here's another hint and then I'll leave you alone: Create your finished-copy PDF for the print version first from Powerpoint, Word or however you want to do it (if doing both versions I recommend Word or equivalent). Then use the same Word doc to create the ebook. Once you have used the kindle creator program, it becomes difficult to find your original file.

If you want to take the conversation elsewhere, my email is gharkness @ gmail.com. I'll help as much as I can, but I am sure this is not beyond you once you get the base concepts down.

It does help, I appreciate it. I guess my next step is to learn powerpoint, then find out if it has a book format feature similar to google. I think the cost/benefit will push me to transfer the images to B/W and insert them at the appropriate places in the text.

Adding to say: is it harder? No I don't think so, but you actually create the document in Word - or even Powerpoint - and then print to PDF. Surprisingly, arranging photos in Powerpoint is very, very simple. Much simpler than doing the same in Word. Powerpoint is my go-to for text with images combined.

Hope that helps. My previous reply was truncated a bit due to dinner being ready to serve :-)

Ok, so with most publishing, and certainly with Amazon, if you have ONE colored pixel in the book, the entire book is considered "color." This is important because color print is extremely expensive.

The author creates the book in PDF format. Amazon just takes it and prints it. So, it's all dependent on your layout abilities. And of course getting help is not that hard to do.

Very interesting! Thanks for the link! I'm already intrigued!

As a High School Teacher, I LOVE this idea! I would use it in my classes in quite a number of ways. Please wether you actually create this full fledged or not I am GREATLY interested in this.

You can reach me at richornsby@hotmail.com

Way off topic, I have a question, or two you may be able to answer, seeing that you `re in the business. Is the publishing/printing of a book with color photos that are inserted to a specific page, as opposed to several pages of photos in the center of the books a cost and layout nightmare compared to B/W captioned photos in a separate center section?

How about a puzzle book for Ferrari fans.