Can I buy your book in my country?
I don’t know every available online avenue where my book is being sold. I don’t know every sales link, nor do I know every country that has its own equivalent to Amazon.com. However, I do know that my book’s direct sales link, worldwide, is:
http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000137652
You can click on that link from anywhere in the world and order my book, Forbidden Family. This is the direct buy set up through Trafford Publishing. This means that once you place your book order, the Trafford Print Shop processes that order and ships the book to you anywhere in the world within a very short time; three days I think. That is the beauty of Publish on Demand Publishing.
Is your book available in Book Stores?
No, not yet. The downside to choosing to publish with an online Publish On Demand publisher is that the book is not yet available in bookstores.
How do I buy your book?
To buy a copy of my book you must have Internet access.
I saw your book at $1 a long time ago. Are you getting Royalties?
Yes, I am. That $1 price has been corrected. Please do not worry about any unusual discounted prices. I will still be getting my share of royalties, so if you see a ridiculously low price somewhere, know that the book seller paid full price for the books and I am still receiving royalties. Several of my readers have written to me asking about that. As an author, I am completely in the dark about how this book is being sold and purchased by worldwide book sellers.
Your book’s name is out there, but no cover photo or book blurb.
I know that a few online book sellers do not have a cover photo nor do they have a write up of “About The Book”. I cannot control this oversight. If you spot anything that needs attention, please let me know via email at the contact page tab. I can email or call my publisher and have them look into any problem that is out there.
Why did you choose Trafford?
I chose Trafford Publishing because they were the best Publish-On-Demand publishers available. Their staff is wonderful and professional. There are pluses and minuses to any publishing contract. I like the provision that reverts the copyright back to me. I also like the provision that the book is available through Trafford Publishing worldwide. It will be available for sale online at their bookstore for as long as I choose to keep it available, and as long as Trafford is a publisher. This means it will never go out of print.
Should I, at some point, pick up a contract with a mainstream publisher, my contract with Trafford allows me to do that without penalty.
The advantages of picking up a mainstream publisher would mean that the mainstream publisher would then pick up all media exposure and bookings for lectures and book signings. Currently, I am doing this completely on my own as I cannot afford to pay for these services at the pay-per-services fees through Trafford.
I still would like to see your book on the shelves in a book store!
So do I! It will eventually get there!
So, for the confusion that is out there, even if you cannot locate an online bookseller in your country, please check back at this website for the LINK to TRAFFORD PUBLISHING at which you may always purchase my book.
Can I get an autographed copy?
Unfortunately, at this time, the only way to receive an autographed copy is to purchase the book through me. I will have to work out a sales fee based upon location of purchaser for the shipping costs. Just yesterday, I sent the book to Idaho and to The Hague, at two very different and expensive shipping costs. So, right now, I take the loss on the expensive shipping costs. This will be eventually worked out.
I am also devising ways in which I can perhaps solve the “signed copy” problem. Stay tuned to this post for more info on this as I invent a solution ….
Will your book be available at our local Library?
The only way for that to happen is for you to request that your Library pick it up and pt it in their collection. Here’s how to do that: give them this information and ask the Library to add Forbidden Family to their library:
ISBN number is: 978-1-4120-6154-4. Date of publication: Nov 2009. Trafford Publishing link: http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000137652
So, thank you for your questions. I hope I’ve answered them here. If not, please email me!
~ ~ ~ Joan M Wheeler, BA, BSW, author of Forbidden Family: A Half Orphan’s Account of Her Adoption, Reunion and Social Activism, Trafford Publishing, Nov 2009.
