Topic: PAPERBACK - Encyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins and Crypto-Currencies - page 10. (Read 27191 times)

I believe this is the ideal solution.

A few clarifications:

Since I am leaving to South Africa for work in 3 weeks, I will be sending all books forward before leaving. that means that the 'First Print' books will be sent to buyers directly, and I will send the 'Signature Edition' books to the UK for Matthew to sign. That means that the 'First Print' and the 'Signature Edition' cannot be shipped together. The 'First Print' will ship from Canada, and the 'Signature Edition' will ship from the USA.
Since there are no shipping savings, there would not be a discount for ordering a Signature Edition if you already have another pre-order. That said, A discount is certainly available if you would like more than one Signature Edition book.

Regarding numbering preferences, I would like your feedback!
One concern was that people might be upset if they are unable to 'convert' their low numbers, for example if they reserved #10 'First Print' but didn't want to buy one of each.

Option 1: Specific numbers can be designated as 'Signature Edition', so for example if you have already reserved #25 and #26, you could 'convert' the #25 into a Signature Edition. With this scheme, the numbers that have signatures would appear random, HOWEVER, they could also be numbered seperately., As in, they could have a 'First Print' serial number (out of 100), AND a different 'Signature Edition' Serial number (out of, say, 25).

Option 2: Another method by which this could be done is to simply designate 75-100 of the First-Print as 'Signature Edition' books. The downside here is that it would not be possible to 'convert' what you have already ordered, unless you give up the serial number you got before.

What are your preferences?

I can speak for him in this case.  That's correct.

Hi Elianite, Only the Collectors Signature Edition will include hologram with the private key?

We're very excited to have Mike Caldwell (Casascius) sign these, in addition to these being made into wallets.  The books will make their rounds across the world from Canada to UK to the US, then to the buyer.   

I was just about to ask the same thing. Looking forward to the answer. This is quite important IMO and would possibly be the determining factor for me (to convert or not).

Will the Collector's Signature Edition be numbered separately? If so, can we pick the numbers first come first serve?

Well done elianite, looking forward to read the book!

i am claiming one.  elias please tell me where to send my money.  

edit:  i want to buy an extra one to read, so give me a price to convert my first book to a collectirs addition and a price for a second regular book.  thanks elias.

GREAT NEWS

The book will hit the printing presses TOMORROW!

-Order ships out to me in ~5 business days
-Shipping time  is 3-7 business days
-I will ship everything out ASAP

Also, some very special news

In order ro answer some demand, a small portion (20-25) of the 100 'special edition' books will be designated as an exclusive 'Collector's Signature Edition'.

As promised, the 'Special Edition First Print' will be:
- Numbered 1-100
- Signed by Elias Ahonen, Author

In addition, the 'Collector's Signature Edition' will include the following extras:
- Signed by Matthew Rippon, Co-Author
- Signed by Howard Kesselman, Editor
- Signed by Mike Caldwell, creator of Casascius Physical Bitcoin
- Include a hologram with a private key inside, allowing the books to function as paper wallets. They will be affixed by Howard Kesselman

The Collector's Special Edition will be made available first to everyone who has already pre-ordered a book. They will have an opportunity to purchase one outright, or to 'convert' one or more of their pre-ordered books into a Signature Edition by paying the extra costs.

After the exclusive offer, any left-over 'Signature Edition' books will be offered openly on the forum starting Monday, April 11th.

Since the Signature Edition books need to be shipped between several people for signing, it is expected to take 1 additional month for them to be received. They cannot be shipped along with other books.

The Collector's Signature Edition will cost 140 GBP, double that of the normal book. Anyone who has already ordered a book may pay 70 GBP to 'convert' a copy. I will be sending a message to everyone who has pre-ordered with this info later on today or early tomorrow.

I'd like to reserve a spot.

Sounds like a plan! It would be my honor to sell your books. Would be smart to ship me a "light" version though, as I'm sure shipping won't be cheap.

Thanks for the offer! I will be in touch


Great idea. I think it would be smart to set up sales from Europe and NA, or at least in one of those. this could also go on after the 100 are sold, though those ones would obviously not be be numbered nor would I be able to sign them.

I wouldn't mind doing EU sales for your book.

You could ship the books to me (for example).  You take orders and have me ship them off to the buyers.  I am guessing that you will still have access to a computer and bitcoin while you're gone.

Might be best if you could find someone in China to ship to the rest of the world since they have such very low shipping costs.  Of course they might copy the book and sell for pennies. 

congrats and hopefully you sell out by then.  in the event that you dont you could possibly have a trusted member here sell them for you, or you can sit on them for a year and come back im sure there will be a buildup of demand.

congrats and wish you well on your adventure.

Well done, nearly there !

I am happy to announce that the ISBN has been assigned!

The publication process will be moving forward forthwith. The paperback will begin printing shortly, but the EPUB eBook version is still a few months out as extensive formatting is required.



Also, I must make an announcement regarding some new developments.

In one month, I will be leaving the country for an extended time (1 year) to work, study, and travel in Africa & Asia.

I will receive and send out the pre-orders before I leave. That said, I need to set a deadline on new orders that I can guarantee sending out.

I ask that all orders be placed and paid for by SUNDAY, APRIL 17th, so that I can send things out on the 18th or 19th.

Feel free to ask questions in-thread or PM me.

You can count me in for a copy of this work

Good to hear its almost ready!  Hopefully word will spread and you will end up selling quite a few of them.  Best of luck!