Hey Dan! I was wondering if your book will be available in Australian stores? I would check online but I wouldn't even know where to begin. I have been searching stores for yours, and the Cracked detextbook just in case they pop up somehow, but I haven't h

People have asked a bunch about when How to Fight Presidents will be available in various places. I’m embarrassed to admit how little I understand about how the world works. Like, does Amazon not ship to Australia, or are the shipping costs so prohibitive that it would be insane to even consider that?

At any rate, on the subject of what continents, countries and stores have books, the author probably has the least control out of everyone involved. I don’t know where in the world the book can be found, and it’s pretty likely that there are various international rights contracts that would need to be signed (maybe?).

I WISH I had that knowledge and control. I would love to be able to say “According to Cracked traffic information, we have a HUGE following in Queensland, so let’s make sure the book is available there. And I don’t care if How to Fight Presidents (and The De-Textbook, for that matter) is in every Barnes and Noble on the planet, but we SHOULD try to get them in as many college bookstores as we can, because college kids are the ones who will buy these books. And, hey, please don’t put my book in the History section, please, I am begging you.”

But I’m just the dumb monkey who wrote the thing, and I had the energy, time and know-how to write it because I spent years figuring out how to write instead of figuring out how to market, sell and build awareness for books. So I’m sure if I barged into a publishing house with my theories and gut instincts for what I thought should be done with the book, people in nice suits would say “Cute idea, kid, I’ll keep that in mind when I’m giving speeches later at Book Marketing University WHERE I FUCKING GOT TWO DEGREES IN BOOK-PLACEMENTOLOGY!”

At any rate, I have no idea when and if the book will be available in Australia, but that would be neat.