A Tokai Book

If I order 20 books I get a 10% discount but have to pay combined postage of ?115 which is ?5.75 each postage to me and approx ?2.50 for recorded delivery to your home. So thats ?23.75 for the book plus postage = a total of ?32. Compare that to ?26.39 plus ?3.99 guaranteed tracked delivery by DHL or use the free postage offer. It also takes the double handling, repackaging and if it goes missing from Blurb to DHL then they have to replace it. Recorded delivery would pay compensation to a level but have you tried getting cash out of Royal Mail?

Is that fair enough? the Blurb ordering system is pretty easy.

Here is the contents for contributors to check I have the facts right. I havent put Springy, Goldie etc on the page as it is obvious from the logo, I just put it in the list to show the range:

Jens Otto Jensen (muccax), Viborg, Denmark - Springy ST50 YS (Yellow Sunburst), Springy ST60 BB(Black), Springy ST50 MB(Metallic Blue)

Andrew Munro (amunro), Basingstoke, U.K. - Springy ST80 GS (Golden Sunburst), Springy ST50 GS (Golden Sunburst), Springy ST60 MR (Metallic Red)
Limited Edition LE36 MR (Metallic Red)

Marcus Mote (marcusnieman), Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.- Springy ST60 or 80 (1980) GS (Golden Sunburst), Springy ST60 (1981) GS (Golden Sunburst),
Springy ST60 OW (Olympic White)

Iain Black (iainblack), Liverpool, U.K. - Goldie ST40 OW (Olympic White), Springy ST55 MR (Metallic Red), Goldie ST50 MB(Metallic Blue)
Goldie ST55 SO (Sonic Blue)

Gez Casey (japaxes), Birmingham, U.K. - Goldie ST40 OW (Olympic White), Goldie ST40 BB(Black), Goldie ST55 FO (Flamingo Orange)
Silver Star SS60 YS (Yellow Sunburst)
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Dave Woodhouse (DaveWW), North East, U.K. - Springy ST55 N (Natural)

Bob Procopio (hunter), Pennsylvania, U.S.A. - Springy ST50 (1978) N(Natural), Limited L70 MR (Metallic Red)

Colin Summers (colinhotrod), Fife, Scotland - Goldie ST100 TG (Translucent Green)

Matjaz Vertacnik, Velenje, Slovenia - Springy ST80 MR (Metallic Red)

Rob Danvers, Birmingham, U.K. - Goldie - ST55 (MR Metallic Red), Goldie ST55 LB (Lake Placid Blue)

J.J. McGregor (JJMcG), Edinburgh, U.K. - ST55 FO (Flamingo Orange)

Tom Egan (mirrorboy), Leeds, U.K. - Goldie ST55 PP (Pale Pink)

Gordon Maxwell, Belmont, N.S.W., Australia - Goldie ST55 MP (Metallic Pink)

Dave Hammond (imosdad), Berkshire, U.K. - Goldie ST50 MB (Metallic Blue), Goldie ST55 LB (Lake Placid Blue)

Blake (blake375), London, U.K. - Springy ST55 (1981) SO (Sonic Blue)

Marcus Fay (mojo hobo), North West, U.K. - Springy ST50 GM (Gold Metallic), Silver Star SS?? BB (Black)

Srecko Kovacic (Diodibuh), Zarecje, Slovenia - Silver Star SS36 BB (Black)

Dan Handley (turntheteleup), Lancashire, U.K. - Goldie ST55 MR (Metallic Red)

once ordered it is 5 working days to print and 3 to 5 days to be delivered

Does anyone know Blakes full name. He has not responded to my PMs.

is book finished yet, is it possibile to make orders?

Just waiting for one set of photos that shold have been with me on Friday last week and will do final proof and publish this Friday. It's looking good if I say so myself.

Iain

Got the final set last night and have produced a draft for that page. Probably only one more spread to complete and then I will proof read and publish on Friday.

I will be posting on this forum and emailing contributors where I have private email addresses. i will also be putting the order link onto the almost Tokai. Can anyone suggest other forums that may be interested in hearing about the book? I think MIJGAS is dead now.

Roll on Friday!

The japanaxe forum might have a few interested members, and music radar too, you never know. It's not a specialist japanese guitar forum, but they have a huge membership.

cool, thanks John,

Iain

Update: OK, the book has been proofed and completed. I cannot upload it to the publish website from work due to firewall restirctions so I will be doing this tonight when I get home.

Once uploaded I will post on this site with details of the link and order instructions. You will have until the end of March to benefit from the free ground / economy postage offer that I will detail again. An alternative is to go with the flat rate tracked postage deal of ?3.99 (or equivalent in local currency) for up to 3 books. If you want more than 3 books you can get a postage calculator on the blurb site to tell you how much it will be to decide if you want to reconsider the free ground postage. For example 7 books delivered to a UK address is ?7.36. If you are really keen you can order 10 copies and get a 10% discount

Sorry to keep you waiting but it will be worth the wait!

No thank you iain for the idea & perseverance to see it through & a big thank you to all involved . free beer for you at the next convention methinks. :lol: 8)

Ok, the moment you have been waiting for, the book is now published! I have ordered my copies and used the discount code GROUND1 and got ?3.99 delivery for free. Here is the link to order your book(s) and on the final check out page you put the discount code in and recalculate. The code is only valid until the end of the month (see below). Certain country ground postage allows you to track your delivery via DHL.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/1586032/d80aeaa8d1811cc1879382d27af286a9

I have set the paper as premium quality with lustre finish and I decided to add 50p to each book sale for me to donate as charity in aid of the Japanese tsunami victims. I will post here the total sales (I will screen shot the stats from my book page) and post a receipt for the charity payment. I hope everyone will be happy with that considering our link with Japan via the guitars and people we have met on this forum.

The book will cost ?26.89. You can get a soft cover version for ?20 and I think you can get a hard cover image wrap which wraps the cover image as a hard cover but you would lose the inner flaps. Not sure but that would be ?28. Let me know any problems via the forum and I look forward to all your thoughts one you receive the book.

Cheers,

Iain

Order your book now, and we'll pitch in with free Ground/Economy shipping*. Enter the appropriate promo code at checkout, and you're all set:

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Update: Hi folks, 76 visitors to the blurb site to view the book (there is a preview of 15 pages) and 14 books sold so far. I would appreciate any reviews on this thread and cant wait to hear your comments.

I think you did fantastic job and can't wait to receive book!

Just bought mine. Fine work Iain

Bought mine. Top job Iain!

book ordered-well done iain.

Thanks chaps. 140 people have visited the site and 19 books have been bought so far!

Almost Tokai seems to have folded so I have gone on a few strat forums to drum up other interest. Let me know if you have any ideas?

Iain

How bout the japanaxe forum:

http://japanaxe.com/


And The Gear Page:

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/

Mine on it's way too/thanks much Iain