Of Money, Sales, and Exchange Rates

 

For anyone angry at the price increase of the above book, all I can say is that 'politics' affects the individual person as well as major corporations.  Individuals, however, have fewer resources to deal with things like, oh, say, another country who is, right at this time, deciding to 'crush' my country and our economy as a party plank.  The fact is, the Canadian dollar has been trading at a far lower rate than the US dollar for years so it is more expensive for a Canadian to purchase something in the US than here at home.  

When I wrote this book (well, all of them, frankly) my goal was to just cover my costs and maybe get a little bit more.  But that is getting harder and harder to do with the stated intent of the the current administration's goal of crushing our economy in order to waltz in and annex us.

This morning I increased the price of The Intentional Weaver, but left Stories from the Matrix the same as it was.  

I don't know how much people enjoy - or even find it helpful - but there is a lifetime of learning in the book and I had to make the decision to adjust the price of the book.

Sweet George Yarns carries copies of The Intentional Weaver.  I make the effort to sign the books and have a weaver's blessing I wrote that I print out on sticky labels to be inserted into the book.  The book can be purchased by USians, but if you order from Blurb online, orders being shipped in the US will not be charged a tariff.  Canadians, you can order from Sweet Georgia Yarns and it will be shipped to you within Canada.  Whatever border charges were when they were shipped have been dealt with.  But I can't guarantee that it will be economical for them to continue carrying it after the latest shenanigans with tariffs/not tariffs/yes, tariffs,  

And considering the president has vowed to 'crush' Canada, then walk in and annex us, whether we want that, or not, I may have to stop offering it in Canada.

We make decisions as best we can when it is time to make them, and then we need to ride the snowboard of doubt when things change.

Hold on, everyone.  It's going to be a wild ride for the foreseeable future...