I’m sure they didn’t see this one coming! 

Bitza Mission, a Scientology Mission in Moscow, has just passed up New York City for the #1 position in the Dianetics book-a-thon!    It’s now:

#1: Bitza Mission
#2: New York
#3: Tokyo
#4: ODD (Mexico City)

Tags: dianetics, scientology, russia, new york

Nobody ever said it’s comfortable at the top, but it certainly wasn’t a “comfortable” weekend that the red-shirted New York Dianetics team went in for this weekend!

Well over 2000 New Yorkers have been helped so far this weekend, with the one technology - Dianetics - that will rid them of their reactive minds. 

Back in the lead in the Dianetics Book-A-Thon is ODD Org in Mexico City, which just passed up New York City by a hair!  The updated standings are:

#1 ODD org (Mexico City)
#2 New York City
#3 Tokyo
#4 UK
#5 Italy
#6 Los Angeles
#7 Milano
#8 Sydney
#9 ITD org (Mexico City)
#10 Toronto

photo: Southeast View of Mexico City - one of the most populous cities in the world, originally uploaded by hectorflmx.

We’re collecting photos from around the world of you in action on this weekend’s Dianetics & Scientology Basics Book-A-Thon!  We’ve got but a handful now, but will be posting the best of them on our handy Book-A-Thon Flickr map!

So, when  you send in your pictures to the Book-A-Thon headquarters, make sure to tell us where they were taken, so we can put them on the map!   And, if you don’t know where to send them, just comment on this post and we’ll tell you!

  In a surprise maneuver, New York pulled ahead of Mexico City as the #1 City on the planet in the International Dianetics Book-A-Thon!!

The city-by-city standings now are:

I have been assured by reliable sources that extremely big news is coming from New York City -  and that the rest of the world had better watch out!

So far, based on the Dianetics Book-A-Thon standings here from Book-A-Thon Central,  Mexico City (O.D.D. org, or “Organizacion Desarrollo y Dianetica“) is in the lead, with Latin America blasting past everyone with a hefty lead. 

The entire Dianetics world is now, once again, abuzz with Book-a-Thon fever.  Our biggest book-a-thon ever is now underway!  

The initial results are now in, and if you want to know where your city stands in comparison with the rest of the world, just subscribe to our regular book-a-thon updates!

This weekend is the kick-off of the first Basics Book-a-Thon of 2008!   This year, the absolute target is to 100X the volume of books gotten to the people of your community, to massively spearhead the clearing of your zone.  And it starts NOW!

THE NEW YORK STREET BOOKSELLING PATTERN:

If you’ve wondered, “Can I sell books in volume to new public?” — the answer is, “Yes, you can!”  And it’s easy.  Because all of the particulars of how it is done have been honed to a total simplicity on the streets of New York.  See a video here of the Field Staff Members of New York who are doing it!

You can do it too! 

GET MASSIVE BULK DISCOUNTS ON YOUR BOOKS ON-LINE!

Newly added to the Basics website is a brand-new tool to get bulk discounts on each of the Beginning books.   As you’re going to be getting books out to your area by the hundreds, take advantage of these new discounts on-line - discounts as high as 39% for bulk purchases!  

All this to help you reach more people with LRH tech in your area!

WE WANT TO SEE YOU IN ACTION!

The Book-a-Thon website will be updated all weekend with the standings, and with a special place for the orgs that make it into the 1000 club (1000 books into new public hands), and a special award and acknowledgement for orgs that  make it into the 5000 club! 

Send all photos and video of you and your org in action to this e-mail address.  The best shots will be selected and featured on the website!

All this in the spirit of the following from LRH:

“It is far from an unrealistic goal, short term, to get Book One into the hands of 1 percent of all the people in your area.  That’s a start.  A longer term goal is to capture 5 percent of the world book market.  We can do that too.  And if we did it, sheer momentum would clear the planet.

“Are you with me on this?

“Good!

“Do it!”  - LRH

Seeing as they’re not bashful about how they get Dianetics out everywhere and anywhere in L.A., it’s not much of a surprise that the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles whips to the lead in this weekend’s book-a-thon!   As you can see from the Dianetics booksales photos, the L.A. team has been up one side of the city and down the other - in force!

Extremely close-in behind, however, is the Church of Scientology of Milano in Italy - the largest Scientology central organization in the world.  So, if I was L.A. - I wouldn’t be resting on my laurels!

(and as a note, New York is now tied with Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - but the mighty Africans are still giving New York a run for their money!  Who taught who here, anyhow!?)

Standings as of 11:58pm PST, 15 December:

1. Church of Scientology of Los Angeles
2. Milano, Italy
3. Valencia, Venezuela
4. O.D.D., Mexico City
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. Tokyo, Japan
7. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
    New York, New York
9. Harare, Zimbabwe
10. Moscow, Russia

The first standings are in from the Dianetics & Scientology Basics Book-A-Thon of this weekend!   Venezuela Org in Valencia, Venezuela has taken the lead, followed by O.D.D. org in Mexico City, Mexico and the Church of Scientology Tokyo in Japan.

And, by the way, check out Bulawayo and Harare in Zimbabwe - both of whom are beating New York!!  Is the Big Apple planning on responding?

The standings are as follows, as of 4:30pm PST, on 15 Dec:

1. Valencia, Venezuela
2. O.D.D. in Mexico City
3. Tokyo, Japan
4. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (!)
5. Harare, Zimbabwe
6. Caracas, Venezuela
7. New York, New York
8. Cape Town, South Africa
9. Johannesburg, South Africa
10. Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Where is your Church of Scientology?  The game is just underway, so hit the streets!