The first offset run of 2,000 books - which were bought up last month in just four days - are shipping out today to their new owners. About half of the 1,000 books in the second batch are still available, so secure one today for just $16.25. Those purchased copies will be sent out on the 9th - still in time for the holidays (click here for the official shipping charts). They make a great gift, especially for a Dish reader you know, or anyone else who might be captivated by a world-tour through 200 separate windows photographed by readers over the past three years.
You can preview the book here with an interactive guide at Blurb.com, the print-on-demand company that is publishing it. We just expanded the preview feature to include half of the photos inside, so it's worth a look even if you went there already.
The book has views on every page - and their contrasts opposite one another add a whole new dimension to the Dish's most popular feature. There's a foreword recalling the genesis of the whole idea (yes, at the very beginning, I tried to call the whole thing off, but you kept sending views and I kept posting them). And the images on the front and back cover were picked by you, the readers of the Dish, through an online vote.
Remember it's a four color, high quality, coffee table book that would usually cost well over $30 from a regular publisher. But we're forfeiting a profit at the Dish, crowd-sourcing the price, and although Blurb will make a small margin, we're still able to bring it to you at close to half price. The model has been so successful, in fact, that we hope to build on this in the weeks and months to come with a range of cheap user-generated books that are able to air topics - such as late term abortion or the cannabis closet - that tend to be euphemized or turned into ideology, but have managed to unfold on the Dish in realler, clearer form.
But few Dish books have as large a place in our hearts as the Window guide.
Here again is the link to buy. To preview the book beforehand, click here. To get an even better sense of what's inside, after the jump we listed the locations of every window view, taken from more than 80 countries and all 50 US states, in the order they appear in the book. Is your town one of them?
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Nairobi, Kenya
Geumgangsan, North Korea
Rosso, Mauritania
Beijing, China
Havana, Cuba
La Grande, Oregon
San Jose, Costa Rica
Yokohama, Japan
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chicago, Illinois
Oxfordshire, England
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Madison, New Jersey
Kassel, Germany
Huntington, New York
Charlotte, North Carolina
McGregor, Iowa
Yosemite, California
Stillwater, Minnesota
Basel, Switzerland
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Brussels, Belgium
Silver Spring, Maryland
Basata, Egypt
Dallas, Texas
Venice, Italy
Incline Village, Nevada
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Coimbatore, India
North Wilmington, Delaware
Amman, Jordan
Pebble Beach, California
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Batac, Philippines
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ulaanbaater, Mongolia
Lviv, Ukraine
Houston, Texas
Wawizaght, Morocco
Jaisalmar, India
Wick, Scotland
Clarkdale, Arizona
El Paso, Texas
Lima, Peru
Northfield, Minnesota
Queens, New York
Paia, Hawaii
West Hollywood, California
New York, New York
Oslo, Norway
Counce, Tennessee
Istanbul, Turkey
Newton, Kansas
Tehran, Iran
Ketchum, Idaho
Reykjavik, Iceland
Belgrade, Serbia
Stockholm, Sweden
Swift Creek Reservoir, Washington
New York, New York
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kootenay Lake, British Columbia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Budapest, Hungary
Paris, France
Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay
Cairo, Egypt
Windsor, England
St. Quentin du Dropt, France
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Aksai, Kazakhstan
Palaung Village, Thailand
Istanbul, Turkey
Barcelona, Spain
Prague, Czech Republic
Ajijic, Mexico
Ashfield, Massachusetts
San Gabriel, California
Baghdad, Iraq
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Charleston, South Carolina
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Seattle, Washington
Washington, Georgia
Butuan, Philippines
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
Denver, Colorado
Port of Djibouti, Djibouti
San Francisco, California
Telavi, Republic of Georgia
Cincinnati, Ohio
Gingerland, Nevis
Corralito, Paraguay
Cusco, Peru
Wanaka, New Zealand
Gjilan, Kosovo
Cape Town, South Africa
Birmingham, Alabama
Pueblo, Colorado
Northport, Michigan
West Lafayette, Indiana
Shrewsbury, England
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Clyde, North Carolina
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Berthoud, Colorado
Haifa, Israel
Juba, Sudan
Lexington, Kentucky
Ames, Iowa
Stepaside, Ireland
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Reykjavik, Iceland
Nakhal, Oman
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
New York, New York
Tokyo, Japan
Obertraun, Austria
Annaba, Algeria
Amsterdam, Netherlands
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Admiralty Bay, Saint Vincent
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Lewiston, Maine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Portland, Oregon
Miami Beach, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Snohomish, Washington
Copenhagen, Denmark
Rome, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal
Washington, District of Columbia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Crane Hill, Alabama
Burlington, Vermont
Norfolk, Connecticut
Hooks Mills, West Virginia
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Williams, Arizona
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Santa Barbara, Honduras
Cairo, Egypt
Sanibel Island, Florida
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sumgayit, Azerbaijan
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Canandaigua, New York
Gharghur, Malta
Toledo, Spain
Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
Gloucester, England
Mainz, Germany
Brooklyn, New York
New Orleans, Louisiana
Rogue River, Oregon
New Castle, Pennsylvania
Casper, Wyoming
Billings, Montana
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Xin Zhuang, Taiwan
Yangon, Burma
Kobe, Japan
Capixaba, Brazil
Tirana, Albania
Kangaroo Flats, Australia
Taipa, Macau
Sonoma, California
Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory
Jurong Shipyard, Singapore
Mykonos, Greece
Bogota, Colombia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Chicago, Illinois
Yerevan, Armenia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Oxford, Mississippi
Los Angeles, California
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Popoyo, Nicaragua
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Omaha, Nebraska
Salt Lake City, Utah
Austin, Texas
Casablanca, Morocco
Cheektowaga, New York