Hello All,
[The Bad News]
I had a committed publisher who cancelled about a month before the printing date. Their reason for the cancellation was that they perceived the book was too expensive to print in a possible 11 x 17 format (about 500 pages) and the readership audience is too small and specialized to meet their required profit margin. Also, there are over 700 images (photos and drawings) which are mostly in color.
[The Good News]
Late this year, or early next year, I will get an LLC for "Kristallklar Publishing" and have the book Copyrighted, and purchase CopySafe software to encrypt "Skizzenbuch: U-Boat Type VII C Project" and the "Appendix Image Folder"... Once this is done, then the book may be downloaded as a viewable and printable file.
[The Best News]
I have spent the last 3 years learning about the Type VII C U-Boat from my great collaborators/friends on this web site. This is justifiably their book; I'm just the editor who assembled the information! We now have some time to review Skizzenbuch and assure to our best efforts that all the contents are 100% accurate.
Once all my milestones are met, then I will make the downloadable book file "Skizzenbuch: U-Boat Type VII C Project" available. I still have to work things out as far as distribution on several Websites, and I don't believe there will be any cost to the reader... Free!!!
Kind regards,
Don_