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Jenn's Book

Post by hirohurl » Sun May 17, 2009 2:10 pm

Hi Jenn,

I\'ve just been reading your article, #31 about lack of sleep...

What is your book about? Mahjong? Life in Japan? Both? Neither?

Do tell!

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by deJENNerate » Fri May 22, 2009 2:54 am

hi hiro,

thanks for asking!

it\'s all about reach (riichi) mahjong!

it will be the first piece of literature only about the riichi version of the game. it\'s finally done with the edits and it should be coming out before the end of the year. i\'ve been working on it for about 2 years so far (1 year of writing, then finding a publisher and editing) so it\'s a huge relief to have so much of it done!

by the way i think i\'m gonna take a road trip in the next couple months. i know i\'ve been saying THAT for 2 years too, but i would love to stop by hiroshima for a few games. i\'ll let you know the plans

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Post by hirohurl » Fri May 22, 2009 3:53 am

Hi Jenn,

Look forward to seeing the book on Amazon so I can post plug it on my websites! And, of course, buy a copy and read it!!

I have no plans to leave Hiroshima on holiday before August, so if you come, I\'ll be here. Friday night for three-player mahjong and a look around the Nagarekawa if that is your cup of tea... and I\'ll try and arrange some four-player games too - if you come!

I also want to head up to Tokyo some time... and have been saying that for a while too.

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by chalwa » Fri May 22, 2009 6:47 am

Just to be sure: this book will be in english? :] I\'m also looking forwarad to it! Good luck with publishing.

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by Ruro » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:12 pm

yea it,s a good question will it be english or japanese ? also the forums have been too quiet for about 2 days, whats up ppl everyone went to take their holidays? Hmm and if the book will be japanese will it be shipped to the EU (it would be nice having it in the mahjongmart :) )

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by Artalyx » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:38 am

An article about Jenn located here, says
Additionally, she’s finishing up a book on mahjong in English, the first publication of its kind.
So it will be in English.

Edit: I should also add that the article was written by a user of these boards, and is a fairly interesting read.

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by iandstanley » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:41 pm

I take it you have a publisher then.

If you haven\'t and would like to self publish

1. I\'d recommend lulu.com (which will also list on amazon.com for free...they also do ISBN packages as well. They are reasonably cheap to publish in both paperback and hardback. The best thing about them is that they do not charge a several hundred dollar setup fee) and you can set how much you would like to make on each book.

2. If you decide to go that direction and want some help just let me know. I also proofread (which I\'d do for free to get a good book on Riichi in english out there!)

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by hirohurl » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:09 pm

deJENNerate wrote:by the way i think i\'m gonna take a road trip in the next couple months. i know i\'ve been saying THAT for 2 years too, but i would love to stop by hiroshima for a few games. i\'ll let you know the plans
Hi Jenn,

Well, it\'s July already. Are you any closer to hitting the road and coming to Hiroshima?

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by Zi Rong Low » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:52 pm

Jenn, great work on your book! I\'ll be looking forward to checking it out when it\'s published :)

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by deJENNerate » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:34 pm

Hi Guys!

It took me waaaaaay to long to find time to publish on here.

The book is all edited and sent off (yes, I do have a publisher) and it will be ready before summer is out!!

I\'ll make sure to post all of the details here.

Now that the site is getting all organized and I\'m all caught up after Fairy finished, I\'ll be posting on here much more, so look forward to dog pictures! haha. I\'ll try to write about Mahjong too.

Hiro, I\'m on my way! September at the latest!

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by hirohurl » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:59 pm

Hi Jenn,

Look forward to seeing the book.

I\'ll be around, so look forward to meeting you in Hiroshima in due course!

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by Barticle » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:45 pm

deJENNerate wrote:The book is all edited and sent off (yes, I do have a publisher) and it will be ready before summer is out!!
Excellent news! :woohoo:

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by nschaan » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:14 am

Just pre-ordered on Amazon. Not sure if that is the quickest way to get it but I was happy to see it already available. Gave an expected release date of Sept 1.

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by Pekepan » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:25 am

Awesome news! Finally, I can read about Riichi without looking up a billion kanji every time I try to read an article :S Must pre-order!

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Re:Jenn's Book

Post by Barticle » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:31 pm

Just found it on amazon.com

( http://www.amazon.com/Reach-Mahjong-Jen ... 93539634X/ )

...but will it be coming to amazon.co.uk too?

Of course I´ll pay the transatlantic shipping if I have to, but would rather not. ;)

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