"Java Programming for Raspberry Pi: A Hands-On Guide to Electronics and IoT Projects" is now available as a softcover and hardcover paper book through Amazon, on top of the Kindle ebook and the pay-as-you-wish version on Leanpub. If you prefer holding a physical book while you're wiring up LEDs and sensors on your Raspberry Pi, that's now possible again.
How it got there
The first version of my book, got published as paper book by Elektor in 2020. At that time, they basically took the Leanpub manuscript, did some minor changes, and printed 1000 copies. As a writer, you get only a few percent of the sales price, so although those 1000 copies sold out, you can still considere it a pet project ;-) After that, Elektor returned me the publishing right for a paper version.
I'm happy to announce, new paper editions are now available! I exported a non-branded version of the manuscript straight from Leanpub and pushed it through Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) as a print-on-demand title. I won't pretend it was a smooth ride: reformatting a Leanpub export into something KDP accepts for interior layout and cover specs took several rounds of trial and error. But it is still the shortest and easiest path I found to get a self-published book into a paper form without signing up for a subscription with a print service. You upload once, and Amazon handles printing, shipping, and returns per order.
