{"id":654,"date":"2008-12-08T09:13:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2008\/12\/08\/heart-surgery-book-distribution-center\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T21:59:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T02:59:56","slug":"heart-surgery-book-distribution-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2008\/12\/08\/heart-surgery-book-distribution-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanna See My High-Tech Distribution Center?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, I received an email from Geraldine that reads, &#8220;Adam &#8211; I can&#8217;t believe it. Your book has already arrived. I ordered it just yesterday. Thanks so much for the quick delivery. I can&#8217;t wait to read it as <a title=\"Information About Replacement Of Aortic Heart Valve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-valve-replacement-surgery.php\">my aortic valve will be replaced<\/a> next Tuesday. By the way, who handles the distribution of your book?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First off, my thoughts and prayers are with Geraldine. After learning who her surgeon was, I know she is going to do just great with a <a title=\"Get Information About Mechanical Valve Replacement For Aortic Heart Valve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2008\/09\/10\/mechanical-aortic-valve-replacement-devices\/\">new mechanical aortic valve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I had to smile and chuckle after reading Geraldine&#8217;s question, &#8220;Who handles your distribution?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why? Well&#8230; If you knew how my book was packaged and distributed, you might laugh too. Here&#8217;s how distribution is handled:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heart Surgery Book By Adam Pick - Distribution Center\" alt=\"Heart Surgery Book By Adam Pick - Distribution Center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/heartbook.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I receive the paperback books (in bulk) from a printer in Atlanta, Georgia. Then, about once a month, I clear off our kitchen table and go-to-work stuffing envelopes. I even bribe my pregnant wife, Robyn, into helping me. I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s a fun, exciting activity. But, at the same time, Robyn and I always manage to have fun putting the books together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heart Surgery Book Packaged By Robyn Pick\" alt=\"Heart Surgery Book Packaged By Robyn Pick\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/heartsurgerybook.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adams-updates"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}