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Paraverse Press has 9 books published to date (2007 Nov.). The author-publisher does not pay a cent to companies offering to enter books into competition for awards or other p.r. gimmicks. A good book should not have to pay a cent. Like an interesting person, good books should be welcome anywhere. If those in charge of most book reviews do not understand this, they betray their readers, who expect to learn about the best books rather than those which publishers pay them to review. The author-publisher relies upon readers to publicize his books by word-of-mouth, e-mail, link, reviews, bulletin board and article. Please help Paraverse Press take off and you will be repaid, quickly, with more good but inexpensive books! - rdg

Individuals should contact Amazon (free shipping, too!) or Barnes and Noble or their favorite bookstore to place an order. Please give the store the ISBN# and inform them that the book’s distributor is Ingram which owns the printer, Lightning Source or, something & Baker, another big distributor and that the printing is POD (No, POD does not make them poor quality. Cambridge University Press just celebrated their 10,000th book printed by Lightning Source and I can tell you that the quality of the printing and binding (I left a book outside in a thunderstorm and had to pull apart the pages with pins, but it still holds together!) are far better than the offset printing used by major publishers in Japan (where I was well-published) in the 1980's.

haiku books

0974261807 Rise, Ye Sea Slugs! $25 (suggested retail price) 480pp

097426184X Fly-ku! $15 (suggested retail price) 240 pp
0974261866 also 97800974261867 Cherry Blossom Epiphany $39 (suggested retail price) 740pp

9780974261898 The Fifth Season $28 (suggested retail price) 468 pp

senryu books

9780974261850 Octopussy, Dry Kidney & Blue Spots $30 (suggested retail price) 504 pp

9780974261881 The Woman Without a Hole (same bk as above) $30 (suggested retail price) 504 pp

japan-related books

0974261815 TOPSY-TURVY 1585 $33.33 (suggested retail price) 740 pp

0974261831 TOPSY-TURVY 1585 SHORT VERSION $24 (suggested retail price) 460 pp

0974261823 Orientalism & Occidentalism $12 (suggested retail price) 180 pp

That should be sufficient, but neophyte clerks may need to be reminded that Lightning Source POD printed books are called "back-orders."

If your book store cannot oblige (the book is no return), and/or you do not like on-line buying, I can mail you a copy.
I regret the writing time lost by preparing and packing (your author must do it all) and must charge the following rate.
Please note that, if some day, I can afford to hire help, these prices will come down:

Rise, Ye Sea Slugs! $30. for students and poor people. $40. for others.

TOPSY-TURVY 1585 $35. for students and poor people. $50. for others.

Orientalism & Occidentalism $16. for students and poor people. $35. for others.

Fly-ku! $20. for students and poor people. $30 for others.

TOPSY-TURVY 1585 SHORT VERSION $30. for students and poor people. $40 for others.

Cherry Blossom Epiphany $35. for students and poor people. $50 for others.

The Fifth Season $30. for students and poor people. $40. for others.

The Woman Without a Hole $35. for students and poor people. $45 for others.

Octopussy, Dry Kidney & Blue Spots (same bk as above)

I will sign each book and perhaps make a few corrections. Paraverse Press has a permanent address but circumstances took me (robin d gill) elsewhere. Please contact me at info at paraverse dot org or uncoolwabin at hotmail dot com and I will send you my snail-mail address, which is a house in the country at present. Sometimes I can only get to the PO once a month. Likewise for cashing checks, it takes me forever, so until my circumstances improve, I would prefer you to buy from Amazon etc online. As an author-publisher, I get well paid for each copy sold. Then, write me and I will send signatures and other goodies (if you think notes for the book etc are goodies) to you -- for i can slip an envelope into the PO box by merely crossing a railroad track.

Any additional donation is welcome; your author-publisher may be rich in ideas but his bank account says he is what used to be called a pauper. Good work takes time and that takes money. Please see our patrons of paraverse press page.

Bookstores should contact Ingram or other wholesalers that deal with Lightning Source (my printer-distributor) for wholesale orders.
The wholesale discount is generally 40%, but O&O, as the tiniest book is 50%, while Cherry Blossom Epiphany is expensive enough that the bookstore will make profit enough for anyone with a conscience at 36%. If you have problems, call me and I'll contact my printer-distributor.Please contact me at info at paraverse dot org and cc to uncoolwabin at hotmail dot com. Or, telephone me at area code 352 + tel. number 472-2217.

The books are not returnable because we don’t want them sitting in bookstores that lack the right patrons and want to keep the price down . I want good readers to get good books at a decent price. The bilingual content and the appearance of my books is equivalent to that of books sold for $50.~$150. by most major presses, so your patrons will be delighted (and even surprised) to find them at decent prices. If you cater to bibliophiles, you will gain many brownie points by stocking my books. If you do not, then don't!

Large Direct Orders from Universities,* Library Systems, other Organizations or People who order Xmas presents by the box may obtain a discount. I can make a direct short-order from Lightning Source to send the box directly to you within a week or so. Please contact me at info at paraverse dot org and cc to uncoolwabin at hotmail dot com. Or, telephone me at area code 352 + tel. number 472-2217.

*So far, books have been used for courses at City University of New York (Rise, Ye Sea Slugs!) and Smith (Orientalism & Occidentalism). I hope other universities will consider using books by someone who is not an academic.
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