The VSED Handbook is Back in Paperback

Update: I managed a bit of an end-around to Amazon’s ban on my book. As planned, I published a new version of The VSED Handbook through a distributor that utilizes Ingram’s network–including creating a new catalog record on Amazon. As of right now (late on January 21, 2026), the paperback is available on Barnes & Noble, which will ship it to your home or to the store nearest to you for pickup. (It’s also back up on Amazon under a new ISBN (979-8994556900), though I’m not recommending folks buy it there based on their willful ban of this and similar books. The Kindle version is still blocked, but most people aren’t looking for that, anyway.

If you need an ebook copy that works on a Kindle e-reader, I’d suggest buying an EPUB version on Smashwords and then sending it to your Kindle. (I purposely make my books DRM-free so they can be easily shared across platforms.) Directions on how to sync a non-Amazon ebook to your Kindle devices using email can be found here on YouTube. Some people use the Kindle app on their phone or tablet, but email delivery has always worked well for me and only takes a couple of minutes. This is also handy to know how to do if you like to read fan fiction or your own writing on your e-reader, or if you like to read free ebooks from Project Gutenberg. That site has a huge collection of public domain classics, among others; if you haven’t checked it out before, I suggest doing so now. Definitely one of my favorite rabbit holes on the Internet.

But I digress. Back to my banned book: As I mentioned in the last post, the publishing site I pivoted to–Draft2Digital (D2D)–uses IngramSpark’s print-on-demand (POD) services and distribution for its print book offerings, which means that not only is The VSED Handbook up on Barnes & Noble and Amazon, but preliminary searches indicate that the paperback, which used to only be available on Amazon, is starting to show up on other book sites. I’ll update the book page as this development evolves.