I just ordered my copy!

Last week or some days before that, I published my book through IngramSpark (IS). Unlike Amazon, IS charges $25 per title and requires self-publishing authors to purchase an ISBN from somewhere. I had received an 100% discount code by email and I happened to have an ISBN for this title (which for some reason I had not used on Amazon). I could use the same paperback PDF as with Amazon KDP but for cover image I had use a much larger template provided by their cover image generator. Amazon is a big online seller of books but IS distributes to offline bookshops, libraries and educational institutions worldwide. Even Amazon sells offline through IS.

https://www.amazon.in/2020-Fresh-Clean-Jokes-Kids/dp/9354160581/
http://www.vsubhash.in/2020-fresh-clean-jokes-book.html

What is so great about this IS option? Well, the price was at 50% discount and delivery is next week! I already have the full jokebook (For Everyone) book and been balking at purchasing this subset (For Kids). At ₹550, it was worth purchasing and I did. The KDP version is double or triple the price. After the lockdown started, Amazon stopped selling my paperback directly and lets several third-party sellers to import the books. Amazon India only delivers the books. The third-party sellers set their own price. The books take two to four weeks to arrive from the US. I have tried to order author copies several times through KDP but Amazon accepts my order and then cancels it. It has done this several times. They blame ICICI bank. UPDATE: They cancelled two of my orders (made one day after another) paid through Amazon Pay too. Their chat operator says several customers are experiencing this issue. I do not think so. This is deliberate. Are they so upset about my criticism of their really idiotic investment and legal decisions that they decided to get personal? Shame on them!

All jokes in my book are clean but this For Kids subset contains only non-controversial stuff.
The full book is made of up three parts:

• For Learning: Mostly about language and general knowledge — children’s jokes, computer jokes, programming jokes, physics jokes, chemistry jokes, biology jokes, medical jokes, financial jokes, geography jokes…
• For Fun : Mostly no-brainer jokes — bar jokes, blonde jokes, cross-the-road jokes, knock-knock jokes, lightbulb jokes, pun jokes, romantic (breakup) jokes…
• For Intellectuals Only – contains some very sharp political jokes
  

The kids book contains all of the first part and some of the last two parts.

‘2020 Fresh Clean Jokes For Everyone’ lists at $9.00, £8.00, €7.00 on Amazon.com. The ‘For Kids’ subset got listed at $7.00, £6.00, €7.00.

These prices are for a limited time only, as for offline sales (to brick-and-mortar bookstores and libraries) higher prices are required.

You can download a free sample PDF with 60 pages and 180 jokes from:
http://www.vsubhash.com/sss-dls/2020-jokebook-free-sample.pdf

	2020 Fresh Clean Jokes For Everyone	2020 Fresh Clean Jokes For Kids
Looks	Buy from Amazon	Buy from Amazon
Assures	2020 original jokes
Contains	3100+ jokes in total	2200+ jokes in total
Pages	273	176
Contains	Full book	Two-third
Targets	20 and above	Ages 10-19
Family-friendly	All	All
Politically hot	Included	Not included
Ebook	Will not be published The older subset 400 Fresh Clean Jokes For Everyone is available separately for $3.
Future paperback price	$11.00	$9.00
	A higher price is necessary for offline sales (bookstores, libraries,…)
Special introductory price	$9.00, £8.00, €7.00	$7.00, £6.00, €7.00
	I will not enable offline sales for a limited time.

The ‘For Everyone’ paperback is still under processing.

I uploaded the children’s subset (‘For Kids’) and the full jokebook (‘For Everyone) on the 17th, expect that Amazon would take three days, as they usually do. The ‘For Kids’ paperback got published unexpectedly early on the 19th.

In the meantime, I am creating mockup photos for the book using royalty-free stock images from Unsplash.com.

Released as two paperbacks ‘For Everyone’ (full) and ‘For Kids’ (two-thirds).

With year 2020 passing by pretty fast and the panicpandemic lockdown showing no indication of being lifted, I have to self-publish the book. No more waiting.

I thought this was the biggest book of original jokes but there is a book with more jokes. I am unable to check if the jokes are original.

Free sample of the 2020 Jokebook

• One of the chapters (*Journalism Jokes*) in this book has color photographs and screenshots. I am unable to provide it printed in colour because it would make the book expensive. So, this free sample contains the entire chapter in full colour.
• In all, this 60-page PDF document has 181 jokes. (Booksellers limit how much a free sample can have.)
• For obvious reasons, I cannot provide the best jokes in this sample. However, I hope you like the selection and buy the book.
• If you like the book after buying, do not forget to leave a review or rating on one of the store sites.
• Those who subscribe to my email newsletter will get this PDF with better quality and without trial marks.

The older paperback version with only 470 jokes has been withdrawn. The ebook version will remain on Amazon and other sites.

2020 Jokebook Cover Creation Video

The instructional steps for this video is available on my new onsite blog. A few days ago, I added a blogging feature to SqlSiteServer, my Javascript-free CMS.

Looks like any traditionally published book.

Immediately after I published two books on Amazon, the pandemic hysteria began and the world was locked down. Two weeks ago, I had to go and pick up the book from the courier agency. The book is surprisingly light. The book quality is great except for the binding. It has glue binding and you may break the spine if you are not careful. Amazon does not do hardbacks with thread binding. My worries about my FOSS-powered book-publishing process are over. I should have used a smaller font. Other than that, the book looks like any traditionally published book. The cover looks great, unlike in this GIF animation, whose limited color palette makes it look awful.

The not-so leaning tower of Pisa.

Improve your world outlook with this 167-page 470-joke subset (Rs. 50 or $2 for Kindle eBook and $8 for paperback) of the great book. It has plenty of children’s jokes, computer jokes, computer programming jokes, cross-the-road jokes, animal jokes, physics jokes, biology jokes, geography jokes, medical jokes, pun jokes, bar jokes, blonde jokes, knock-knock jokes, financial jokes, jokes in advertising, jokes on journalism, romantic jokes, Rajinikanth Facts (like Chuck Norris facts), Confucius-say jokes, ethnic jokes, lightbulb jokes and political jokes.

Read a sample of the jokes in the newly published excerpts from the book.

All jokes in the book are child-friendly and family friendly. No ( ͡⚆ ʖ ͡⚆ ), 彡 or (‿ˠ‿) humour.

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Photo courtesy: Lizzie

A 171-page 470-joke subset of the 2020 Fresh Clean Jokes For Everyone is now available for order on Amazon.com

I reduced the paperback price by $2 today because I need to order a copy.

The book is available as

• a Kindle eBook for $1 (Rs. 50 in India)
• a B/W paperback for $8.

The eBook is a full-color print-replica. The paperback is black-and-white or rather grayscale printing. There is only one joke section (“Journalism Jokes”) that requires color printing. To print the entire book in color print because of just one color chapter increases the cost sky-high. There is only one picture in that section that requires color so I have made it available for free in the jokes listed in the newly published excerpts.

Today, I noted that the physics, chemistry and biology joke sections did not have enough jokes and increased them to two pages minimum. The total number of jokes in the book is now above 470. Some unusual mistakes were also found and corrected.