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$40 doesn't sound bad. It's one of the best Ive ever read .

I would pre pay gladly for a copy of your book. Where do I send the cash?

An interesting thought, BR.  I think I like it.

Net Wolf

Eric is there any possible issues sending your book up to Canada?

What are inter-continental shipping fees usually like for a book?  I was sent a game the other week that apparently cost around a dollar.  Is that typical?

CSquared

CSquared: Um.... NO, it's not typical.  It must have been extremely lightweight.  My CD-ROM, when I had to ship to the UK, cost $5.50 or something close.  (If you were dealing with a business, they may have had special arrangements with the post office.)

How much the book would cost to ship is uncertain because I don't know what it would weigh.  I asked the postal service what it would cost to send a 3-lb. package (oh, sorry, a 1.36kg package... ) from me to the UK, and they said it would cost $23.  2 lb. was $16, and 1 lb. was $10.  To Canada, you can basically half those rates.  Within the US, because I can use Media Mail, it would cost between $2 and $4.

Hope this helps you decide.
Eric

PS: I also checked with UPS for shipping costs.  You don't even want to know.

Eric Storm wrote:

I asked the postal service what it would cost to send a 3-lb. package (oh, sorry, a 1.36kg package... :) )...

Believe it or not, I'm more at home with the pounds. XD  C'mon, we measure the weight of people in Imperial, not Metric.  Stones and pounds, rather than pounds, but still.

Anyway, $23 isn't excessive, in my opinion.  If ever some copies of the book get printed, I'll definitely go for one.

CSquared

My name is Ron and I have a lot of friends, I think I can come  up with $40.

1) I would love a book, and I think $40 cool

2) Have you spoken with anyone else for other stories that may be turned into books? (Jefferson & Road Trip? Hint Hint)

3) Have you looked at Lulu?  Lulu is an on-demand published that has no up front cost.  It would cost $17 to print a hard bound 100 page book.  Just something to think about.  http://www.lulu.com/

I am in no way affiliated with Lulu, I just like Web 2.0

I decided to point out this little fact about the Hard Cover Fund of $1000 I know that seems like a lot to everyone but that is really only for 25 copies of CAMP at $40. With just the people who have said they would get a book on this forum we are looking at 20 copies. Now I could be wrong but it is my though that when the money starts adding up and it starts looking like this is going to happen for sure more people will jump in and 'pre-donate' for their own copies. But that is just my though on the matter.

All I really know is that I'll be donating as soon as payday comes around.

I also think that since Eric is hopefully selling these a little above cost he will make some money off this as well which would be quite helpful for him.

Last edited by NahtanoJ88 (2008-01-10 00:58:06)

Um.    How do I answer that question without seeming like a greedy little bastard? 

Yes, the price I have quoted ($40) is well above the actual cost of printing the book.  There would be little point in me doing it otherwise.

The order I will place with the printer, who I have recently confirmed will, in fact, print CAMP (they've actually got a rough version of the file in their hands), will be for 50 books.  I will, of course, want to keep a few of those, but I'd like to sell as many of them as possible.

Since these books will have to pass through my hands, all of them will be autographed as Net Wolf.  I want to make that clear: this book will never be listed as written by Eric Storm.  CAMP: Ron's Journey was, is, and will be a Net Wolf story.  Should you desire something more than just my scrawled name on your book, I will even take inscription requests (within reason.  )

The money would sit there until the mark was met.  If that took five years, well...

Also, as NahtanoJ has already pointed out, if all the people on this forum who said they would buy a copy - and you'll recall that my instructions when I started the thread were to say you would only if you actually intended to do so if it became available - we'd already be 80% of the way there.

You're referring to the equipment to print and bind your own books?

A hell of a lot more than $1000.00