Get the book
Paperback and ebook anywhere in the world, and on the shelf in Rotterdam, Curaçao and Aruba
Anywhere in the world
Paperback, delivered to your door
The second edition, printed on demand and shipped by UPS. In the United States there is no international postage and nothing to clear through customs. Elsewhere, local import duties and taxes are paid on delivery.
Order the paperback →Apple Books, Kobo, and other platforms
Distributed through StreetLib to the major ebook platforms. Search "The Conch Paradox" in your preferred store.
In the Netherlands
Donner Rotterdam
The Rotterdam connection is not incidental: the opening scenes of the book play out on the Erasmus Bridge and in the Erasmus MC, and most of the first manuscript was written there.
Order at donner.nl →In Curaçao
Mensing's Caminada, Willemstad
Second edition paperback, in store. Schottegatweg Oost. Tel +5999 737 0222.
Visit mensings.com →
Bruna, Zuikertuin Mall
Second edition paperback, in store. Zuikertuin Mall z/n, Willemstad. Tel +5999 738 8394.
Visit Bruna →In Aruba
Plaza Bookshop, Oranjestad
Second edition paperback, in store. Ave Milio Croes 8A. Tel 5821821.
Aruba launch signing held here on Saturday 16 May 2026. See the events page.
Visit plazabookshop.com →De Wit & Van Dorp
Second edition paperback, in store. Dakota branch.
Second Aruba signing held here on Wednesday 20 May 2026. See the events page.
Visit dewitvandorp.com →Read it in a library
Biblioteca Nacional Aruba
Two copies presented to the national library in September 2026, going into lending circulation.
Read the library's announcement →University of Aruba Library
The library holds a small number of copies, and an inscribed copy stays on the permanent reference shelf for anyone willing to read it there.
Visit the UA library →
CARMABI Library, Curaçao
Available to borrow at the Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity foundation.
Visit carmabi.org →Photos: Donner by Timelezz, CC BY-SA 4.0; University of Curaçao by DDJJ, CC BY-SA 4.0; Biblioteca Nacional Aruba by Ian Mackenzie, CC BY 2.0; all via Wikimedia Commons. Bruna: Zuikertuin Mall.