Tanknet Authors (by popular request)

[Corinthian]

Tony W, I must ask: Is that you in the cover of "Scales"?

[Tony Williams]

Tony W, I must ask: Is that you in the cover of "Scales"?

 

 

Sadly not - I look much older and less interesting - as you can see at the end of THIS article on publishing fiction.

 

The "cover model" is a friend of Oleg Volk, the graphic designer who did the cover for me.

 

Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion forum

[Guest Charles]

Any idea when it may be published?

 

Like Catalan, any dates yet Ken?. This would make a great stable mate to Bob's Conqueror. The 2 big Heavies, M103 and Conq.

2 of my favorite AFV.

 

Charles

[Kenneth P. Katz]

It appears that Harry Yeide's book about the 6th Army Group in WWII is now available.

[Old Tanker]

It appears that Harry Yeide's book about the 6th Army Group in WWII is now available.

 

Good ! I've read all his other books and I'll buy this one also.

[Kenneth P. Katz]

My book has been retitled "B-52G/H Stratofortress in Action" and has a target publication date of October 2007. Several online/mail order outfits are already offering it for sale but it has not yet been printed.

[Kenneth P. Katz]

I received my author's copies today. I'm not the most objective reviewer, but it looks like a nice book.

[Ken Estes]

I received my author's copies today. I'm not the most objective reviewer, but it looks like a nice book.

 

Heartiest congrats, Ken!

 

Like Catalan, any dates yet Ken?. This would make a great stable mate to Bob's Conqueror. The 2 big Heavies, M103 and Conq.

2 of my favorite AFV.

 

Charles

Sorry to have missed the Qs, in my last discussions with Osprey we talked about my delivering at end/2008; depending on my current project from Hell and potential backlogs, it could easily slip to spring 2009.

[Tony Williams]

Just to alert you all that the latest effort from Max and myself - Machine Gun - went off to the publisher's last week. This has the same format as the Assault Rifle book, and covers the history of machine guns, their technical design, lots on the ammo (of course) and a country-by-country survey of MG development, plus detailed descriptions of the principal models.

 

The publishers will now format it into page proofs before sending it to us for checking and indexing. That takes quite a while, so I expect that the book will hit the shops some time in the New Year.

[Tiornu]

RAISING THE RED BANNER is scheduled for a Jan 20th release. It is a warship reference covering the major Soviet classes 1920-1945, with 240 photos. Surely you must buy a copy or be forever doomed to ceaseless remorse. You can pre-order at Amazon.uk or almost any Amazon except Amazon US, for some reason.

[yak_v]

RAISING THE RED BANNER is scheduled for a Jan 20th release. It is a warship reference covering the major Soviet classes 1920-1945, with 240 photos. Surely you must buy a copy or be forever doomed to ceaseless remorse. You can pre-order at Amazon.uk or almost any Amazon except Amazon US, for some reason.

 

The book has been published. Got my author's copy yesterday and I'm very pleased with the way it came out, very good printing quality, good paper, hard cover.

 

 

Full cover:

http://russiannavy.net/misc/Banner_CVR.pdf

 

Synopsis from Amazon

This is the extraordinary story of the foundation of what would become the major threat to the West during the Cold War - built by the Bolsheviks from nothing. There are more than 200 photographs, most unpublished. It includes all classes of battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and other surface vessels, with full specifications including builders, tonnage, speed, and armament. There is no other book available for the naval enthusiast on this subject, because the information was buried - despite the fact that, for example, the Soviet Union had more submarines than the Germans and the Americans put together at the start of World War II.This is a truly unique volume on a neglected area of military history. At the revolution, the Tsar's navy, such as it was, was obsolete and scattered, much of it never to return home. From a standing start a huge fleet was built by the Bolsheviks, who were obliged to deal with the West: engines from Italy, warship plans and gun turrets from Germany (in exchange for 3.5 million tons of food and materiel as late as February 1940).

 

Stalin himself took a deadly, keen interest, insisting for example that at the last moment the boilers on a new Soviet destroyer class were repositioned. It was done! The pictorial content alone of "Raising the Red Banner" is of immense interest to naval enthusiasts and students of WWII.

 

Since the book was published in UK it is availble on European and Canadian Amazons right now, through the publisher promiced that it will be availble in US, through I don't have the timeframe for it. Right now it is available here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raising-Red-Banner...5093&sr=1-1

 

Vladimir

[FlyingCanOpener]

Since the book was published in UK it is availble on European and Canadian Amazons right now, through the publisher promiced that it will be availble in US, through I don't have the timeframe for it. Right now it is available here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raising-Red-Banner...5093&sr=1-1

 

Vladimir

 

*grumble grumble grumble*

 

I will pick it up when it comes out here in the States, rest assured! (If for no other reason than to avoid ceaseless remorse! )

[Tony Williams]

 

The new book Machine Gun by Max Popenker and myself is now being advertised by the publishers, The Crowood Press. It's due out in July.

[yak_v]

*grumble grumble grumble*

 

I will pick it up when it comes out here in the States, rest assured! (If for no other reason than to avoid ceaseless remorse! )

 

It has finally became available for pre-order on US Amazon, so order away . The availability date on the book is 1 Nov 2008.

http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Red-Banner-P...5093&sr=1-1

 

Vladimir

[Tony Williams]

 

The new book Machine Gun by Max Popenker and myself is now being advertised by the publishers, The Crowood Press. It's due out in July.

 

I have received some copies of the book, and was pleasantly surprised to see that all of the photos are in colour (at least, those that originally were!).

[toadmanstankpictures]

I did all of the color photography for this one:

 

 

 

Does that count?

