My book is now on http://www.amazon.de, but it’s still not on the US Amazon site:
Let’s deconstruct this listing on the German Amazon.com site.1) I am now known as “von Jason Murk”. Please address all correspondence to von Jason Murk, c/o his Bavarian castle.2) My book is categorized as “Üerblick”. For those who don’t know German (and I’m one of them) Üerblick is a very cool, high-end kind of bling. Üerblick is also like oobleck, the gooey semi-solid mixture formed from corn starch and water that you probably played with in Kindergarten.3) To their credit, the German Amazon site already has 2 copies of my books on hand, although I think a price of 10.09 euros is a bit high. They crossed the psychological 10 euro point, and should have aimed for 9.95 euros instead. Still, this gives me an excuse to use the euro symbol (€) which I have never typed in my life before. So, today really is a first!4) I’m actually happy that a German site is carrying my book.
Necktie for a Two-Headed Tadpole is illustrated with woodcuts from a German alchemy book called the
Splendor Solis which was published in Hamburg, so it’s only appropriate that my reproductions of these 16
th century German woodcuts find their way back home.5) What is Kaffe-und Espressogenuss? Whatever it is, they seem to think that readers of my book might be interested in it. Is it coffee? Instant genius? If anyone knows German and wants to comment, I’d love to know more.
