Rocking In the Norselands book ordering page

You have arrived at the Rocking In the Norselands book ordering page! Thank you so much for your interest!

This is a page with practical details on price, shipping options, and the actual ordering form for the book. If you want more details on the book itself, or arrived at this page without any context, this page will be able to help.

Shortly summarized: the Rocking In the Norselands book is made for anyone with an above average interest in music. It is a gold mine of stories, facts, and anecdotes from the frequently crazy but always interesting world of rock’n’roll!

The book is available in a limited print run of 100 individually numbered copies. Books are sold in order of order/payment arrival. More books will not be printed, so once they’re gone, they’re gone for good!

PRICE

The book itself costs NOK 550. As a loose reference, in mid-April 2025 this roughly equalled £40 / €49 / $52,5. 

Shipping quotes are also given in NOK below, along with a total sum including the book. You should do your own currency conversions around the time of your purchase for an accurate overview, as currencies will fluctuate but the sums in NOK will stand firm.

POSTAGE

Norwegian post services operates with three regions: Norway, Europe, and Rest of World.

Norway:

  • The best option: if you know me, live in a general proximity, or plan to visit my area, we can arrange a personal handover. Place an order, specifying “Personal handover” under the Postage option field. We’ll take it from there.
  • Alternativ 1: PostNord (Liten pakke, inkludert tracking): P&P 90,- (Total: NOK 640,-)
  • Alternativ 2: Posten Norge (Liten Norgespakke, uten tracking): P&P NOK 90,- (Total: NOK 640,-)

Europe (including UK):

  • Alternative 1 (all of Europe): Posten Norge, basic shipment, no tracking: NOK 200,- (Total: NOK 750)
  • Alternative 2 (all of Europe): Posten Norge, shipment including tracking: NOK 270,- (Total: NOK 820) (Please check if your country is eligible for tracking)

Rest of World:

  • Alternative 1: Posten Norge, basic shipment, no tracking: NOK 240,- (Total: NOK 790)
  • Alternative 2: Posten Norge, package with tracking: NOK 510,- (Total: NOK 1060)

HOW TO ORDER

Submit your order by using the order form below!

There is no payment check-out connected to this form. It simply sends the order to my manual processing queue. For each order I receive, I will put books aside, make sure that your payment and shipping options are good to go, and send you an email verifying the price, the shipping method, as well as details on how you can pay.

Please note: some people have reported that the messages from me end up in their spam folder, so please keep an eye on that if you don’t see a message within a few days. For reference, I have as of yet never needed more than a day to respond.

PAYMENT

You can pay me through Vipps (preferred), Paypal (works fine), Norwegian Bank transfers (works fine) or International Bank transfer (works, but look below). Indicate your preference in the order form and I will send you the info you need to proceed.

  • Vipps is currently only available in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.
  • If you use Paypal please use the Friends & Family option, or I will receive less than the amount needed to cover costs.
  • Norwegian Bank transfers – i.e. from one Norwegian bank account to another – also works fine.
  • International Bank transfers have been problematic, as banks have deducted up to £40 from the outgoing transaction amounts in fees. This has made me sell several books at a loss, making this a very poor option. For any future Bank transfers, I need to ask that any bank fees are covered on top of the book + postage costs specified above. I hate to ask this, but see no other choice. As this fee seem to vary from bank to bank, you will need to check with your bank what the fee is in your case and add it to the total you are transferring.

Payment to be received in Norwegian Crowns (NOK). Most payment systems allows you to set receiver currency and pay in your own.

SENDING THE BOOKS

Paid orders will be sent from Norselands HQ in batches at least every 2-3 days (but usually on the morning after payment received). I will let you know when it’s on the way. If tracking is part of the set-up (depending on your region and/or shipping option) I’ll send you those details then, too.

If anyone is interested in more than one copy of the book, that is certainly possible. Place an order in the form below as normal, and let me know in the “Comments” field to provide a quote for shipping X number of books. I’ll find out what the options are and send you details. You can make up your mind then. In my experience, the additional postage has been fairly reasonable on the occasions when we did this.

I have also looked into several shipping services beyond the ones mentioned above. Well-known international options like DHL and FedEx aren’t on the list because their price levels are far beyond reasonable. Suffice to say, their operations in Norway are less for common use and more high-end product for special goods. I will keep looking and may add further options later, but given the size of the book, I feel the basic options that are already listed aren’t too bad.

DISCLAIMER ON MISSING SHIPMENTS/DAMAGED GOODS

Statistically, there is a chance that some orders could go missing or be banged up in transit. That would sadden me greatly, as I want nothing more than for you to receive your books as safely as possible. Unfortunately, I am no big (or even a small) business. This project is an idealist’s folly, not any kind of money making endeavour. Consequently, due to limited printing numbers and the overall levels of investment, I am simply not able to replace lost or damaged books or shoulder the financial burden if something happens to your book in transit on its way to you.

I have added shipping options with tracking which will give some control of where the book is in transit. I have not included options like registered mail (which only lets me know that the book has been delivered to you, with no in-transit tracking info, which IMO makes that a worse option for buyers) nor shipment insurance (as this is so ridiculously expensive that I just wouldn’t recommend it).

I will certainly do anything I can to help investigate any situation that should arise from my end, but cannot carry any obligation for the book after it has been shipped from me. If you don’t agree with this, I respect that, but in that case you should not order the book. Placing an order means that you understand and accept this disclaimer. Thank you for understanding!

BOOK ORDERING FORM

You will be contacted on this address with payment details.
Needed for me to register the delivery in the mail system. Depending on your local post service, you might also receive SMS updates with package statuses and be contacted by your courier about final delivery.
I’m happy to oblige! Greetings, salutations, lyrics, quotes, dedications to yourself or someone else, declarations of love or appreciation… whatever strikes your fancy! It helps if you specify the actual words you want me to write!
Your preferred shipping option from list above (Alternative 1/Alternative 2).
Pick wanted payment option from the list above.
Anything else that you would like to share? Things I should be aware of? Feedback?

If more than three days go by without an answer from me, please check your spam filter as several people have reported that messages from me ended up there. If you still see nothing, something has most likely gone wrong, and I kindly ask you to resubmit the order again. This is risk-free as this is a manual process, and I double check everything (and verify with you in any case). Don’t worry about duplication of orders!