Back in the day, webcartoonists would handle preorders through PayPal. We’d make the announcement that a book was forthcoming and readers could pre-order it now — with the knowledge that it would be shipped immediately. Once the pre-orders had generated enough money to pay for the printing costs, the order was placed with the printer, the books were printed, and later shipped to the people who had placed pre-orders.

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