This is Crazy!
Self-publishing a book is admitedly a fairly nutty thing to do. I have 5,000 of these books in MY HOUSE. I am packing these myself, taking them to the post office myself and generally just doing it all myself. The entire notion may be doomed to failure, I get that. But if I get just one book in front of one little person and that little person goes on to enjoy a life time of reading, I think I will have accomplished exactly what I set out to do.
Your Stories
Do you have a personal story to share about your experience with the book? Please send me your stories! right here at the website for others to read, or just for my eyes only. You can even send in a picture. I love pictures of kids with the book!
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The Story of Ba Ba Ha Ha...
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. Twelve years after Harper pulled the books off shelves, I was still getting mail. A woman called me on the phone from Texas in January of 2008, completely out of the blue, just to thank me for the books. That settled it. I knew I had to bring this book back into print.
For years the books were available only through Amazon and such places as that. I saw them selling for over $100, "slightly chewed". Here's a link to such craziness, along with some heart-warming reviews that many kind people left over the years.
Here's what happened
I have gone WAY out on a limb and published these books myself. Here's some links to that process, including the design process, making sure the books were safe for chewing on, and how it all started.
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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