Saturday, October 25, 2008

Aaargh!

The proof had one tiny error which means more delay - I'm sorry. I have tried to find out how long but as the printers are involved it's a bit unpredictable.

Libros have to correct the error (less than an hour), uplift the proof again to the printers (also less than an hour) and wait for a new proof to be printed. This last bit can take a few days and it then needs to be sent back to Libros for checking again. My guess is we are looking at one to two weeks delay. I will keep you posted as soon as I have more information. Thanks for being so patient - it will be worth the wait !

Pete

Monday, October 20, 2008

Final proof being checked!

Carol is back now and started checking the proof today. If there are no problems Rachel's Shoe should be available in around a week. Thanks for your patience - especially those of you who have placed advanced orders - not long now!

Pete

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Rachel's Shoe Blog


On the left is the cover for Rachel's Shoe - now complete thanks to the design skills of Kelly Walsh at Libros International!

We are finally in the last stage of production as Rachel's Shoe has been 'uploaded' to the printers. They will now produce a full proof of the whole book and Libros senior editor Carol Cole will check this when she returns from vacation on the 16th of October. Hopefully all will be OK, in which case a few days later the first print run can be done and it will appear for sale on Amazon.

If you have placed an advanced order, your copy will be in the first print run and posted to me shortly after. So around the end of this month I will be signing and posting your copies out to you. Many thanks for your patience with the publishing process.

In the worst case, if the proof is not correct we may need to wait a little longer whilst it is corrected and a proof printed again. Let's hope that doesn't happen and copies are available in a few weeks (I seem to have been saying that for ages!).

If you haven't placed an advance order but would like to, you can do this on the www.rachelsshoe.com website on the 'Contact' page.

Looking for another book around the same era? Why not buy 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' from Amazon at the same time as 'Rachel's Shoe'? It is quite different in style but an excellent book if you are interested in the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, in particular Guernsey.

I will post the latest news here, thanks for your interest!

Pete

Peter Lihou
Author, Rachel's Shoe
peter@rachelsshoe.com