Self-publishing niche-interest books in this age of tech giants running everyone out of business with their online monopolies is no easy matter. And if you hate surveillance capitalism, there’s the additional concern of tech giants getting hacked or selling your information to advertisers. THE EASIEST WAY OF BUYING OUR BOOKS IS TO E-MAIL US DIRECTLY USING THE CONTACT FORM here and we can send you direct deposit details. That way any proceeds from the sale go directly to us! Or, you can go to our online store here using your credit card to buy it, whereby other entities start taking their pounds of flesh out of things. Aren’t those companies rich enough already?! It’s up to you, of course, but honestly, if you know us, just send us an e-mail and we’ll sell you a book!

You can currently buy Shakespeare’s Tropes in person and online from The Open Book on Ponsonby Road, Auckland. Physical copies are also currently in stock at Time Out in Mount Eden Village, Auckland, at Unity Books in Wellington, at Scorpio Books in Christchurch, Wardini Books in both their Napier and Havelock North stores, Paper Plus in Morrinsville, Books & Co in Otaki, The Martinborough Bookshop in the Wairarapa region, The Twizel Bookshop in the McKenzie district, and the Otago University Bookshop in Dunedin. Support your local bookstores!

From its release date on 9 October 2026, The Bard, the Force and the Fab Four will also be available in person from The Open Book and as other vendors get on board, we’ll add funky hyperlinks like the ones in the previous paragraph. Remember when you had to look up addresses and go into physical places? now you can just click! soon we’ll all be zombified husks in battery farms, feeding the giant AI engine as it rules the world and