Publisher Pitch: ‘Sheepdom’ by I.B. Lamb
Dear Publisher,
We are delighted to give you the opportunity to consider “Sheepdom: 17 Simple Steps to Escape the Tyranny of Leadership”, a singular work from the mediocre academic and committed follower, I.B. Lamb.
“Sheepdom” is the essential handbook for a disillusioned generation and a vital antidote to our culture’s toxic obsession with leadership. Featuring flocking exercises and shallow studies, Lamb copies everyman insights and paraphrases common knowledge to provide readers with a framework for “blending into the flock”.
Modernity is plagued by a crisis of leadership, but not as you know it. The problem rests not with a lack of quality leaders — though, without doubt, most are greedy, feckless, and unprincipled hacks — but rather with you, the masses, who have been indoctrinated in the cult of leadership. From self-help books and ‘boss’ retreats, to speaking tours and career gurus, the Leadership Industrial Complex has lured people from their natural state of obedience. The solution is clear; we need to embrace our inner sheep.
At once timeless and modern, “Sheepdom” deploys ancient wisdom and quotidian mysticism to highlight the virtues of a life lived as a sheep in sheep’s clothing. Lamb’s vague roadmap is supported by parables (The Saga of Baa Baa Slack Sheep), scientific examples (Dolly, the Great Bleat Forward), and outsider interviews (Mutton 445, Ram 278, and Ewe 129).
At 45,454 words, “Sheepdom” eschews all publishing traditions and reads like a self-help book shorn of pretension and filtered through the grounding rules of the Bible (God = Shepherd. People = Sheep).
I.B. Lamb lives on a commune together with their flock. A veteran with more than 25 years of followship experience, Lamb has never been a leader in any organization, team, or group in which they have been a part. “Sheepdom” is Lamb’s first, and last, work.
May we send you this captivating book?
Yours Sheepishly,
Jake & Abe
