dead-tree books—the unboxing

I need to read through these to make sure they're okay, but at this point, they're all printed out, so they'd better be okay. Right?

I felt bad being in Charles's neighborhood, walking right by his residence on my way to the print shop, and not bothering to say hey. But he may have been on campus for all I know. I don't know his class hours or his travel habits. Anyway, I got the twenty book copies I'd ordered. I'll be handing a few out to local people. Here's the unboxing:

"Miilk" is a common brand of copier paper here; it's just a leftover box into which they put my copies.

Peekaboo! Stink Like a Teacher, Slink Like a Teacher...

Spine seems okay.

I look really sunburned. What happened with the tint?

Margins look better this time around.

facing page

Korean-language Chapter 7

again, facing page

I did get a chance to flip through a book while typing this. Everything looks the way it did on the PDF for both the English section and the Korean section. The lady at the shop, like in 2022, was still not enthused about the cover design; I think she thought the lettering was too big, thick, and heavy on the front and back covers (childish?). That's fine; I'm not a fan of thin, fine fonts, especially anything Sans Serif, which look weak and can be hard to read, whether inside the book or on the covers. Especially when such font is large.

If you want a copy of my book, and you're a friend or regular reader, shoot me an email with a mailing address, and I'll send you a book for free.

There was an older gentleman working in the shop as well, and he rather grandly told me that they were giving me twenty-five copies of my book, but I just counted the copies, and I saw only twenty. Maybe he'd forgotten to include the five extra copies. Or maybe I misunderstood, which wouldn't be the first time that's happened. Not a big deal. I got the twenty copies I'd ordered. The guy also wanted to know how I'd found out about the place in 2022, asking why I'd go all the way across town to get my books printed. I gave Charles credit for that and told the guy that Charles had recommended the place (I honestly can't remember whether that's true or not, but whom else do I know who lives in that neighborhood?).

Right—so there's one dead-tree version of my book. The other is available on Amazon as a print-on-demand paperback. I have a copy coming to me, estimated to arrive during the first week of February. Some other mystery person has already ordered a copy for themselves. If that person is in the States, s/he will get his/her copy before I get mine.