 

It's due out this September.

[Guest ddoyle]

Greetings! My most recently published book is Warman's Guide to Vietnam Collectibles, published by Krause. Going to print today is M26 Walk Around, and next month M42 Duster Walk Around, both published by Squadron. Somewhere in the mix is Heavy Wrecker, a Visual History of the US Army's Wheeled and Tracked Wreckers 1940-1949, by Ampersand.

 

Other books of mine include:

 

88 - a Visual History of the German 8.8 cm Flak Guns of WWII.

High Speed Tractor - a Visual History

Dragon Wagon - a Visual History

Standard Catalog of US Military Vehicles, second edition

Standard Catalog of German Military Vehicles

Field Guide to US Military Vehicles

Military Tech Armor Number 1 - M5A1 Stuart

Military Tech Armor Number 2 - M41 Walker Bulldog

AFVisual - The M36

AFVisual - The M3 Lee

AFVisual - The Duster

AFVisual - The Stuart

AFVisual - Late War U.S. Tanks

 

Numerous articles in various periodicals such as Allied-Axis, Military Vehicles Magazine, Classic Military Vehicles, Army Motors, AirModeller, AFVModeller, Tamiya Model Magazine, Militaria XX Wieku, Armia, Militaries Vehiculares. Before this, I operated a hobby shop and collected military vehicles as my hobby. As to advice to others, be prepared for long hours, low pay, and being a lot of work in order to build this into something that can be relied on to put food on the table.

 

Best wishes,

David Doyle

[Mk 1]

Man o' man, I have GOT to check this thread more often!

 

Wow. Congrats, Vlad. Congrats, Richard.

RAISING THE RED BANNER is scheduled for a Jan 20th release. It is a warship reference covering the major Soviet classes 1920-1945, with 240 photos. Surely you must buy a copy or be forever doomed to ceaseless remorse. You can pre-order at Amazon.uk or almost any Amazon except Amazon US, for some reason.

It has finally became available for pre-order on US Amazon, so order away . The availability date on the book is 1 Nov 2008.

Hmmm. You know, some of us have birthdays in November.

 

Some of us, who have spent years building their collections of autographed books, have birthdays in November.

 

Hint hint hint....

http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Red-Banner-P...5093&sr=1-1

 

(My wife may be directed to find this thread some time prior to my birthday...)

 

-Mark 1

[Kenneth P. Katz]

David:

 

Nice work. I have several of your publications and saw the new Squadron publications in the hobby shop yesterday. They look great. I also write for Squadron. They published my B-52 book last year and I have a few others in work.

 

Ken

 

Greetings! My most recently published book is Warman's Guide to Vietnam Collectibles, published by Krause. Going to print today is M26 Walk Around, and next month M42 Duster Walk Around, both published by Squadron. Somewhere in the mix is Heavy Wrecker, a Visual History of the US Army's Wheeled and Tracked Wreckers 1940-1949, by Ampersand.

 

Other books of mine include:

 

88 - a Visual History of the German 8.8 cm Flak Guns of WWII.

High Speed Tractor - a Visual History

Dragon Wagon - a Visual History

Standard Catalog of US Military Vehicles, second edition

Standard Catalog of German Military Vehicles

Field Guide to US Military Vehicles

Military Tech Armor Number 1 - M5A1 Stuart

Military Tech Armor Number 2 - M41 Walker Bulldog

AFVisual - The M36

AFVisual - The M3 Lee

AFVisual - The Duster

AFVisual - The Stuart

AFVisual - Late War U.S. Tanks

 

Numerous articles in various periodicals such as Allied-Axis, Military Vehicles Magazine, Classic Military Vehicles, Army Motors, AirModeller, AFVModeller, Tamiya Model Magazine, Militaria XX Wieku, Armia, Militaries Vehiculares. Before this, I operated a hobby shop and collected military vehicles as my hobby. As to advice to others, be prepared for long hours, low pay, and being a lot of work in order to build this into something that can be relied on to put food on the table.

 

Best wishes,

David Doyle

[shep854]

David Doyle, welcome to TankNet! Your books have provided much ammo for debates here (sometimes by both sides at the same time! )

 

I think it's safe to say we all look forward to your direct input.

[Guest ddoyle]

David Doyle, welcome to TankNet! Your books have provided much ammo for debates here (sometimes by both sides at the same time! )

 

I think it's safe to say we all look forward to your direct input.

 

Sorry for the belated "thanks for the welcome guys" - I've rather had my nose to the grindstone lately. However, things should slow down a bit between Thanksgiving and New Years, and I should be able to chime in from time to time.

 

Best wishes,

David

[ShotMagnet]

Welcome aboard, Mr. Doyle. I've been an admirer of your works for some time.

 

 

Shot

[Guest ddoyle]

Welcome aboard, Mr. Doyle. I've been an admirer of your works for some time.

Shot

 

Thanks! I've had a couple of books released recently by Squadron/Signal Publications - a Walk Around of US Motorcycles in WWII, and a Walk Around of the Cadillac Gage V-100.

 

Best wishes,

David Doyle

Edited December 10, 2008 by ddoyle

[Tony Williams]

And now for something completely different....

 

As a seasonal pressie, you can download a free copy of the ebook version of my SF/thriller novel Scales, from HERE

[Kenneth P. Katz]

I see you have two more that were just released. You certainly are productive!

 

Thanks! I've had a couple of books released recently by Squadron/Signal Publications - a Walk Around of US Motorcycles in WWII, and a Walk Around of the Cadillac Gage V-100.

 

Best wishes,

David Doyle