Latest News:
Last day for Christmas orders is the 1st December! Stocks of all books are very low and it will be first come first served I'm afraid.
August 27th 2025 - Books from the EU to the USA are exempt from tariffs at this time. The Trump tariffs were imposed under the IEEPA, “informational materials,” which includes books, and are currently exempt under the annex in the headings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the USA, code 49011000/49019900. I will keep you posted if this changes. All books I send to the USA will clearly mark this on the package for USA customs.
Work continues on two new book projects. More news soon :-)
About Zafinn Books
I always wanted to publish a book about Atari. Something I could grab off my bookshelf and read anytime about the history and products of this famous electronics pioneer, which captured a lot of my childhood and more. The company is fascinating, and has gone through many transformations in its short history, but boy, did it make an impact. It seemed there were always books about Apple, IBM, Sony, Commodore and many others, but never Atari, so I put one (actually two) books together for enthusiasts and collectors. I have been collecting and studying the company for over 35 years. I co-founded the "Atari Historical Society" in 1998 with my late, great friend Curt Vendel (New York, 1967-2020), a true one-of-a-kind Atari collector and historian (and designer of the original Atari Flashback TV games system) who is greatly missed. Best wishes to all of you who still play with your Atari game systems or tinker on your Atari computers, long live Atari!
What else do I have planned?
I have tentative plans for a few more book projects, but self-publishing is an expensive and precarious hobby, and I will only continue to do this if it doesn't end up costing me an arm and a leg to do so! Some other items will also be available on the website in the future, as each project will help fund future ones (hopefully!).
Anything else going on? You can check out a website I put together about another tech company called Gateway2000. It was a PC manufacturer which began operations in 1985 and eventually sold to Acer in 2007. Click here to view.