Just wondering if a firm release date has been set for the print copy yet.
Posted by: Phil on 19 Jul 2010
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27 Jul 2010, 4:45pm by
Deelron
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Re: Hard copy release date
by csatte1 :: Mon, 07/19/2010 - 11:49am
I was wondering the same thing. I cant get into that PDF stuff, id rather have a hard copy but the site keeps saying around the 20th. I e-mailed Aaron, but have been having trouble opening up my mail.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by Bill Barnwell :: Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:23pm
No firm release date, although it's not going to be the 20th. We submitted the book to the printer; at this point, it's up to them.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by Anony-mouse (not verified) :: Tue, 07/20/2010 - 10:14am
But will it be available sometime this week? I'll be gone on a three-week vacation in a week and was hoping to get it before I left.
Thanks.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by James-London :: Tue, 07/20/2010 - 8:51am
Hi Bill,
For your overseas readers, FOA will be available through Amazon?
Ta
Phil Simms is a Cretin.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by nada (not verified) :: Tue, 07/20/2010 - 11:50am
You may want to update the page that says it will be available to order around the 20th with the info you put on this page.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by csatte1 :: Wed, 07/21/2010 - 1:55am
I am excited about this book. I am just antsy because I want to read it before the first regular season game, Im hoping it will be ready on the 22nd. I need my football outsiders almanac!
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Re: Hard copy release date
by csatte1 :: Wed, 07/21/2010 - 1:55am
I am excited about this book. I am just antsy because I want to read it before the first regular season game, Im hoping it will be ready on the 22nd. I need my football outsiders almanac!
It should be up on Amazon in about a week. Please remember that we make more money if you either a) buy through Createspace or b) click through to Amazon with a link on our site. However, I understand that some U.S. readers might prefer to use Amazon instead of Createspace so they can get the Super-Saver Shipping.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by Never 4get Brent :: Wed, 07/21/2010 - 1:40pm
Thanks for the update. I was pleased to see I could finally order (on Createspace)... until they calculated my shipping options. For $4.95 shipping I can have the book in my hands by 8/11. For $10 I can have it by 8/05. Just $20 to have by 7/28. Hmmm. How much time before my draft date again?
Suddenly the price difference vs. the PDF is the size of Jerry Jones' ego. I suspect many devoted FFO followers like myself are agonizing over the hope that the almanac will truly be available from Amazon "in about a week" while the rational part of our brains counters with observations regarding the frequency of previously unmet deadlines. Unfortunately, I can't take decent notes in the PDF margins, or carress its electronic pages.
Why couldn't your product be less wonderful in every other respect? Then I could walk away. It's like the girl who knows she's the hottest thing in the building.
Curse you FFO! No, wait...forget I said that. Let me make it up to you. I can change!
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Re: Hard copy release date
by Vince Verhei :: Wed, 07/21/2010 - 2:43pm
Everyone I've talked to who ordered it from CreateSpace last year got it much faster than they expected. I used the slowest shipping option last year (which I believe was three weeks) and got my books in four or five days.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by sandmn (not verified) :: Thu, 07/22/2010 - 10:18am
Any word on when it will be available on brick and mortar bookstore shelves (Barnes and Noble / Borders)?
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Re: Hard copy release date
by Aaron Schatz :: Thu, 07/22/2010 - 2:38pm
Because we self-publish, the book is not going to be available in standard bookstores unless they specifically order it from Createspace. You need to purchase it online.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by shearnpool@hotm... :: Mon, 07/26/2010 - 8:32pm
I ordered from CreateSpace on Wednesday 7/21 with the cheapest shipping (3 weeks) and received it today -- five days later. Talk about underpromise and overdeliver. Glad I didn't pay $30 for Express.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by Key19 :: Mon, 07/26/2010 - 9:49pm
Yeah, I experienced a similar situation this year. Just like last year.
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Re: Hard copy release date
by Deelron :: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 4:45pm
Yep same here, about a week after ordering, same as last year.
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Re: Hard copy release date
I was wondering the same thing. I cant get into that PDF stuff, id rather have a hard copy but the site keeps saying around the 20th. I e-mailed Aaron, but have been having trouble opening up my mail.
Re: Hard copy release date
No firm release date, although it's not going to be the 20th. We submitted the book to the printer; at this point, it's up to them.
Re: Hard copy release date
But will it be available sometime this week? I'll be gone on a three-week vacation in a week and was hoping to get it before I left.
Thanks.
Re: Hard copy release date
Hi Bill,
For your overseas readers, FOA will be available through Amazon?
Ta
Phil Simms is a Cretin.
Re: Hard copy release date
You may want to update the page that says it will be available to order around the 20th with the info you put on this page.
Re: Hard copy release date
I am excited about this book. I am just antsy because I want to read it before the first regular season game, Im hoping it will be ready on the 22nd. I need my football outsiders almanac!
Re: Hard copy release date
I am excited about this book. I am just antsy because I want to read it before the first regular season game, Im hoping it will be ready on the 22nd. I need my football outsiders almanac!
Re: Hard copy release date
The hard copy is now available through Createspace: https://www.createspace.com/3465898
It should be up on Amazon in about a week. Please remember that we make more money if you either a) buy through Createspace or b) click through to Amazon with a link on our site. However, I understand that some U.S. readers might prefer to use Amazon instead of Createspace so they can get the Super-Saver Shipping.
Re: Hard copy release date
Thanks for the update. I was pleased to see I could finally order (on Createspace)... until they calculated my shipping options. For $4.95 shipping I can have the book in my hands by 8/11. For $10 I can have it by 8/05. Just $20 to have by 7/28. Hmmm. How much time before my draft date again?
Suddenly the price difference vs. the PDF is the size of Jerry Jones' ego. I suspect many devoted FFO followers like myself are agonizing over the hope that the almanac will truly be available from Amazon "in about a week" while the rational part of our brains counters with observations regarding the frequency of previously unmet deadlines. Unfortunately, I can't take decent notes in the PDF margins, or carress its electronic pages.
Why couldn't your product be less wonderful in every other respect? Then I could walk away. It's like the girl who knows she's the hottest thing in the building.
Curse you FFO! No, wait...forget I said that. Let me make it up to you. I can change!
Re: Hard copy release date
Everyone I've talked to who ordered it from CreateSpace last year got it much faster than they expected. I used the slowest shipping option last year (which I believe was three weeks) and got my books in four or five days.
Re: Hard copy release date
Any word on when it will be available on brick and mortar bookstore shelves (Barnes and Noble / Borders)?
Re: Hard copy release date
Because we self-publish, the book is not going to be available in standard bookstores unless they specifically order it from Createspace. You need to purchase it online.
Re: Hard copy release date
I ordered from CreateSpace on Wednesday 7/21 with the cheapest shipping (3 weeks) and received it today -- five days later. Talk about underpromise and overdeliver. Glad I didn't pay $30 for Express.
Re: Hard copy release date
Yeah, I experienced a similar situation this year. Just like last year.
Re: Hard copy release date
Yep same here, about a week after ordering, same as last year.