Cat On A Leash is now available as a paperback book!

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JamesTXSD

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Do you suffer from flat feet, thinning hair, and that over-all tired feeling? When you're in social situations, do you have little to add to the conversation? Well, cheer up, Bucky, ‘cause we have what you need to put that ZING back in your life! From the people who brought you "The Cruising Adventures of Wild Blue and Crew" and "Life In the Love Shack," it's the true life travel adventures of Molly the cat and her family in the exciting book, Cat On A Leash! Read this book and people will find you more interesting and intelligent ("Why, yes, I did read a book."), the opposite sex will find you more attractive ("Oh, you look so hot holding that copy of Cat On A Leash!), and you will be more successful ("I just won the World Series of Solitaire! I was going to go to Disneyland, but instead, I'm going to buy and read Cat On A Leash!").

Until now, Cat On A Leash was only available at fine websites everywhere as an eBook - but, now you can get a beautiful signed paperback copy at a special “early bird” price!

While doing the formatting for a POD (Print On Demand) book, I discovered that the retailers and bookstores get the biggest portion of the price of that book - more than the publisher, and certainly more than the struggling author. One of those on-line book sellers would have required that the price of the book be nearly $20 (plus shipping). That’s right - the same price that would allow you to buy 5 gallons of fuel... well, if you buy it right away... wait a week and you might only get a couple gallons for that price!

But, if you are willing to buy direct, the price of the book will only be $10.50, plus $4.95 for Priority shipping. That’s right - only $15.45, delivered to your door.

You can pay by PayPal or credit card via the secure PayPal site; if you contact me via e-mail at:

eiwiz@aol.com

with your name, shipping address, and how you would like the book signed, we can get things going.

If you would prefer to buy the book through the Lulu Marketplace, it will be $11.99 plus shipping (shipping price will vary):

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/c ... h/15119033

At this time, those are the only outlets where you can buy your own copy of Cat On A Leash. My supplies are limited, but Lulu will make as many as you want.

As usual, the various e-versions will still be available on Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/27714) and also on the Lulu site.

My thanks for your support and encouragement on this project. There is sailing/boating/RVing travel content in the book, as well as the story of Molly... THE cat on a leash.

Cat On A Leash - highly recommended by the author! :wink: Be the first on your block to own a copy or twelve!

Best wishes,
Jim Bathurst

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Update... thank you for the orders, folks! I am pleasantly surprised at the initial reaction from the C-Brats, and the sailing and RV communities. The initial order of paperbacks is in process, and I hope to be shipping them sometime next week. When you send your order to the e-mail address in the above post, be sure to include your mailing address so we know where to send your books. :wink: Thanks for your support and encouragement on the book!

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
We just bought 5 copies. Will be presenting the book to my book club next month. Can't wait for the movie! Who in the world would play Molly?

Charlie
 
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We just bought 5 copies. Will be presenting the book to my book club next month. Can't wait for the movie! Who in the world would play Molly?

Charlie
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Thank you for your order, Charlie! We've had quite a few multiple book orders, but your order of 5 tops the list. Little Izzy is especially grateful for your order... I told her we were "investing" her cat food money on books.

Getting the e-version of the book distributed was interesting, but I had no idea who was ordering the book. This has been downright fun - Joan and I are enjoying the requested inscriptions... who knew there were so many people named "Fluffy"? :mrgreen: My favorite request so far was: "Being of sound mind, I bequeath all my belongings to..." :lol:

No inquiries from Hollywood... yet.

Best wishes,
Jim
 
FYI Anybody looking around, (I did because I have a friend who uses Kindle and is used to downloads directly, [without needing a cable] to get the e-book onto the Kindle. Not knowing very much about the process I went to Amazon.com to see if I could get it that way. Should have just asked Jim first, but Amazon has a book, paperback, named "Cat on a Leash" but it is by a different author -- Elizabeth Gundy, and from Sept of 1979. NOT THE ONE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR if you want to read about Molly, Jim and the Blonde. Hope that saves someone else some confusion.

Jim, I'll PM you my order tonight. Thanks for your help.

And Thank Izzy for letting you use her college fund.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Thanks, Harvey. The eBook has been sent to your friend and your books will be on the way to you as soon as the shipment arrives and has been inscribed. Look for a PM.

Best wishes,
Jim

PS Thanks for the heads up about the 32 year old book by the same name - I wasn't aware of that. A romance novel. :love
 
My first "book signing" and Joan and Izzy were the only ones there. The book shipment came in today, and we went right to work on getting them on their way to their new owners. I signed, Joan packaged, Izzy supervised.

Here's a look while in the middle of the process...

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Joan did a great job packaging, wrapping each book in plastic, double checking all the shipping information. She is very organized... just like back in the studio days: I get to be the artsy one, she is the business/production manager.

Oh, and little Izzy had to see what was going on. Here she is, helping sign books...

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My thanks, C-Brat friends, for your encouragement on this project.

Best wishes,
Jim

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PS So you can appreciate the dedication - it was a perfect day here in the Tropical Tip today... and we weren't out on the water. But, we had fun with the books today... and we'll get out there this weekend.
 
JamesTXSD":33nu16ds said:
Thanks, Harvey. The eBook has been sent to your friend and your books will be on the way to you as soon as the shipment arrives and has been inscribed. Look for a PM.

Best wishes,
Jim

PS Thanks for the heads up about the 32 year old book by the same name - I wasn't aware of that. A romance novel. :love
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Jim,

Thanks for the peak at the signing. It's just like I was there, and thanks to Joan for the careful packing, and Izzy for keeping it all strait (local spelling). And Your Welcome, glad I could help.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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All the paid orders to this point are on their way. Joan used "Click and Ship" to get the postage done, with delivery confirmation; very efficient. Here she is taking the first armload out this morning...

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Hey, I'm a gentleman - I got the door for her. :wink: The lady at the counter at the Post Office gave us "that look" as we came to the counter with our arms full... and then was delighted that all the work was already done on all the packages; she didn't have to do a thing besides accept them.

It's a good day - I'm always 8th in line, no matter what time I show up at the Post Office. We were there early today, before they even opened. We were second in line... and they actually unlocked the doors a couple minutes early! I may go buy a lottery ticket.

Another absolutely gorgeous day shaping up; now that the work is done, we're headed out on the boat for some relaxation.

:D

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
Jim,

We got our copies of "Cat on a Leash" today. USPS just delivered them! :D Thank you so much for the super fast delivery. They arrived in perfect shape.

Just think, we've got signed copies of a soon to be famous author AND ready made Christmas presents! :gift

Thanks again! :thup

Kent McClish
MARCIA JANE
 
Jim, Mine made it to the northwest tip in great shape and I already started looking for where I left off in the demo version. But I am going to read the whole story again. Thanks for making is so easy. And thanks for expanding our world.

And thanks to Joan for working so hard too. And Izzy for keeping you both in line. Now there's a trick I bet.

Smiles,

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Thanks for letting me know, Kent and Harvey. I've gotten a bunch of e-mails from all over that the books are arriving. Joan is very efficient (just like she was in our business) and gets all the credit for getting orders out the same day if we receive them early enough. The first shipments went out Saturday morning, so that is pretty quick to get to both coasts and lots of places in between.

Plus, with Joan busy on the invoicing, packaging and shipping, she hasn't been able to give me "honey-do" projects. :thup Keep those orders coming - I can do my part from the boat! 8)

Hope y'all enjoy the book!

Best wishes,
Jim
 
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