Apologies for the belated update, especially to the 1000+ readers last week who pledged to purchase at least one Window View book. (Total pledges: nearly 1400). Negotiating the final price with Blurb – the print-on-demand company publishing the book – took a bit longer than expected, and the Dish was preoccupied with Palin coverage this week.
But we are very proud to announce that you can now purchase the first edition of “The View From Your Window” for only $16.25 (plus shipping). That’s a nearly 50% discount off the regular print-on-demand price of $29.95.
How did we get the price down by half? We did it the way publishing houses do it – with a twist. We didn’t guess the demand or market test it, we simply asked for pledges. We crowd-sourced the price. We got enough pledges to do a print run of 2,000 which brought the price down to $16.25. But unlike the publishing houses, we’re not pocketing the difference. We’re handing it over to you in a lower price. Blurb will make some money – they’re a business, after all, and they’re doing the heavy lifting – but apart from that, you are merely paying for the actual materials of the book. Since the pictures are yours, and this blog is yours, that seems fair.
A catch: Once those 2000 copies are bought up, however, the price will return to $29.95, so secure one today. They make fantastic gifts for the holidays, which of course will be at our throats soon enough.
Though the books will not be ready to ship until December 3rd, pre-ordering before then will ensure that the book will make it to you by December 25. (Click here for a full list of holiday shipping deadlines.)
If the new demand exceeds what we’ve printed, we may try for a second printing. But that may not be in time for Christmas. But who knows? This experiment is an experiment, and we’re prepared to improvise as we go along.
I do want to say something personal here: if you love the View From Your Window feature as much as I do, then the book really is more than the sum of its parts. It travels the world, in chronological order, from dawn to dusk. The images placed together create a whole different feel, and the photos also reflect on each other. Chris Bodenner did a great job editing, placing and adding new layers to the whole thing. It’s a beautiful, captivating four color 200-page, soft cover coffee table book – and it’s only $16.25.
To preview the book and see for yourself, click here. To get an even better sense of what’s inside, after the jump we listed the locations of all 190 window views, taken from more than 80 countries and all 50 US states, in the order they appear in the book:
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Nairobi, Kenya
Geumgangsan, North Korea
Rosso, Mauritania
Beijing, China
Havana, Cuba
La Grande, Oregon
San Jose, Costa Rica
Yokohama, Japan
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chicago, Illinois
Oxfordshire, England
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Madison, New Jersey
Kassel, Germany
Huntington, New York
Charlotte, North Carolina
McGregor, Iowa
Yosemite, California
Stillwater, Minnesota
Basel, Switzerland
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Brussels, Belgium
Silver Spring, Maryland
Basata, Egypt
Dallas, Texas
Venice, Italy
Incline Village, Nevada
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Coimbatore, India
North Wilmington, Delaware
Amman, Jordan
Pebble Beach, California
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Batac, Philippines
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ulaanbaater, Mongolia
Lviv, Ukraine
Houston, Texas
Wawizaght, Morocco
Jaisalmar, India
Wick, Scotland
Clarkdale, Arizona
El Paso, Texas
Lima, Peru
Northfield, Minnesota
Queens, New York
Paia, Hawaii
West Hollywood, California
New York, New York
Oslo, Norway
Counce, Tennessee
Istanbul, Turkey
Newton, Kansas
Tehran, Iran
Ketchum, Idaho
Reykjavik, Iceland
Belgrade, Serbia
Stockholm, Sweden
Swift Creek Reservoir, Washington
New York, New York
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kootenay Lake, British Columbia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Budapest, Hungary
Paris, France
Camp X-Ray, Cuba
Cairo, Egypt
Windsor, England
St. Quentin du Dropt, France
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Aksai, Kazakhstan
Palaung Village, Thailand
Istanbul, Turkey
Barcelona, Spain
Prague, Czech Republic
Ajijic, Mexico
Ashfield, Massachusetts
San Gabriel, California
Baghdad, Iraq
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Charleston, South Carolina
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Seattle, Washington
Washington, Georgia
Butuan, Philippines
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
Denver, Colorado
Port of Djibouti, Djibouti
San Francisco, California
Telavi, Republic of Georgia
Cincinnati, Ohio
Gingerland, Nevis
Corralito, Paraguay
Cusco, Peru
Wanaka, New Zealand
Gjilan, Kosovo
Cape Town, South Africa
Birmingham, Alabama
Pueblo, Colorado
Northport, Michigan
West Lafayette, Indiana
Shrewsbury, England
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Clyde, North Carolina
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Berthoud, Colorado
Haifa, Israel
Juba, Sudan
Lexington, Kentucky
Ames, Iowa
Stepaside, Ireland
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Reykjavik, Iceland
Nakhal, Oman
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
New York, New York
Tokyo, Japan
Obertraun, Austria
Annaba, Algeria
Amsterdam, Netherlands
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Admiralty Bay, Saint Vincent
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Lewiston, Maine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Portland, Oregon
Miami Beach, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Snohomish, Washington
Copenhagen, Denmark
Rome, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal
Washington, District of Columbia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Crane Hill, Alabama
Burlington, Vermont
Norfolk, Connecticut
Hooks Mills, West Virginia
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Williams, Arizona
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Santa Barbara, Honduras
Cairo, Egypt
Sanibel Island, Florida
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sumgayit, Azerbaijan
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Canandaigua, New York
Gharghur, Malta
Toledo, Spain
Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
Gloucester, England
Mainz, Germany
Brooklyn, New York
New Orleans, Louisiana
Rogue River, Oregon
New Castle, Pennsylvania
Casper, Wyoming
Billings, Montana
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Xin Zhuang, Taiwan
Yangon, Burma
Kobe, Japan
Capixaba, Brazil
Tirana, Albania
Kangaroo Flats, Australia
Taipa, Macau
Sonoma, California
Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory
Jurong Shipyard, Singapore
Mykonos, Greece
Bogota, Colombia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Chicago, Illinois
Yerevan, Armenia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Oxford, Mississippi
Los Angeles, California
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Popoyo, Nicaragua
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Omaha, Nebraska
Salt Lake City, Utah
Austin, Texas
Casablanca, Morocco
Cheektowaga, New York
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