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29-03-2022, 16:53
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I flogged the last copies I had of the Home Brewer's Guide to Vintage Beer whilst in Florida in February. Now worries, I coild order a new box easily enough.
I contacted the publisher with my order and after a while they came back saying that it was no longer in stock at the warehouse. That didn't worry me. It's been out of print for a few years. But they'll print some up on demand when I want fresh copies.
Not quite so easy this time. They weren't sure if that was still possible. After some some huming and hawing, it was passed back up the chain of command. I waited for a definitive reply.
I'll be honest. I was bricking it. I was faced with the prospect of never getting any more copies. Which would have been a real bastard.
Finally the word came down from on high. Yes, they could print up some more.
Not that that was the end of it. Printing, shipping and all the (Brexit-induced) customs shit delayed delivery by another few weeks. Almost three months after my initial request, a box plopped onto my doormat yesterday:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sTpcMbWkTmarwjbjCSp6PqeJ-stmkWpG_7K-UODB2ZX1DDWbBdOPR8rTTB_qMzgl--lNYvgYNVZFnIMNUw1yPVGtRmd_U3OA6u6Se4AAno73MG0uLSXJ 8o0WxMdEg11a5xC0PFVP3plBEerBKvAsn4ufDUnoRTiJvTS1Ci oP3ginXbLjvbYpuwqC/w640-h438/Box_of_my_books_2a.jpg (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sTpcMbWkTmarwjbjCSp6PqeJ-stmkWpG_7K-UODB2ZX1DDWbBdOPR8rTTB_qMzgl--lNYvgYNVZFnIMNUw1yPVGtRmd_U3OA6u6Se4AAno73MG0uLSXJ 8o0WxMdEg11a5xC0PFVP3plBEerBKvAsn4ufDUnoRTiJvTS1Ci oP3ginXbLjvbYpuwqC/s5777/Box_of_my_books_2a.jpg)
If you'd like to have a copy of your very own, signed by me, click the relevant button in the column to the left. I've 31 left, after dispatching ones already ordered. If you miss out now, who knpws how long it will take for me to get more copies.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-new-box-of-books.html)
I flogged the last copies I had of the Home Brewer's Guide to Vintage Beer whilst in Florida in February. Now worries, I coild order a new box easily enough.
I contacted the publisher with my order and after a while they came back saying that it was no longer in stock at the warehouse. That didn't worry me. It's been out of print for a few years. But they'll print some up on demand when I want fresh copies.
Not quite so easy this time. They weren't sure if that was still possible. After some some huming and hawing, it was passed back up the chain of command. I waited for a definitive reply.
I'll be honest. I was bricking it. I was faced with the prospect of never getting any more copies. Which would have been a real bastard.
Finally the word came down from on high. Yes, they could print up some more.
Not that that was the end of it. Printing, shipping and all the (Brexit-induced) customs shit delayed delivery by another few weeks. Almost three months after my initial request, a box plopped onto my doormat yesterday:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sTpcMbWkTmarwjbjCSp6PqeJ-stmkWpG_7K-UODB2ZX1DDWbBdOPR8rTTB_qMzgl--lNYvgYNVZFnIMNUw1yPVGtRmd_U3OA6u6Se4AAno73MG0uLSXJ 8o0WxMdEg11a5xC0PFVP3plBEerBKvAsn4ufDUnoRTiJvTS1Ci oP3ginXbLjvbYpuwqC/w640-h438/Box_of_my_books_2a.jpg (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sTpcMbWkTmarwjbjCSp6PqeJ-stmkWpG_7K-UODB2ZX1DDWbBdOPR8rTTB_qMzgl--lNYvgYNVZFnIMNUw1yPVGtRmd_U3OA6u6Se4AAno73MG0uLSXJ 8o0WxMdEg11a5xC0PFVP3plBEerBKvAsn4ufDUnoRTiJvTS1Ci oP3ginXbLjvbYpuwqC/s5777/Box_of_my_books_2a.jpg)
If you'd like to have a copy of your very own, signed by me, click the relevant button in the column to the left. I've 31 left, after dispatching ones already ordered. If you miss out now, who knpws how long it will take for me to get more copies.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-new-box-of-books.html)