The first printing is small. Put your name down.
Freedom Within is being printed here at home for the first time, in a short run I'll sign myself. Tell me how many you'd like and where you are, and you'll hear from me before the boxes are open.
Because I'd rather print the right number.
Amazon prints and ships the book anywhere in the world, and that works well. It just doesn't work well here. A paperback from America takes weeks to reach a South African postbox, and by the time it does the shipping has cost more than the book.
So there is a local printing. It is a short run, done properly, and I sign every copy. I'd rather know how many women actually want one than guess, print too few, and leave you waiting again.
Putting your name down costs nothing and promises nothing. When the books arrive I'll email you first with what it comes to and how to pay, and if the timing is wrong by then you can simply say so.
Three steps, no surprises
Your name goes down
How many copies, and whether you'll collect in George or want it couriered. That's all I need today.
The run gets printed
The number on the list decides the print run. You'll get one email when the date is set, so you know where things stand.
Yours gets signed
I sign it to whoever you tell me, and it goes out by courier or waits for you here. Payment happens at that point, never before.
Put your name down.
Two fields are all that matter. The rest just helps me get it right.
The things women ask me
The printer has the files and the first run is being set up now. I'm not going to invent a date I can't keep, so the honest answer is weeks rather than months, and you'll hear from me the moment it's fixed.