Where to buy the book

Updated 6/8. Check back here for info on ordering and international availability.

For readers not served by any of the options below, alibris has The Science of Paddling marked down by nearly $9 USD, and offers international shipping.

The Science of Paddling book is now on sale, a trade paperback with a retail price $29.95 USD. There are many options for purchasing it:

• If you live in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts or New Hampshire, the Andover Bookstore, the nation’s oldest independent bookseller, is now carrying it. If you live on the North Shore visit Jabberwocky Bookshop in Newburyport. White Rose Canoe in Newbury now carries the book – plus canoes, paddles, and gear. It’s a twofer!

• Visit your local bricks-and-mortar bookshop, give them the title and author name (I may be listed as “Shawn E Burke”), and the book’s ISBN number: 979-8-9879295-0-6. They can order it through Ingram Spark / Lightspeed Press and receive the usual wholesale discount.

• Visit your favorite online bookseller. It’s available through Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, thriftbooks, IndieBound, and Amazon in the US, as well as bookshop.org (who offer it at a discount, return a portion of the purchase price to local independent bookstores, and always have it in stock). Readers in Canada will find it on Amazon Canada, Indigo (Chapters), and can order it from Barnes & Noble. It’s available through Amazon in the UK, Japan, Singapore, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Mexico, Australia, Sweden, Poland, and Brazil. In Australia you can also order it from booktopia and fishpond. You can order a copy from Waterstones and Foyles in the UK. South African readers can find it at takealot. In Germany you can also purchase a copy from Abe Books.

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