All Tilted Windmill Press titles are now available directly from me in paperback and ebook at https://tiltedwindmillpress.com. All paperback purchases include the ebook. You’ll get the ebook immediately1, and the print will arrive in a week or so.
Books will be printed in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. This reduces both shipping costs and environmental impact. Books aren’t exactly green, but local printing makes them less brown. (Are ebooks greener? That’s a great argument over a drink.)
I am excited beyond words. I have been working towards this ever since my first book came out in 1992.
Benefits to you? Those bundles I offer, like the FreeBSD Storage Mastery bundle? There’s now a discount print version. That ridiculous The Full Michael bundle that includes everything I’ve indie published? You can now buy the whole thing in paperback.
Do I expect anyone to drop $624 on a stack of books? No. But I am delighted to have that degree of control.
Books from No Starch Press (Absolute FreeBSD, Absolute OpenBSD, and Network Flow Analysis) are not included. Sorry. I don’t have the access to ship those touch-free on demand. The ILUVMICHAEL coupon code still gets you 30% off at their site and gives me a couple bucks extra, though!
Completing this was a huge amount of work, but the publishing industry is doing its best to eat writers alive. The only way to survive is disintermediation.
I haven’t made hardcovers available yet. Hardcover sales are minuscule next to paperbacks. Some books present challenges, and I’m not sure selling them direct is worth it. I’m doing the easy hardcovers first in the hope that inspiration strikes.
Future books will be released in on my site a month before they’re available at retailers. If they’re trying to eat my career, I see no reason to prioritize them.