Michigan Beer Cans - Book Info
A goal when I started the MBC project in 2002 was to eventually publish the content in real, hard bound book format as next generation of BCOM. Well, it only took twenty-two years to finally realize this goal. The MBC content is now available both digitally and in real book formats.
1) Digitally please use www.mbcinfo.com
The full MBC content remains freely viewable by any collector interested in Michigan beer cans. With the internet and HTML, there are essentially no boundaries and I can web host as many files and in as many different image resolutions as preferred. This should still be your first choice to quickly reference any given Michigan beer can variation.
2) EBook – MBC/MBCBook.pdf
In keeping with the MBC core concept as educational, not profit, the full MBC book is freely viewable as a single PDF “electronic book”. Please note the above file is approximately 330 MB and may take some time to download.
3) Now available in hard-cover, physical book!
I have worked with many digital projects but never a real, physical published book. Reading a number of web articles on “book self-publishing”, Barnes & Noble has a nice web site to upload information so what the heck, I experimented with Bob Myers “Beer Can History” and then helped Jim Campbell with his “Ultimate Crowntainer Book”. Those two turned out nicely, it was time for an MBC published book!
Multiple weeks of CanDB software changes to generate HTML -> PNG -> PDF, there is now a 340+ page book PDF and front and back hard bound outsides, ready for publishing.
There will NOT be any advance printed book copies, only “publish on demand”
Realistically, this has been a fun project but unlikely more than 10 or so collectors even interested in such a topic, and that already includes a few copies I am going to give out for free! However, if you are interested in a printed book, please read and follow this process:
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Click here to fill out form and submit a purchase
request. UPS ground does not ship to P.O. boxes and a phone
number is required. Please online form only, no direct email, no FB messenger,
no RB forum. The form allows for simple bookkeeping my end.
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I will “Add to cart” a Barnes & Noble purchase for your
requested quantity and address. Taxes vary per state, shipping varies per state
and quantity. I will send you email with an invoice for exact costs and allows
you to confirm correct shipping address.
· If you agree to the invoice, send PayPal (friends and family) to randy@mbcinfo.com. By far the simplest my end, but if you need to send check or money order, indicate in your above email and I will respond with my USPS mailing information where to mail.
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Once payment is received, I simply complete the Barnes &
Noble purchase with YOUR shipping address; the book will be shipped
directly from B&N to your provided address.
· Please be patient. This is “publish on demand” only, no pre-printed books. The B&N website states ten business days, from experience estimate three calendar weeks (19-23 days)
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Once your book is physically printed, I will receive B&N
email with UPS tracking number of which I will forward so you can track
shipping. Experience has been between 2-4 days.
· Sorry, no refunds. This is bare-bones, exact costs publishing, zero profit. I am happy with the physical book and thus far only positive comments from others!
The following are some random pictures of the Michigan Beer Cans book:
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