{"id":1106,"date":"2016-02-06T16:08:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T23:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2019-01-04T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:37:14","slug":"mai-kai-book-available-for-pre-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2016\/02\/06\/mai-kai-book-available-for-pre-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Mai-Kai Book Available for Pre-Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pmQPy5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2016\/02\/06\/mai-kai-book-available-for-pre-order\/cover-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?fit=711%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"711,556\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?fit=711%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1107\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?resize=500%2C391\" alt=\"cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?resize=500%2C391&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?w=711&amp;ssl=1 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Mai-Kai history book just appeared on the Barnes and Noble website for pre-order. Coming soon to Amazon. Please pre-order and make your voice heard with the publisher to give the book more attention and better marketing. Spread the word! This is going to be a big year for the Mai-Kai!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maikaihistory.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book website is here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pmQPy5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pre-order the book here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And come see me at the <a href=\"http:\/\/thehukilau.com\/2016\/project\/tim-swanky-glazner-mai-kai-history-mystery-and-adventure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hukilau <\/a>as I give a presentation on the Mai-Kai.<\/p>\n<p>Then come to my book release party at the Mai-Kai, tentatively scheduled for September.<\/p>\n<p>Then come to my book signing at <a href=\"http:\/\/tikioasis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tiki Oasis<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Mai-Kai history book just appeared on the Barnes and Noble website for pre-order. Coming soon to Amazon. Please pre-order and make your voice heard with the publisher to give <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2016\/02\/06\/mai-kai-book-available-for-pre-order\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[551,643,547,11,539,540,541],"tags":[694,234,702],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ephemera-retro-goodies-2","category-mai-kai-history","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","category-vintage-places","tag-book","tag-mai-kai","tag-og-tiki-central"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover.jpg?fit=711%2C556&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-hQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1072,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2014\/12\/06\/mai-kai-histor-mystery-and-adventure-the-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":1106,"position":0},"title":"Mai-Kai: History, Mystery and Adventure &#8211; The Book","author":"Swanky","date":"December 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0I have been researching the Mai-Kai in one form or another for over 12 years. 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