In 2006, Peter Abbey produced a book of essays with 12 international authors/friends called "Growing Older Without Growing Old: The Art of Ageing". Peter had published by then 7 academic books by university presses, but for this 2005/2006 book, he decided to try something then new called self-publishing/urban distribution--as his topic then was not of interest to his academic publishers. The minor profits this book generated went to charities assisting the elderly.