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| Subject: | Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! |  |
| Date: | Oct 4, 2005 |
| From: | Geoff Steer | |
Hi Paul-
I like David Fletcher's books also. I have his "Mr. Churchill's tank". This leads to my own pet peeve which is subject choice or lack thereof. Some years ago, I emailed Mr. Fletcher asking for the release date of his up-coming book on the Valentine, I was told book was due in 2002. As so little is written about this tank, I was very much looking forward to this book. In the summer of 2002 I emailed Mr. Fletcher again asking for the publication date, only to be told his publishers were not interested in doing a book on the Valentine, they wanted him to do one on the
Tiger I! As Mr. Fletcher himself put it, "like we need another one of those"! Can you believe it?! Mr. Fletcher cannot get his book on the Valentine published! Why? The publishers want another Tiger I book! One other reason being, according to Mr. Fletcher himself, his Churchill book did not sell well. We all go on about the lack of allied subject matter in kit form as apposed to what is available for German subjects. Yet, I still cannot believe a book on the Valentine has to wait for yet another book on the Tiger I!
Oh well, there it is-
Geoff Steer |
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 | Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Yc. Wang - Oct 2, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Steve Campbell - Oct 2, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Paul A. Owen - Oct 2, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Yc. Wang - Oct 2, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Neil Stokes - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Opinion/guesses/mistakes become fact - Alex Hill - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Opinion/guesses/mistakes become fact - Saul Garcia - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . "Tiger Ace" by Simpson: a great tragedy - Roy Chow - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Peter Ong - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Paul A. Owen - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Yc. Wang - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Paul A. Owen - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Geoff Steer - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Anyone heard of Chris Wilbeck (author of Sledgehammers)? - Yc. Wang - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Peter Ong - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Color photos - Kurt Laughlin - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Pet Peeve: Goofs in Military/Reference Books! - Dave Murray - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Pet Peeve of mine.. - Max Henry - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve of mine.. - Paul A. Owen - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Pet Peeve of mine.. - Ross Hillman - Oct 5, 2005 |
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