Bring Back This Book!
What you can do
You can help bring back Ba Ba Ha Ha by simply sending me a note and saying you think it's a good idea for me to publish the books myself. (Actually it doesn't matter if you think it's a good idea, because I'm going to do it anyway!) What else you can do
You can also post your own stories right here at the website for others to read. You can even send in a picture. I love pictures! You can also send me a story and a picture that is just for me to see.
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The Story...
Back in 1996, Harper Collins published two little board books by me. They were titled Ba Ba Ha Ha and Oooh Oooh Moo. Around 20,000 of each book were printed and sold. Harper Collins pulled the plug after the first print run, telling me that board boards are too expensive to print.
I got lots of mail from people - lots and lots of mail. People were very upset. More than ten years after the fact, I still get mail. Last month a woman called me on the phone from Texas, completely out of the blue, just to thank me for the books.
These days the books are available only through Amazon and such places as that. I have seen them selling for over $100 lately. Here's a link to such craziness, along with some heart-warming reviews that many kind people left over the years.
I put a lot of effort into trying to get a publisher to bring them back. There was no interest. And still, the emails kept arriving, asking about the books. I got an email from a 12 year old who had loved it when he was a toddler and was now reading it to his little sister.
All of this started having an effect on me...mostly a depressing effect, because I simply wanted to have these books back where they belong, in the hands (and sometimes the mouths) of children.
Here's what's going to happen
I have decided to publish Ba Ba Ha Ha myself and sell it online, right here at this website.
Sign up for news on this nutty idea right here. You will be notified when the books are available for advanced sales at a $1 discount. You can also take the survey and tell me I'm crazy right here.
If you have a story to share about Ba Ba Ha Ha, I would love to hear it and even share it with others here at the website. Got a story about the book? Send it to me!
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