a very quitter new year

Since the June 2008 release of my book Quitter: Good Luck Not Dying, I failed to reach my goal of one-hundred books sold by the end of the year.  I sold a little over sixty, which isn’t bad for a six month effort.  I know it doesn’t sound like much, but sixty hand-made hardcover books represents about two-hundred-plus hours of work.  Design, prototyping, printing, cutting, gluing, etc. paid me about $4.00 an hour to do.  Add in the cost for materials, and I almost broke even for the year.  Almost.

So, for 2009 a few things are changing.  For one, the price of the hardcover is going up to $18.  I am not looking to get rich with this effort (it is working so far, right?) but the process should at least cover the associated costs.  In addition, I will also start printing a softcover version for around $8, give or take, that I can start shipping really soon.  The softcover will also be full color and individually numbered just like the hardcover.  Both versions should be available through The Abundance Foundation pretty soon.  In the meantime, check out the Quitter page to order.  If you live in Chatham County North Carolina, I’ll take payment in Plenties at the old hardcover price of $15 (1 and 1/2 Plenties), paperback at $5 (1/2 Plenty)!

If that were not enough, the ideas for Quitter #6 are rattling around in my head, on scraps of paper thrown all over the heres and theres of my life or sitting alone somewhere, talking to themselves and waiting for me to go pick them up.  I’ll get on that shortly…

And finally, I hope to commit issues one through five to audio in the very near future.  Look out!