Of Potato heads and Polaroids

demetrios

http://www.powerhousebooks.com/catalog/spring-2017-catalog/

demetrios

The front cover & spine has been update ..

demetrios

And back side too ..

SVRDhand13

I loved polaroids as a kid so I'm pretty excited about this book

angry_skull

Seems like the Deluxe is back in the shop.

PP193448

Hey, Mike. How about throwing in some random signed Polaroids from the HOF induction ceremony in addition to the other coming with the book... obviously, me first please??

PJfanwillneverleave1

I've hemmed and hawed about getting this for days. I keep asking myself what polaroid of something do I want to have from Mike?
I think the crowd polaroids are neat for getting a stage perspective. I wouldn't want much else. What pictures would others like to see?

demetrios

PP193448 said:

Hey, Mike. How about throwing in some random signed Polaroids from the HOF induction ceremony in addition to the other coming with the book... obviously, me first please??

Doubt it'll happen but would be sweet if happened.

demetrios

Via 10club ..



Of Potato Heads and Polaroids

Deluxe Edition of Of Potato Heads and Polaroids is back in the shop for a limited time only. Don't miss out!

https://pearljam.com/shop/miscellaneous

mcgruff10

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

I've hemmed and hawed about getting this for days. I keep asking myself what polaroid of something do I want to have from Mike?
I think the crowd polaroids are neat for getting a stage perspective. I wouldn't want much else. What pictures would others like to see?

I agree with you 100%. The crowd shots are cool but other than that....
Then one night I had a few vodka/clubs and the book all of a sudden became a holy grail of intimate moments from the band lol.

PJfanwillneverleave1

mcgruff10 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

I've hemmed and hawed about getting this for days. I keep asking myself what polaroid of something do I want to have from Mike?
I think the crowd polaroids are neat for getting a stage perspective. I wouldn't want much else. What pictures would others like to see?

I agree with you 100%. The crowd shots are cool but other than that....
Then one night I had a few vodka/clubs and the book all of a sudden became a holy grail of intimate moments from the band lol.

A few eh?
Must have been pretty stiff ones. Ha.
It's dangerous enough drunk posting let alone drunk shopping

Thirty Bills Unpaid

mcgruff10 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

I've hemmed and hawed about getting this for days. I keep asking myself what polaroid of something do I want to have from Mike?
I think the crowd polaroids are neat for getting a stage perspective. I wouldn't want much else. What pictures would others like to see?

I agree with you 100%. The crowd shots are cool but other than that....
Then one night I had a few vodka/clubs and the book all of a sudden became a holy grail of intimate moments from the band lol.

I balked the 1st time round. Then regretted not getting it. Then bought it the second time around.

It's going to be a cool item.

mcgruff10

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

I've hemmed and hawed about getting this for days. I keep asking myself what polaroid of something do I want to have from Mike?
I think the crowd polaroids are neat for getting a stage perspective. I wouldn't want much else. What pictures would others like to see?

I agree with you 100%. The crowd shots are cool but other than that....
Then one night I had a few vodka/clubs and the book all of a sudden became a holy grail of intimate moments from the band lol.

A few eh?
Must have been pretty stiff ones. Ha.
It's dangerous enough drunk posting let alone drunk shopping

Drunk shopping is the worst lol

mace1229

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

I've hemmed and hawed about getting this for days. I keep asking myself what polaroid of something do I want to have from Mike?
I think the crowd polaroids are neat for getting a stage perspective. I wouldn't want much else. What pictures would others like to see?

I agree with you 100%. The crowd shots are cool but other than that....
Then one night I had a few vodka/clubs and the book all of a sudden became a holy grail of intimate moments from the band lol.

I balked the 1st time round. Then regretted not getting it. Then bought it the second time around.

It's going to be a cool item.

I did the exact same. I realized I should have got it based on how disappointed I was when it sold out. Autograph Polaroid is worth half the cost to me.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

mace1229 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

I've hemmed and hawed about getting this for days. I keep asking myself what polaroid of something do I want to have from Mike?
I think the crowd polaroids are neat for getting a stage perspective. I wouldn't want much else. What pictures would others like to see?

