The three all-new book editions this year include:

Georgian – following their meeting at the 2006 ISIL World Conference in Prague, Paata Sheshelidze, President of the high-powered New Economic School in Tbilisi, Georgia, translated Ken's book and put up an on-line Georgian version early this year.
     The book version was launched while Ken Schoolland was in Georgia in July to teach at the first Georgian Liberty English Camp.   paatasheshelidze[at]cdu.ge

Nepali – Prakash Thapa of the American Library in Kathmandu wrote to Ken, "We have already published the Nepali version of the book [this summer]. We are ready to organize book discussion programs in four cities outside Kathmandu Valley i.e. Biratnagar, Birgunj, Bhairahawa, and Pokhara. . . . We would also like to organize a Digital Video Conference (DVC) program with you soon to release the book and to share your knowledge with Nepali scholars."   ThapaP[at]state.gov

     This follows on the serial publication of Jonathan Gullible in English over the past year in Nepal's The Boss business magazine. This effort was organized by Robin Sitoula, General Secretary of the Youth Initiative robs@mail.com.np, and those of Editor Charu Chadha Rizal charu@theboss.com.np and Rakesh Wadhwa. Charu reports the JG serialization was quite popular among their readers.

Turkish – The launch of the Turkish JG book occurred at the first Liberty English Camp of the Association for Liberal Thinking, held in the coastal resort of Cesme. Ken was a teacher at this camp as well. The translation and publication was organized by Bugra Kalkan liberte[at]liberte.com.tr, of the ALF, who had been to the ISIL Prague conference on a scholarship and met Ken Schoolland there. ISIL members contributed to this project.

     Another sign of progress in the global spread of the Adventures of Jonathan Gullible is that a growing number of updated second editions are being produced in various countries.

Mongolian – Dr. Batchuluun Baldandorj batchuluun[at]libertari.mn, with the sponsorship of P. Tsenguun, Chairman of the Mongolian Libertarian Foundation, published the new Mongolian edition of the book, this time based on the annotated UK Commentary edition that was originally prepared by Janette Eldridge in South Africa. It has already been a resounding success.

     Recently, Batchuluun reported: "Three weeks ago I went to the biggest book shop in Ulaanbaatar. The salesman told me that JG is the second bestseller among the social science and humanities books." JG is being used as the basis for discussion in a growing number of student seminars. This is yet another project that evolved out of meetings at the ISIL 2006 Prague conference.

Polish – Krzysztof Haladus krzysztof[at]haladus.pl has published a spectacular updated hardback edition of JG with more than 40 full-color, beautifully-drawn illustrations.

     Four months after publication, Kris wrote: "There have been 1300 copies sold! . . . The book can be bought in every bookstore in Poland, including the biggest. The final price of the book is about $14 USD. Now I am working on an adaptation of Janette's and Ken's comments for Polish schools. I am going to publish these comments as a separate guide for teachers and propose using it in Polish schools."

     The new Polish edition was printed with the highest-quality material, cloth bookmark attached, plastic wrapped for protection, with a CD inside with audio in both English and Polish! The illustrations were computer-generated, and will be available for other editions at a very low price. Kris is now working on an English graphic novel edition. More on this project at www.aspektpublishing.com. Yet another Prague connection (and Kris also attended Williamsburg this year).