{"id":4172,"date":"2018-01-19T17:45:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=4172"},"modified":"2018-04-27T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T12:23:13","slug":"book-news-discounted-on-kindle-this-month-first-createspace-book-in-new-york-review-of-books-its-over-5000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/19\/book-news-discounted-on-kindle-this-month-first-createspace-book-in-new-york-review-of-books-its-over-5000\/","title":{"rendered":"Book news: discounted on Kindle this month, first CreateSpace book in New York Review of Books, IT&#8217;S OVER 5000 sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The book is discounted on Kindle this month \u2014 \u00a31 off on <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iWo4aa\">Amazon UK<\/a>, $1 off on <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2zf7f0i\">Amazon US<\/a>, and cheaper on most of the other Kindle stores. I&#8217;m not sure why, but tell your friends and colleagues!<\/p>\n<p>Also, if they (or you) haven&#8217;t signed up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidgerard\">Patreon<\/a>, your subscriptions really do help keep stuff happening on the news blog.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised that a self-published book got <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/01\/new-york-review-of-books-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain-is-a-sober-riposte-to-all-the-upbeat-forecasts-about-cryptocurrency\/\">a review in the New York Review of Books<\/a> at all \u2014 but as far as I, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/what_is_writing\/status\/952243665828745216\">Johanna Rodgers<\/a>, can tell, it&#8217;s the <em>first<\/em> book self-published through CreateSpace to rate such a thing. (If you Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?client=ubuntu&amp;channel=fs&amp;q=createspace+site%3Anybooks.com&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;gfe_rd=cr&amp;dcr=0&amp;ei=DmlaWsqsHaPHXuPklJAN\">&#8220;createspace site:nybooks.com&#8221;<\/a>, it&#8217;s the only review \u2014 the rest are advertisements in their independent press listing section.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking for a great overview of Bitcoin? Try this review <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nybooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nybooks<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suehalpernVT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@suehalpernVT<\/a>. In it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidgerard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidgerard<\/a> &#39;s book published via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CreateSpace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@createspace<\/a> is reviewed alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dtapscott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dtapscott<\/a> &#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PenguinBooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@penguinbooks<\/a>. A 1st? Probably not. But noteworthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/publishing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#publishing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Id8ra3flXR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Id8ra3flXR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; johannah rodgers (@what_is_writing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/what_is_writing\/status\/952243665828745216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/11\/news-kodakcoin-hydro-quebec-south-korea-bitcoiners-dont-take-bitcoin-lightning-network-ethereum-woes\/\">Kodak publicity<\/a> and then the <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/16\/tis-just-a-seasonal-dip-watching-the-bitcoin-fire-from-a-safe-distance-what-just-happened\/\">Bitcoin price crash<\/a>, sales went over 5000. That&#8217;s a <em>lot<\/em> for a self-published book. If you&#8217;re curious, that breaks down: 1357 paperbacks, 3407 Kindle, 97 SmashWords, 104 Draft2Digital, 57 Google Play. Thank you all, and keep telling everyone you know!<\/p>\n<p>If your relatives <em>really<\/em> won&#8217;t stop talking about Bitcoin, by the way, you can probably take their head off with a single swing if you put an edge on the paperback. Of course, two more heads will spring forth. Both telling you about Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wiley Miller&#39;s \/Non Sequitur\/ depicts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidgerard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidgerard<\/a>, without even knowing it&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LZJlhMya7b\">https:\/\/t.co\/LZJlhMya7b<\/a> HT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gocomics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoComics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liam Proven (@lproven) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lproven\/status\/954027014910078978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/19\/book-news-discounted-on-kindle-this-month-first-createspace-book-in-new-york-review-of-books-its-over-5000\/nq180118\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6666\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/nq180118.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"293\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6666\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<br><br><div align=\"center\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\"><img src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/become_a_patron_button.svg\" alt=\"Become a Patron!\" title=\"Become a Patron!\" width=217 height=51><\/a><br><p style=\"align:center;\" class=\"patreon-badge\"><i>Your subscriptions keep this site going. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\">Sign up today!<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventures in accidentally publishing a slightly popular book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,202,332,51],"class_list":["post-4172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain","tag-createspace","tag-new-york-review-of-books","tag-self-publishing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4172"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6667,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions\/6667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}