{"id":1571,"date":"2012-05-17T19:16:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T23:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2012-05-17T19:16:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T23:16:39","slug":"send-me-your-pounds-your-unwanted-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/17\/send-me-your-pounds-your-unwanted-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Send Me Your Pounds, Your Unwanted Euros!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/green6-1-150-copy2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-431\" title=\"green6-1-150 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/green6-1-150-copy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>My books (other than &#8216;Crafty God&#8217;) have always been available as trade paperbacks as well as ebooks &#8211; but, up until now, only in America.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m thrilled that Createspace has extended their Print on Demand program to all of Amazon&#8217;s European sites (UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy). My paperbacks should appear for sale on Amazon&#8217;s sites in those countries by the end of next week.<\/p>\n<p>Print on Demand is an amazing technological marvel. You the reader buy a paperback on Amazon, Createspace prints one luscious copy, slips it into a mailer and ships it to you, usually the next day. You receive a much more nicely formatted manuscript than the ebook version, a full-color cover, back cover\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">blurb<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">portrait<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/span>(taken with my super-high-quality cellphone camera in my personal bathroom, which had the good natural light that morning).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mindbenders-8-3-150-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-446\" title=\"mindbenders 8-3-150 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mindbenders-8-3-150-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>So, for those of you who were holding out for a real book that could double as a doorstop the instant you&#8217;re finished reading, here&#8217;s your chance!<\/p>\n<p>These books cost more than ebooks, of course &#8211; paper, ink, shipping and all that traditional overhead &#8211; but a whole lot less than the cost of an ereader.<\/p>\n<p>And &#8211; maybe most exciting &#8211; purchasers of European paperbacks instantly qualify for my infamous &#8216;Buy a Paperback &#8211; The Author Buys You a Beer&#8217; promotion! (Tickets to NY City not included &#8211; click <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p1twy1-hQ\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>for complete details and Groucho picture)<\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; what more can I do for you? At least until the &#8216;Mindbenders&#8217; sequel is finished? No more excuses! Strike a blow for traditional books everywhere &#8211; buy all of mine! In paperback!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My books (other than &#8216;Crafty God&#8217;) have always been available as trade paperbacks as well as ebooks &#8211; but, up until now, only in America. So I&#8217;m thrilled that Createspace has extended their Print on Demand program to all of <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/17\/send-me-your-pounds-your-unwanted-euros\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,3,42],"tags":[145,255,144,46,47,51,43],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-sale","category-my-books","category-print-on-demand","tag-author-buys-you-a-beer","tag-big-sale","tag-buy-a-paperback","tag-green","tag-ireland","tag-mindbenders","tag-paperbacks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}