All I want for Christmas is ...

It was some time in late November as MPH Publishing Kuala Lumpur assured me that the delivery of the pre-orders of my book sequel, My Johor Stories 2: Interesting Places and Inspirational People, should reach me on time for my book launch event in Johor Baru.

The highlights in the MPH Christmas catalogue includes
My Johor Stories, Book 1 and Book 2

MPH Publishing had kindly offered me an author’s pre-order deal so that I may prepare the books that I wished to present to the subjects featured in my book, during the event.

MPH Publishing also told me that they will offer a two-book promo deal for readers to enjoy a two-book set of My Johor Stories: True Tales, Real People, Rich Heritage with its sequel, My Johor Stories 2: Interesting Places and Inspirational People, at a special lower price!

While MPH was still considering the best prices for the two-book promo deal, I was delighted to learn that my books were included in their Christmas catalogue.

The book that belongs to Mohd Hanafi Samad

Books are indeed ideal gifts for Christmas because the book gifts that I received are treasured to this day!

A few days later, on Nov 20, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a photo from Navinder Kaur, the Teacher-in-Charge of student leaders at SMK Dato Jaafar Johor Baru.

The photo showed a copy of My Johor Stories 2: Interesting Places and Inspirational People, still wrapped up in see-through plastic.

When I saw the small promo sticker on its top right that read: MPH Tokens of Love, Holiday Picks, I knew that my books were already on the shelves in MPH bookstores nationwide.

I smiled with pleasure when Teacher Navinder told me that this book belonged to their Pengetua, Mohd Hanafi Samad, a keen reader of My Johor Stories!

On Nov 24, my sister-in-law – who follows the Official Sultan Ibrahim Instagram page – shared with me, a photograph with info extracted from this page.

A screen-shot from the Official Sultan
Ibrahim Instagram page on Nov 24

I was thrilled to see that my book sequel had literally reached His Majesty, the Sultan of Johor’s hands!

Sultan Ibrahim was then on his annual Kembara Mahkota tour to visit various districts in Johor and these dates coincided with His Majesty’s birthday.

During an event in Muar, District Officers presented His Majesty with birthday gifts and this photo depicted His Majesty holding up and reading my book, My Johor Stories 2: Interesting Places and Inspirational People!

A copy of My Johor Stories: True Tales, Real People, Rich Heritage was presented to Her Majesty the Permaisuri Johor, last year soon after the book was launched, so this means my two-book set of My Johor Stories are now in the Johor royal household!

Closer to my book launch event, MPH gave me an update that the promo price for my two-book set was not limited to just the Book 1 and Book 2 set but any two books.

For my book launch event, MPH offered a best deal for two hardcover books at RM88 only and two softcover books at only RM58, with 10% off any single books.

MPH knows that everyone enjoys a best deal discount and they kindly extended this promo into their bookstores during the festive season and for a limited time only!

So take advantage of this generous offer to get your copies of My Johor Stories 2: Interesting Places and Inspirational People, for your own reading pleasure and to present as meaningful gifts this Christmas!

My niece, Melanie Mullard, grabbing a good read from the MPH bookstore in Johor Baru City Square

My Johor Stories 2: Interesting Places and Inspirational People, is now available from MPH bookstores nationwide and online via www.mphonline.com