Golden Duck and Amazon Print on Demand
This month we sold our last stock copy of Waldringfield: a Suffolk Village by the River Deben, a 2020 publication undertaken on behalf of the Waldringfield History group.
It's a book we are proud to have produced. It's full colour throughout, gorgeous photos sourced from a wide range of contributors and its text is both in-depth and excellent. The index is pretty good as well -- just take a look at the 34 entries for members of the Waller family, who provided 5 of Waldringfield's 10 rectors since 1744!
Waldringfield: A Suffolk Village beside the River Deben | Now Available via Amazon Print On Demand
Waldringfield is a place where people continue to live in -- or visit -- from great grandparents to great great grandchildren. My own family (this is Julia writing) have already clocked up five generations and see no reason to curtail our affection. The history of a riverside village like this has more to offer than merely re-telling local tales. We've reprinted this book twice since its initial publication and it's been a hard decision not to do so again. Instead, with the agreement of the History Group, we are using Amazon's print on demand service so that it will still be available but not in a box in our caravan.
If your principles don't allow you to use Amazon, it's possible to find second hand copies thought a site like AbeBooks, for example, though we have noticed these can be quite expensive.
Over the last couple of years we've made similar difficult decisions for
The Cruise of Naromis: August in the Baltic 1939 by GA Jones
Beloved Old Age And What to Do About It by Julia Jones and Margery Allingham
The Sea Bird by Rozelle Raynes
We think the Amazon P.O.D. quality is good enough and it seems a better choice than declaring books, which we published and sold with pride, simply to be Out of Print.
We do still have copies of Waldringfield Sailing Club's magnum opus A Century of Sailing: Waldringfield Sailing Club 1921-2021 which we hold on their behalf