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A title long needed and then created with my help, January 11, 2003
This review is from: Yukon Channel Charts: sternwheeler-style strip maps of the historic Yukon River (Spiral-bound)
Way back in 1974 I paddled down the Yukon with my friend Tom. Sitting on a high cliff in Mayo, we picked up a friendly hippy, Bruce Batchelor and as we were angry, because the old maps didn't reflect the actual river situation, we teased him, why he didn't make up new ones.
Would you imagine, this guy actually not only drew a brand new river map based on arial surveys, but additionally included lots of stories about life on the river. Even we two were immortalized as "The pancake men". Should you ever wonder, why people still know us along the river, why not buy the book. It's reflecting life on the river told by someone, who has been there and loved every day of it.
Additionally, I strongly recommend the latest book of Bruce: "Nine dog winter". Grab it while you can.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Here's some background on this book - by the author, October 27, 2008
This review is from: Yukon Channel Charts: sternwheeler-style strip maps of the historic Yukon River (Spiral-bound)
(Well, of course, I'm giving it a 5 star review, eh?)
Thought you might enjoy hearing about launching and marketing of this book. The following is from my recent book,
Book Marketing DeMystified: Enjoy Discovering the Optimal Way to Sell Your Self-Published Book, Practical advice from the inventor of print-on-demand (POD) publishing...
The first launch event I ever attended was back in 1975, in the Yukon,
and it was to celebrate my own self-published book. I rented the Porter
Creek hall, hired a square dance caller, asked a friend to play rock 'n'
roll tunes during the caller's breaks, and invited friends to bring food for
a potluck feast. I vaguely remember buying two or three kegs of beer to
lubricate the crowd. Over two hundred people showed up and danced
until dawn.
No one asked me to read from my book. Yet everyone had so much
fun that for months afterward they were urging me
to write a sequel! And I was now generally referred
to as a 'local author' and everyone knew about - and
many bought - my book. Thirty years later, Yukon
Channel Charts is still in
print and brings in a seemingly perpetual trickle of
royalties.
One of my PURPOSES in publishing that book had been to have a
great party to thank all my friends. In my case, the launch was not great
for selling copies (I hadn't brought any along) but it was excellent for
PUBLICITY.
What about PLACE? My self-published Yukon Channel Charts regularly sold 500 copies every summer through Whitehorse gift shops, bookstore
and outfitters. My only 'work' was to bring them boxes of books
each spring and pick up a check.
When I eventually moved away from the Yukon, the one bookstore
bought out the remainder of my print run (a four years' supply) and paid
cash on the spot. No wonder I came to be convinced that self-publishing
could be simple, fun and rewarding! I had the only up-to-date map book
of the Whitehorse to Dawson river route (a unique PRODUCT) and only
needed to get it into the right PLACES - Whitehorse stores at the start of
that popular canoe and rafting trip.
By the way, you might check out my most recent book,
Nine Dog Winter: With more courage and energy than common sense, two young Canadians recruit nine rowdy sled dogs, and head out camping in the Yukon as temperatures plunge to Sixty Below and colder!
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