Dear Friend,

I am a high school teacher at a public school in the Bronx, not a salesperson, so I can’t give you a “sales pitch” here. I can only tell you a little more about this first edition, what makes it so special, and why at this price it is an amazing bargain.

The price is attractive even if it were not a first edition. If you visit the websites of leading art, design and coffee table book publishers, you will find many that are priced in the $60.00 - $100.00 range. They rarely — if ever — offer as many high quality images as Goodbye Gutenberg. They rarely contain such groundbreaking designs. And they rarely are first editions.

If you are reading this page, it’s probably because you know someone who has a copy of Goodbye Gutenberg and you’ve probably seen the actual book yourself. At the very least, you have clicked on the pop-up windows and seen the gorgeous full-color pages throughout this website. You know what a rare and extraordinary a find this is. (A special discount coupon for telephone orders appears below).

Goodbye Gutenberg was printed on a high quality offset lithographic press and uses exeptionally fine Japanese matt art paper. The sections are thread sewn to perfection and case bound with two color end sheets, one of which is among the most gorgeous you will ever see in any book. It weighs nearly 4 pounds, is 416 pages, and has 860 full color images from around the world.

You can still own a limited first edition printing… but hurry!
Supplies are very limited. Only 4,700 copies of Goodbye Gutenberg were printed. When this edition sells out, that's it, there will never be another chance to own a limited first printing. (Update as of 03/01/2007: Now that I'm distributed by Independent Publishers Group, most of this edition has sold out - there are only about 1,000 copies left.) Just to give you an idea of the potential value that books can have, consider just a few of the first editions by contemporary authors that have appreciated dramatically over the past 20 years:

Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire: $1,000
Thomas Pynchon, V: $3,000
Alice Walker, Once: $1,500
Toni Morrison,The Bluest Eye: $5,000
Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird: $20,000
Sue Grafton: A is for Alibi: $1,500
Tom Clancy, The Hunt for Red October: $1,250

Source: Firsts Magazine, December 2001

I published two very limited print-on-demand, galley editions of Goodbye Gutenberg in 2004. The hardcover galley is selling on amazon.com for almost $400.00. And the last remaining softcover galley copy (with the original title, The Designer Revolution) is on sale for more than $200.00. In their first year, these limited editions have already fetched several hundred dollars each.

A number of people are stocking up on this first offset lithographic edition, some as gifts, others as an investment. An investor recently bought 84 copies. Best-selling authors Geffrey Gitomer and Charlie "Tremendous" Jones each bought 24 copies. B. Victor Williams, a partner in a leading technology company, bought 8 copies. Martha Barletta, CEO of Trendsights and author of Marketing to Women, bought 11 copies. The Robert Miller Art Gallery in New York City bought 4 copies. Many others have bought 10 or more.

Guaranteed to astonish – or your money back
Of course, I can't guarantee that in 10 or 20 years this edition Goodbye Gutenberg will be worth a lot of money. But I can guarantee that you will be enormously impressed with this book. At the very least, you will consider it gorgeous and want to keep it for a lifetime. You will want to share it with family and friends. If not, just send it back for a full refund. No hassles, no questions asked.

With a 30 day free trial, you truly can’t lose. I’m so confident that you’ll be thrilled and delighted with this book that you will want to treasure it and share it with family and friends for a lifetime. You can order by calling toll free 1-800-247-6553. Or you can order through Atlas Books via secure server by clicking the link below. Special coupon for telephone orders only, valid until June 15, 2007: tell them you have a coupon, "booklady," and they will charge you only $35.00.

Shipping and handling
Goodbye Gutenberg weighs nearly 4 pounds, is 416 pages, hardcover, and has 860 full color images from around the world. Shipping and handling costs are $6.75 for Media Mail and $9.75 for Priority Mail. Shipping and handling for additional copies is $1.35 per copy, whether priority or media. New York and Ohio residents will be charged sales tax. Your shipping and handling charges will be confirmed via a separate email.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Many warm thanks for participating in this beautiful Renaissance.

Warmly,

Valerie Kirschenbaum
val@goodbyegutenberg.com