Impromptu Book Test

THE BLURB:
Any Two Books
Any Place, Any Time
No Pre-Show work, Sleights, Tears or Gimmicks
Completely 100% Truly Impromptu Book Test

Participant keeps one of the books; you’ve never seen or
handled it
You take the second book and flip thru the
pages until the participant says “STOP.”
This is an absolutely free choice and the participant may
verify the page number
Participant goes to that page in her book and remembers a
word
The books are exchanged and the process repeated
You are immediately able to reveal the words in any way you
choose

Also included is a special bonus routine “Watch It”
Again completely impromptu!
Josh Zandman applies his IBT principles to two borrowed
watches
Participant selects a time on each watch
You instantly reveal both

Additional Routines & Suggestions By
Andrew Gerard, Dr. Bill Cushman, Greg Arce and Richard
Osterlind

"Josh Zandman’s is a clever extension of known principles
for the famous David Hoy booktest. How wonderful that Hoy’s
original creation is still going strong after half a
century. This latest arrangement would make Hoy smile. I
did, and you will too.”
Richard Busch

“Josh Zandman’s Impromptu Book Test should be in every
mentalist’s arsenal. If you like simple, direct and hard
hitting mentalism, as I do, then IBT is definitely something
you will use and enjoy performing.”
John Smetana

“One of the finest book tests I have seen. Truly impromptu.
Any books, anywhere, any time. I have used it in my show and
got an excellent response.” -Tony Razzano

"It is one thing to bring your own books to a stage and
perform mind reading. What if someone could hand you a
couple of books you have never even opened and you could
perform killer mind reading … Now you have the power to do
just that. This is a strong combination of time tested
principles you will use, and love." Andrew Gerard

“This is one of those ‘Duh, why didn’t I think of it’
ideas…And the point it is so easy to do only sweetens the
satisfaction of performing it.”
Jheff

"I was never a big fan of book tests but am a huge fan of
the IBT. It has
made all these gimmicked books redundant in my opinion."
Brian Halliday

MY COMMENTS:
I've said it before, and I'll put it into print again: A
mentalist can never have enough strong impromptu mental
effects. When Josh first sent me an early draft of this
book, I could've sworn that this idea was so obvious that I
felt Josh probably had reinvented another mentalist's wheel.
This is one of those "D'oh, why didn't I think of it?"
ideas! … And the point that it’s so easy to do only
sweetens, the satisfaction of performing it. But I couldn't
recall or find it anywhere and top mentalists were
validating its originality. So it appears as though it is
definitely one of those simple ideas that should have been
thought of before, and wasn't.

Now, Josh's idea is golden, but raw. When you read the
ideas that Andrew Gerard, Dr. Bill Cushman, Greg Arce and
Richard Osterlind contribute to the book (and you MUST read
them if you get this), you'll see that how they take this
idea and turn into an impromptu miracle. In fact, Josh now
uses their ideas when performing the routine.

Though the book was initially printed and sold as a booklet
(I sold quite a few of those), it is now a 26 page instantly
downloadable e-book that is being offered through Outlaw
Effects. This is certainly one of those routines that I
recommend to any mentalist no matter what their performance
experience is.