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Just a note in passing: There’ve been times lately when people who’ve stopped by the Ebooks Direct store<\/a> have left notes in their orders asking whether it\u2019s possible to simply contribute something to the local creative endeavors without actually buying an ebook.<\/p>\n

I thought about this a bit (while looking into some of the online options for this kind of thing) and then came up with a temporary solution. For the time being I\u2019ve simply added to the store a virtual product that\u2019s about the same price as a good cup of coffee in Dublin. (The pic above is of a flat white from the \u201cBald Barista\u201d up in Aungier Street.)<\/p>\n

So for those who don\u2019t need any more ebooks, and feel like adding one of those (or however many they please) to their shopping card at the store: Go for it! And thank you<\/em> very much. \ud83d\ude42 \u2026If you do this, the system will send you a little digital “thank you” card once you\u2019ve been through the checkout\u2026 a stopgap measure till I can drop you a note myself.<\/p>\n

Eventually I guess I’ll make a button or a widget for the side column to handle this. But for the moment, the Virtual Cuppa product page is here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/cuppacontrib<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, all. \ud83d\ude42
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ETA: Sorry, the link was redirecting back to Facebook for some reason. That’s been fixed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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