Now it’s a KINDLE Book, TOO!

Another reason I prefer Create Space over Lulu (and if Lulu hasn’t solved a problem I’ve advised them about by close of business tomorrow, I’m going to have a LOT more to say about them)…

In a matter of three days, my Create Space version of “Put On Your Parky Face” showed up in my mailbox, showed up on Amazon, and now it’s a $5 Kindle book.

Now, there’s something for every price range… and 100 percent of all proceeds go to PD Research.

Hardcover — $40

Paperback — $15

PDF Download — $5

Kindle — $5

If you’re inclined to get the hardcover, act fast because I’m pretty close to pulling the title off of Lulu if they don’t fix the problem I alluded to.

This is Why I Love Create Space!

You have lots of choices when you resign to self-publish a book.  For a nice hardcover, you can’t beat Lulu.com — they deliver a very nice product.  Perhaps a tad on the expensive side, but a quality book.

But they’re as SLOW as a Parky in a snow storm!

Now, for a quality paperback, you can’t do better than Create Space.  I decided to print “Put On Your Parky Face” as a paperback.  For one thing, you can get it for a much cheaper price, and we still get a nice donation to the National Parkinson Foundation and the Charles DBS Research Fund at Vanderbilt.  The hardcover is $40.  The paperback is the same size, and it’s $15.  I got my proof copy yesterday, approved it for distribution, and the sonofagun is already on Amazon!   I paid extra for this, as well as for the distribution service at Lulu.  I’m still waiting for the hardcover to show up on Amazon.  And I submitted it weeks ago.   I submitted the paperback yesterday and have sold two copies already.

So, if you want a nice hardcover, don’t mind paying a premium price for it, you’ll enjoy the book available at Lulu.  But if you just want the book to read, and not to last forever on your bookshelf, go with the Create Space version.

Either way, 100 percent of the profits go to the charities mentioned above.

Unique New Parkinson's Resource, Life With A Battery-Operated Brain, Offers Step-by-Step Patient Guide to Deep Brain Stimulation

(Editor’s Note:  A story about another brave brain surgery volunteer.)

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) April 15, 2009

What would prompt someone to say “Let’s stick wires into someone’s brain, run voltage through it, and see what happens!”? So asks activist and author Jackie Hunt Christensen in her important new book, LIFE WITH A BATTERY-OPERATED BRAIN: A Patient‘s Guide to Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease (Langdon Street Press; April 2009; ISBN 978-1-934938-26-3; $ 16.95).

Beyond answering the “whys” that arise in considering Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, Hunt Christensen offers her unique perspective in this comprehensive book. LIFE WITH A BATTERY-OPERATED BRAIN (www.lifewithbobbook.com) is designed to be a highly readable guide for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), exploring the benefits of this particular surgery on many motor symptoms of the disease. “Deep Brain Stimulation is a process, not an event,” explains Hunt Christensen.

The author has firsthand knowledge of the procedure more commonly referred to as “DBS” and lived with Parkinson’s disease for more than seven years before electing to be evaluated for DBS surgery. Ultimately, she was deemed a good candidate for the surgery, and DBS seemed like her only logical option–a choice that has been validated post-surgery, as Christensen now enjoys life with most of her motor symptoms well controlled. Parkinson’s disease, the author is quick to point out, does not end, but DBS is meant to be a long-term treatment.

Now Jackie Hunt Christensen offers readers a resource that was previously unavailable: a step-by-step look at her own journey, as well as information on a typical evaluation process, medical statistics, questions to ask neurosurgeons, opinions from other DBS patients, the programming process for DBS, and much more.

“I wrote this book as way of giving back to the community,” Hunt Christensen said. “DBS has given me back so much of my life! I want to share what I’ve learned from my own experience and others’ to help inform the decisions being made every day by others looking for those same results.”

LIFE WITH A BATTERY-OPERATED BRAIN is a must-read for those who are considering Deep Brain Stimulation–and for those who love them. Health professionals can also benefit from reading the book, as certain diagnostic tools and therapies may not be safe for use on DBS patients or require specific precautions.

Being released by Langdon Street Press today, LIFE WITH A BATTERY-OPERATED BRAIN will be available in bookstores and online at Life With a Battery-Operated Brain or Amazon.com.

Jackie Hunt Christensen is also the author of The First Year: Parkinson’s Disease, An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed and has published numerous articles and editorials regarding both Parkinson’s and environmental issues. In 2006, she won the Milly Kondracke Award for Outstanding Advocacy from the Parkinson’s Action Network in Washington, DC.

Jackie, her husband, and two sons ages 17 and 12, reside in Minneapolis.

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