Some of you have woken up to Amazon cancelling your orders for my book on HMS Belfast. I've spoken to USNI and essentially the problem is/was that the book was originally scheduled for release this month, but ultimately it was decided to release it in May.
However, Amazon's systems appear to have not registered the update to release date and so tried to ship books this month, then when someone noticed and told it to stop (probably by someone just manually setting the stock level to 0), the systems decided they couldn't send any and cancelled the pre-orders.
This issue is being resolved by USNI at the moment, so don't panic, at some point in the next few days the entry for the book should be updated with the May release date, at which point you can re-do your pre-order and all should be well.
I'm still working out the details of pre-signed copies with USNI at the moment.
On the plus side, the number of pre-orders meant even the unintended abortive lauch briefly placed the books as #1 bestseller for naval history books for the week. Let's see if we can recapture that for next month! :D
Just a quick FYI, I'm writing part of the history section of the upcoming Task Force Admiral, along with a few others including @MilitaryAviationHistory , the games Kickstarter has a couple of days left to run, check out this short video if you like where I explain a bit more about what the game is like. :)
My latest collaboration with History Undone / Times Radio History, as well as Rear Admiral Chris Parry, quite an interesting set of possibilities had things gone slightly different.
You can use my discount code 'DRACH' to save a few dollars on any USNI Press purchase, plus they currently have a holiday sale on with a number of excellent books at 50% off.
If you want a signed copy or would be ordering from outside North America, stay tuned for further news in the New Year.
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Some of you have woken up to Amazon cancelling your orders for my book on HMS Belfast. I've spoken to USNI and essentially the problem is/was that the book was originally scheduled for release this month, but ultimately it was decided to release it in May.
However, Amazon's systems appear to have not registered the update to release date and so tried to ship books this month, then when someone noticed and told it to stop (probably by someone just manually setting the stock level to 0), the systems decided they couldn't send any and cancelled the pre-orders.
This issue is being resolved by USNI at the moment, so don't panic, at some point in the next few days the entry for the book should be updated with the May release date, at which point you can re-do your pre-order and all should be well.
I'm still working out the details of pre-signed copies with USNI at the moment.
On the plus side, the number of pre-orders meant even the unintended abortive lauch briefly placed the books as #1 bestseller for naval history books for the week. Let's see if we can recapture that for next month! :D
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Just a quick FYI, I'm writing part of the history section of the upcoming Task Force Admiral, along with a few others including @MilitaryAviationHistory , the games Kickstarter has a couple of days left to run, check out this short video if you like where I explain a bit more about what the game is like. :)
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I'm back aboard with History Undone and Adm Chris Parry looking at the Norway Campaign, featuring my No.2 tactical jumper!
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Good news!
HMS Unicorn has secured a nice bit of new funding!
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77r17zkpzno
My video on her:
https://youtu.be/R-y_oE4WKeg
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There's a poll going on for the USA's favourite museum ship! Cast your vote today!
10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-museum-ship…
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My book is now available for pre-order internationally!
If you are in the UK, it can be found here: amzn.to/40d48Sz
More info on signed copies etc to follow in a few weeks.
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My latest collaboration with History Undone / Times Radio History, as well as Rear Admiral Chris Parry, quite an interesting set of possibilities had things gone slightly different.
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You asked when I'd write a book, well, I wrote a book!
More specifically, I've written the Naval History Special Edition on HMS Belfast, to be published by USNI Press.
You can get the book here: www.usni.org/press/books/hms-belfast-0
You can use my discount code 'DRACH' to save a few dollars on any USNI Press purchase, plus they currently have a holiday sale on with a number of excellent books at 50% off.
If you want a signed copy or would be ordering from outside North America, stay tuned for further news in the New Year.
More details in today's video!
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Times Radio History had me back!
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I've done another couple of collaborations recently, one with Guilio from Italian Military Archives:
https://youtu.be/GVJidxEuKAE?si=G2YfJ...
And another with the full Bearing Straight crew, looking at USN high pressure boilers:
https://youtu.be/0MIRyN-pLuQ?si=2-uVY...
Have a look if you want more naval history!
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