The NQN Ocho After Action Report, December 3, 2025.

We had a grand time this November, one that lapped last November.

Not only that, but it actually lapped all the previous November's put together.

The most telling metric would be all the giveaways.

My little May blog shop is something of a little putt putt operation, but last year we were able to

give away over 6,000 titles for free. This was not to be sniffed at, not at all, but I was kind of

flummoxed when I looked up the numbers for this November. The May blog shop gave away approximately

31,400 titles. I mean,

cheapers. What about Canon? They gave away over $2.5 million worth of books. Last year, the amount was

about half a million. This year outdid all the previous years added up together. That was a

metric ton of the Moscow mood shipped all over the world in a

completely reckless manner. Let's see what comes from it. There was a deal where you could buy

five books and get five Canon plus family subscriptions free. This was our loser club deal. Canon gave

away over $500,000 worth of subscriptions that way, which if you add to the book giveaways, puts Cannon's generosity

north of $3 million. In the Trojan Horse video, I promised more traffic, which was something

that actually happened also. Across all platforms, there were more than 4 million views,

up 40% over last year, and last year had been the biggest up to that point. So that was a cannonball splash that

got the lifeguard wet. The word to describe all of this is gaminery. In the category of somewhat

embarrassing, we made many new friends and some new enemies. Over the course of last fall, I found

myself on a record number of big media outlets, New York Times, The Atlantic, L.A. Times, Sam Harris, Tim Poole,

the Young Turks, Benny Johnson, NBR, Wall Street Journal, and a somewhat mystifying appearance

on the cover of Derspeagle. Stay tuned for this December. If these media appearances keep happening,

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