Is this blog title misleading? Apologies. Frankly, I don’t know how to voyage with kids for much less than we’ve been lately spending to voyage with our kids. But I do know that the Voyaging With Kids publisher temporarily slashed the price of the Kindle edition of the book. That’s what I’m referring to.
L&L Pardey reduced the price to accommodate requests from print edition buyers for discounted eBook editions for their mobile devices. But Amazon has no purchase restrictions in place, so for three weeks beginning today, this special $9.99 price is available to anyone and everyone.
Also regarding Voyaging With Kids: SAIL Cruising Editor Charles Doane just this week posted an enthusiastic review of the book on his personal blog, Wavetrain. Check it out (and his blog is a good one to keep up with, he's smart and funny). As a co-author, it's deeply gratifying to read the sincere, positive reviews the book has received from professional editors in the industry. On top of this, the feedback each of us has received from the people we wrote the book for—cruising and looking-to-be cruising families—makes me smile, makes it all worthwhile.
Coming soon to this space, in no particular order:
- My big next-book announcement.
- An updated interview with the girls. I interviewed them both prior to heading off cruising. That was more than five years ago. It’s time to learn how they’ve changed. To learn what comments they want to make about the good and bad of their nomadic childhoods and what they hope for the future.
- I want to write a technical post about how we approach squalls at sea—about exactly what we do and especially how we go about reefing Del Viento, step-by-step. We’ve got our system down and it’s time to share.
- Almost 6 weeks into our 3-month visit with family in California, I’m feeling much of some of the same emotions I’ve heard people experience when they stop cruising and return to conventional U.S. life. It’s not all pretty. I have stuff to say.
--MR
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| So we were in this restaurant here in the Bay Area, and strangers recognized me and brought over their book for me to sign. Okay, that would never happen, but here Eleanor and I are in a restaurant where we had lunch with family who did bring a copy for me to sign. It was embarrassing and nice at the same time. |
Thanks for the Kindle tip! Now I have an electronic version to go with my gorgeous and extremely useful print edition!
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girls, as they are in more photos on
your enjoyable site.
Thanks for the info re: the Kindle purchase! I just purchased mine! Then I read the rest of the post and thought, "Hmm, how would he sign my Kindle??"
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to hearing those interviews from your girls.
Thanks for the info re: the Kindle purchase! I just purchased mine! Then I read the rest of the post and thought, "Hmm, how would he sign my Kindle??"
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to hearing those interviews from your girls.
Okay - clearly your definition of "soon" is different from mine! We're waiting, Michael! Want to read what the girls have to say, and I'm dying to know about your book. Inquiring minds and all that... Happy to hear you're all well.
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