Yes! Folks it is time to unveil the big news at last!
About a week ago, some kind soul turned a Facebook link to this blog into some kind of viral phenomenon amongst Romanians (and Romaniophiles). I watched, shocked, as the number of visitors climbed through the roof.
And then the outpouring of comments, incredibly generous. And simultaneously, as both The Woman and I read with jaws agape, a few people started mentioning that I ought to write a book.
What only she and I knew was that I had quit my job in July of this year to write a book. And now yes, happily and wonderfully serendipitously, the book is finished and ready for sale on December 1, Romania’s birthday. Last week’s sudden influx of new visitors and the timing on this book getting finished is just unbelievably overwhelming and I still can hardly believe it.
The book is entitled The Complete Insider’s Guide to Romania: 2011 and comes in at 374 pages in the paperback version. It is literally just about everything I know about Romania, refined and edited into a complete guide to visiting, traveling in and living in Romania.
The paperback version is being sold via Amazon’s website. The “regular” Amazon webpage isn’t up yet though (give it about a week).
However it is for sale directly via this page. Incidentally, the price for the paperback will be identical on either page but the linked page gives a greater percentage of the royalties to the author (that’s me!).
The USA Kindle electronic version can be found here.
The UK Kindle electronic version can be found here.
The Barnes and Noble NOOK version can be found here.
Other formats will be coming soon, including Apple’s iPad.
What can I say? I am absolutely, positively thrilled about this book and I had a blast writing it. If you like my blog, you’re definitely going to recognize what’s in this book. Some of the chapters are modified from previous blog posts but there’s a lot of new material in there as well.
Please click on the links and check it out. I’m pretty sure you can see free previews of the book. If you like what you see, please post some nice reviews out there, so some poor soul heading to Romania unprepared knows this is the one book to have, jeez!
And if you want to help me, feel free to post links on your own blog or Twitter or stumble upon or tumblr or whatever other kinds of websites you use (Facebook?).
That’s the big news.
AND NOW YOU KNOW! :D
All Things Romania 
Hei! Felicitari! Cartea o sa fie un foarte bun cadou de Craciun pentru cativa dintre prietenii mei vorbitori de limba engleza. Sper sa le trezesc astfel interesul sa viziteze Romania!
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congrats on your book!
and i just wanted to let you know that your posts make my day better! :)
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First of all, hello!
Second, congrats for the book, excellent idea to get your stories out there like that!
Third… this might sound a little weird, but I think I might possibly maaaaaybe be responsible for the facebook “invasion”.
Last week (on Monday to be more precise), I was Googling for some Romanian expressions, and stumbled upon your blog entry called “How I Learned Romanian in 37 Easy Steps”. Found it hilarious and shared it on my facebook page. It was pretty successful among my friends, and they passed the link on. Some of them, along with me, started reading it from scratch. My mom too! :D
Anyway, keep writing, because you’re really great at it! Plus, you’ve grown to know us Romanians maybe even more than we know ourselves. That’s… impressive!
PS: I was talking to my mom the other day about your blog, and I swear she said you should be writing a book with all of these. Talk about intuition! :)
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That’s awesome Sam! I’m gonna pick me up a copy…
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Awesome! If it’s half as good as your blog posts, then it will be an instant hit.
Congratulations & La multi ani!
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felicitari pentru carte si la multi ani!
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Congrats, mate.
Will it be available on Amazon Canada too?
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congratulations Sam :) Now I know what all the fireworks outside are about :)
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Incredibil! Sam cred ca promovezi Romania mai bine ca toti ministrii turismului la un loc.
Nu am vrut sa te jignesc scriind in engleza, avand in vedere ca acum vorbesti romaneste mai bine decat multi romani pe care ii stiu. :)
La multi ani!
O sa comand cartea la urmatorul salariu :D
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It’s a wonderful book that I’ve had the privilege to read. If you’ve enjoyed this blog I definitely recommend you get it and/or spread the word about it. :)
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