Gentle Spiders,
Apologies for this ad-like posting, but y'all have asked for it :)
In the past few days, I received several "gentle reminders" about the booklet; I have, after all, promised I'd start distributing it as soon as I came back from Europe, and here I've been back for almost 2 weeks... So here's the "scoop":
The projects included in the booklet - Snowflakes - have been on my website for quite a while; I've now added the photo of the front cover and all the basic info about the booklet, as a separate entry. Both can be reached from the same URL (in the signature), so you can see what it is you'd be getting.
On advice from several friends, I've upped the price to a round $10 (easier to remember, and a better profit to The Lace Museum). I think it's still reasonable; the sting - scorpion like - is in the tail, or the shipping costs...
Within the US, I'll be shipping it Priority Mail, flat rate, in an envelope provided, free, by the PO. The cost of shipping, of a single copy is, therefore, $3.85 (at least for the moment <g>). It burns me up to have to pay to the PO exactly as much as the profit to The Lace Museum is going to be, but it seemed the best solution. The booklet itself weighs ca 12oz, so fits in the 1lb limit, even with the envelope added. But it's not heavy enough to make book-rate a saving, especially since I'd have to buy my own packaging material for it... So.
If you're in the US and want a single copy, send me a check for $13.85, and I'll pop it in the mail on my way from depositing your check in the bank :) The copy should reach you within 2-3 working days from the "popping" - that's what the PO promises.
If you're in the US and want more than one copy, book-rate might be a better route to take, if longer. It takes *at least* a week to get where it's going. Also, add extra time for my finding/buying a suitable box/envelope, checking with the PO how much it'll cost to ship, letting you know, your sending me the check...
Those of you who live within a reasonable driving area of The Lace Museum (Sunnyvale, California) should pick up your copy *there* (in a couple of weeks<g>). I'll be sending them a few copies - book-rate, to cut down on the shipping costs. Their selling price is likely to be about the same as mine+shipping, but the profit to The Museum is going to be slightly higher and to the PO slightly less, so "it's a good thing"...
US distribution is the easy part :) For foreigners, there are two options:
1) You can risk sending cash, *in US dollars* to me, for the total amount (individual rate for shipping, to be established when I receive the request, same as with multiple copies for US)
2) I've set up a PayPal account (sigh; I hope Jacqui Southworth, who'd talked me into it and led me through the process, will continue to supply good advice on how to *use* the dratted thing <g>). Supposedly, you ought to be able to use your plastic (credit card) to buy. But at a price; PayPal will add charges for a) transfer of funds from a non-US bank and, b) charges for currency exchange (that, on top of what's likely to be the most un-advantageous rate of exchange, if I know my banks <g>). All those charges I'll have to pass on to you.
*In addition to* the shipping charges... Which are likely to be so high as to be crippling... :( I've checked the "global priority" (an envelope similiar to the one I'll be using for US; fast, but goes by weight, not flat rate) to UK, and it's *U$ 9.00* (how do you, secret pals, *manage*???)... Book rate - I've been told - is not available for shipping abroad, unless the package is over 11lbs (sounds weird to me, as in Poland, anything over 11lbs *couldn't* be shipped book rate, and had to be shipped as a parcel, but what do I know).
That leaves surface mail. Which takes 5-9 weeks, by the PO's (most likely overly optimistic <g>) estimate. The guy couldn't give me a price, because it would depend on the weight of package and its destination; again, the shipping costs would have to be established on an individual basis, but they're not likely to be low. Don't know how Barbara Fay manages to ship books free...
So, there you have it; much as I'd like to make big bucks for The Lace Museum, I have to - in all honesty - advise you to think twice before you order a copy, especially if you're not in the US :)
Additional info for Brits: when Jacqui (Southworth) was here, she took 10 (I think) copies of the booklet with her for sale in UK. She won't be mailing them out, only selling at the Lace Days she attends. And she'll need to make some profit on every copy she sells, beyond my costs and the designated profit to The Lace Museum. Still... Since she shlepped the books all the way to UK, her profit is likely to be less than the price of shipping :) If she's going to be at your Lace Day in the near future, you might consider geting a copy from her, rather than from me.
Yours, mentally exhausted,
T
(In Poland, people believe that all Jews are born with excellent business sense and a knack for making money. I can only conclude that my father's 50% of genes must have cancelled out my Mother's 50%... <g>)
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Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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