The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 8, February 22, 2004, Article 21

COLLECTING COINS BY EMAIL: THE WEIRDEST BOOK I EVER BOUGHT

  Michel van den Heuvel writes: "Some months ago I wrote to
  5000 people to ask if they would help my son with his world
  coin collection.  The collection is now complete, and is a daily
  joy for Johannes and Adam ( his brother).

  I did send out over 5000 e-mails to get his world coin collection
  and a lot of people helped.  Now I have written a book about
  this project , it has a lot of e-mails from the people that
  contributed and some very nice stories.

  The result is, a nice book. In the book you can read about the
  wedding proposals that I got, How I became a Godfather,
  the difference between writing to male and female E-mail users.
  The cultural difference between countries.

  I had to write to 243 Americans to get a positive response
  and only to one person in Sudan.

  The book also gives insight in how one can bring a coin
  collection up to date.

  But most important is the way people behave when asked to
  help via e-mail.

  The book is printed in Denmark, using print on demand technique.
  The web site is homemade and a nightmare for web designers.
  The reason why I have kept it all simple is to safe on the cost,
  and make it cheaper for you to buy the book. the book cost 22
  us dollars ( this is the cost price including shipping. I am sorry
  that it is so expensive ) Bookstores get a 30 % discount

  If you would like to order the book, than you can send me an
  E-mail to heuvel at hlgroup.dk or use the ISBN  87-7888-97643
  to read more about the book see the web site WEIRDEST BOOK I EVER BOUGHT

  Here are some of the responses from other readers.

  "The best book I ever read about E-mail, Interesting to
  see how much difference there is between cultures"

  "In about 6 weeks I will have a full coin collection"

  "The next time you should improve the layout. It is by far
  the weirdest book I ever bought, but fun reading"

  "I know more about Vanuatu now than I know about my
  own country"

  "Mail me for your next book"

  "I have no interest in coins, but somehow I just had to
   read the next page and the next one and so on, thanks for
   a good story"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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