At some point in our Chinese learning adventure, Jon found the confidence to sign up for Mandarin lessons in San … More
Tag: Self-publishing
Filling in the blanks…… with a story of your own
A Little Something is a special publication (160 pages of printed stories and 128 pages of blank cream paper) that … More
Experimenting with print-on-demand book
Very soon, we would be down to our last few copies of A Little Daily Dose. Would we run another … More
Gift books for the altruist
From time to time, Jon and I would take a stroll down Clement Street to Green Apple Books. Which shelf … More
Publication design: the beauty of exposed spine binding
The first few drafts of A Little Daily Dose were bound by hand. We appreciate how we could lay them … More
What happens when you lose 32 books in the mail?
32 copies of A Little Daily Dose are lost in September, somewhere between Singapore and San Francisco. Were they lost … More
Self-publishing: changing with the times
In 2008, when I first self-published A Little Beijing: Your Niche Travel Guide, I made an art installation with the help … More
Learning Chinese together (with an Englishman)
On our first date, at a foot-massage parlor in Dali Ancient Town, Jon learned how to read and say his first … More
Self-publishing: raising the fund
After two years of writing, visualising and sharing the hand-sewn version of A Little Daily Dose with friends who were … More