I agree with you 100%. The crowd shots are cool but other than that....
Then one night I had a few vodka/clubs and the book all of a sudden became a holy grail of intimate moments from the band lol.

I balked the 1st time round. Then regretted not getting it. Then bought it the second time around.

It's going to be a cool item.

I did the exact same. I realized I should have got it based on how disappointed I was when it sold out. Autograph Polaroid is worth half the cost to me.

It'll be neat when people post pictures of their polaroids.

demetrios

Was about to cancel this order because I scored the Deluxe Edition with 10club. Couldn't do it. Not @ this price.

mace1229

wow, that's pretty cheap. Don't see a point if I preordered the deluxe though,

mace1229

Also kind of makes you wonder why the 10c cant sell these things to members cheaper than Amazon does.....with free 2-day shipping since most of us have access to prime.
That's a little annoying to me.

lotsalemon

mace1229 said:

Also kind of makes you wonder why the 10c cant sell these things to members cheaper than Amazon does.....with free 2-day shipping since most of us have access to prime.
That's a little annoying to me.

Amazon is huge. No small business can compete with them price/shipping wise, and survive for the long run.

evsgjamm

Pre-sale still active. Do you think the 10C saw all the demand from the first posting of the book and when it "sold out", they just looked at how many hundreds or thousands of people missed out and then came back to us yesterday like "oh hey, we found / printed some more" and just slapped the word "limited" on the post? I dunno - seems fishy.

cp3iverson

Im thinking Mike either said "lets do another 1000" or he'll sign-to-order

Either way is awesome. " Limited " is for flippers half the time with PJ

mace1229

lotsalemon said:

mace1229 said:

Also kind of makes you wonder why the 10c cant sell these things to members cheaper than Amazon does.....with free 2-day shipping since most of us have access to prime.
That's a little annoying to me.

Amazon is huge. No small business can compete with them price/shipping wise, and survive for the long run.

True. But I'm going to go ahead and assume whatever distributor fees are associated with selling via Amazon are a lot more than going through 10c. Youre right in that 10c cant compete with shipping, but charging 30% more for a book that anyone who bought from Amazon most likely checked here first seems odd. They could at least throw in some stickers laying around to make up for the shipping and Amazon wouldn't sell any.
I guess this book is different than a CD they record and use their own label for. There's probably a lot more using an outside publisher than your own label. But still seems like Amazon is an extra middle man compared to using the 10c, which is essentially the band's own private distribution method.
I would be curious to know how many bought from 10c compared to Amazon, and bought from Amazon and is someone who regularly visits PJ's site and would have otherwise bought it from here is it wasn't $10 - $12 more on a $30 item. I mean, how many people are going to buy a Mike McCready book who aren't a big enough fan to regularly visit this website? My guess is very few. I don't see this book as an impulse buy at Barnes and Noble to the random guy who didn't already look for it here first.
It didn't seem odd to me that the Singles reissue was cheaper almost anywhere else, because that isn't a Pearl Jam release. But my first thought was the best place to buy a book by one of their members should be here, not a third party.
The answer is there's probably a lot to do with the publisher and is out of their control, and many other aspects completely foreign to me. But still just seems odd.

demetrios

dannybones64 Check this out - A Mike McCready book of his Polaroids ! And i wrote the foward to it ! Its a great document of his unique "family " . A true inside look of a real interesting journey. We have all seen him snapping away and Its great to see these all in one place - Now excuse me while i bust out my Les Paul . #mikemccready #pearljam #polaroid #ofpotatoheadsandpolariods

demetrios

tschav

Awesome bonus perk for my NY trip that week...

SVRDhand13

demetrios said:

Ooohhh I already have a pic with mike but maybe I'll go.

Sprunkn7

I was debating about the book. Now I'm def going to head into NYC...Jesus I'm dreading the line for this already!

demetrios

SVRDhand13

demetrios said:

I hope this is a night event and not mid-day

smital

Anyone think that the book will be shipped and delivered to NYC in time for the June 7th event. If it isn't actually sent before May 30th I wonder if I would have it in time for the event or if they would have additional copies to purchase at said event.