ANNOUNCING: Pearls of Wisdom
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@danica said
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@Jim Eshelman said
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@bdc said
"Based in Ireland here, any idea of when it will be available for preorder with the shipping + handling charge?"I will probably have that working today or tomorrow (figuring out which of a couple of ways to program that), but I can tell you what it is. We pay part of the international shipping (the same amount we'd pay for domestic shipping) and then bill the balance of that. For international priority mail to your part of the world, add US$17.95."
I guess it will be the same (or almost the same) for my part of the world?"
That same price has been separately confirmed for Hungary, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Paraguay, and New Zealand. So, I think, outside of U.S. / U.K. / Canada, it's probably universal.
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The ordering page now has choices that include international shipping:
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93,
When you select UK pearls it is 47.95, is this including shipping?
When I go into paypal and select my country the price adds another 34.10 dollars for shipping and totals at 82.05.
93, 93/93.
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@mark0987 said
"93,
When you select UK pearls it is 47.95, is this including shipping?
When I go into paypal and select my country the price adds another 34.10 dollars for shipping and totals at 82.05.
93, 93/93."
Thanks. You're only supposed to get charged the first time. I'll see where that legacy charge is. If U accidentally paid it, we'll refund it, of course.
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I see the problem. From the order page, the separate section on shipping charges is still present. I have to figure out how to make that disappear. I advise anyone using this (until I get it fixed) simply not to use the additional shipping calculator - shipping is built into the price already. (I'll have to dig through the code and find where those amounts are being cached. I won't due it tonight, probably, because my spouse is back in town for about 35 hours before hitting the road again, so I'm going to ignore the rest of you
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@mark0987 said
"When you select UK pearls it is 47.95, is this including shipping?
When I go into paypal and select my country the price adds another 34.10 dollars for shipping and totals at 82.05."
Mark, this was easier to fix than I thought. I'm sorry for the original error. If you haven't placed you order, you can do so now and it will only charge you for the shipping once. If you HAVE placed it, please write the email address of the confirmation email you got, and ask for a correction.
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Thanks, I didn't place the order anyway. I'm going to place another order now.
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Ordered
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Thanks, guys. I have high expectations you'll love it. (I could always be wrong, of course
) And I appreciate the interest and support.I keep coming back to the line with which I began thinking about the book: I love anthologies! As a reader, I love collations of short, topical pieces that stand on their own while having something to tie them together. These, for me, often are the most fun nonfiction books, the easiest to access - committing time and attention just to a chapter (for the moment) - I've gotten a lot of information and pleasure from this sort of thing over my life, so I'm happy to have produced one.
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For Ireland, shall I add the UK shipping price or the OTHER price?
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Ordered this a few days ago, was I early enough to still get the autograph?
Look forward to it Jim, I expect nothing but the best.
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And I agree about anthologies. B.O.T.A.'s "The Lantern" are proving to be a favorite for me lately. Mostly because you can fit them into bathroom reading, a break at work, etc~
Who would of thought light reading could be so enlightening?
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Hito, yes, early enough. The book hasn't been delivered by the printer yet. (Thanks for the rest, too.)
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I got an advance copy in the mail yesterday. (It's here! Not vaporware!) - The rest are still on the truck making its way across the U.S.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17118720/Pearls of Wisdom photo.jpg
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It's got a nice classic look to the book. Neat.
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@Jim Eshelman said
"(It's here! Not vaporware!) "
Just wondering; is that a dig against Kindle versions?
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Nope. Love my Kindle.
As you probably know, it's a computer term. "Vaporware" is software that keeps getting promised until one wonders if it exists anywhere at all... except maybe in someone's pipe.
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If you can trust the dispatchers... the truck is due in tomorrow or Friday. "Pearls of Wisdom" will be hand. I will then sign the preorders, and our volunteer team will start slapping on mailing labels and getting things ready to ship on Sunday. (It may take two or three days to get them all ready to go.)
(I have never before known it to take two weeks for them to truck this cross-country. Sorry for the delay, folks.)
If you haven't ordered yet, and want one of the autographed first-shipped copies, here is the order link:
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My water broke!
No Braxton Hicks this time. I think it's coming today! 