Sharon Bidwell asked Isaac Marion:

Will you ever produce a paperback with a UK distribution? The reasons I'm asking is I dearly want but I've exchanged most of my hardbacks for paperbacks lately (house moving experiences), prefer books to have a uniform look, & postage on top to the UK prohibits my buying as (if it doesn't go missing, a sad and real possibility) the book may also incur import and post office charges (also a painful experience).

Isaac Marion It's possible that I will broaden the release later next year. But first I have to focus on selling these 3,000 fancy hardcovers I'm printing, which is not going to be easy even with the whole world joining the party. I understand the difficulty of the expensive shipping, but I'm surprised to hear people grumbling about the shape and weight of the book. After following the story all these years, are the aesthetics of your bookshelf the primary concern...? I'd love to offer it in every possible format but keep in mind I'm doing this all myself with my own dwindling money, so there are some limitations. But also, almost every major book is released in hardcover first, then paperback a year later. The only reason that didn't happen with the UK editions of the Warm Bodies series is because they didn't fully believe in the books. But I do! :)

So yeah, it's just these 3,000 hardcovers for now. If I'm able to sell all these, THEN I'll do a paperback run, which will be distributed worldwide through Ingram Spark. But for now...I have to stay on task.

By the way, keep in mind that I added a discount for international orders. It will take $8 off the price of the book to compensate for that nasty shipping. I hope it helps!

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