So,....the contributor copies have gone out, and the response has been really great. Lots of mails and blog posts and tweets, etc. Amazingly, the book is at #1 on amazon.jp for Fashion > commercial,
#1 for Pop culture> fashion and #17 for overall overseas books, and # 19 on amazon.uk for fashion due to orders, although it isn't available yet, and I really thank everyone for their support and will be busy writing thank you notes this week. All this is happening and I haven't even seen the book yet. Yes.... True story. All 80 contributors have their copies before the author!
Thanks again everyone, I presume I will do a few book related events this year, plus another book coming out soon as well from my numerous recent sojourns to Tohoku.