You Really Can Buy the 365 Book in Paper
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 7:35AM 
I made this change fairly quietly, but a lot of people are asking me about it, so I'm going to make a bit more noise. Yes, 365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World is available as a big, full-color coffee table book. If I may be allowed to say so, it really turned out well. (This is more praise for the print-on-demand printing process than for myself.) If you look for it on Amazon, you won't find it. You'll only find the $3.99 Kindle. But it's available to buy. You just have to have the link.
I've placed the link on the right-hand sidebar of its book page on this site, where it will live forever. But of course I'll offer it in this blog as well. It's HERE.
As you can imagine, the book is not cheap. Because the production costs on 365 large full-color photos is huge. The book is for sale for $35 on CreateSpace, and believe me, there's not much in the way of profit there. It's basically production cost, plus CreateSpace's cut, plus pennies left over in royalties. It's a rounding-up to a nice round number from the very lowest price I could put on it. It would have been nice to sell it on Amazon. A lot more people would find it. But then I would have had to price it at $45 across the board.
Now for the good news: I honestly believe that when you receive your copy you will not feel overcharged. It really is a $35 book. It's 8 1/2 by 11, huge and heavy. Not hardcover, but still a genuine coffee table book. If I'm wrong, and you disagree, I'll happily buy it back from you.
The other good news is that there are cheaper ways to enjoy the book. The Kindle edition is only $3.99. And I'll be giving away a copy a month on this blog for the foreseeable future. I have a giveaway going right now, in fact.
I think you'll find it's a nice gift idea. I'm having a lot of fun giving them as gifts.
Feedback welcomed.
Reader Comments (6)
Catherine, trust me - when This book arrived, I was completely impressed & never felt cheated by the price. You could easily charge $45 for it & no one would complain! I think I spent the entire day gazing in wonder w/dilated pupils - it's a fun addiction! Just sayin.....
Thanks, Rosemary! Especially nice to hear feedback from someone who has held the paper book in her hands.
Great idea. I love mine, so maybe I can save up and get my neighbor one. Good old CreateSpace, they've come a long way, and part of Amazon. I look at my table copy almost every night, and always find something new I've missed. But still love the Flutterbye's,
So nice to hear from the people who have one of these. Thanks, Rose!
I said that if I didn't win a copy, then I would buy one. I just placed my order! Thanks for making this book available to purchase.
That's great, Cindy! Thanks. I know they're a bit pricey, and I'm really not selling them to make money. (Because I don't--I make more on a $2.99 ebook.) I just wanted people to be able to get one if they wanted it. Glad to know people like the photos!