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  1. Hi All - Not sure if you saw the announcement but the book is now at the printer! I’m waiting for the specific ship date but we’re are shooting for end of April. Mike
  2. Hi All - Important update: Last night I hit send on the files to the printer! I'll post a notice on MSW when I have a more specific delivery date (Friday-ish), but we are looking end of April. Thanks for everyone's patience! Mike
  3. Hi All, ok a bit of egg on my face. When asked I looked at the table of contents and didn’t see either ship referenced. Upon further reading, I realized that the Shannon is thought to have been Model 23, which Grants book makes a case against (and hence not specifically mentioned I. The TOC) Fair American is Model 60, which is not covered here but I believe will be in Volume IV. Thanks for keeping me honest! Mike
  4. @uss frolick No, I don't believe either of those models are part of the Rogers collection. Regardless, neither are covered in Volume III.
  5. @Mark P sorry - Yes! You can order now. It had to do with the estimated ship date passing. But I updated everything and it should be working again.
  6. Hi Everyone! Allow me to provide an update here. First to @Mark P, my apologies on not returning your email. I am looking into whether my spam filters are blocking emails from the website (I've had a few people mention this to me recently). To everyone, I am sorry for the repeated delays and I am embarrassed that it keeps happening. Simply stated, when I turned on pre-orders last summer (!), I thought the book was further along and that there were just some simple edits to do ahead of sending it to the printer. It was actually a much more involved process to get it print ready (note this is on me, not the author). Then, each time I think we're close, I find something else in the layout. Here's where things stand: I am expecting the final layout from the designer in the next 24-48 hours. Then we just have the dust jacket to finalize, at which point it will go to the printer and when it does, I will have a rock solid delivery date. This is not how I wanted things to go - chalk it up to some rookie mistakes on my part. But we are on track and as always thanks for your patience. Mike
  7. We are taking pre-orders now! 😁 https://seawatchbooks.com/products/the-rogers-collection-of-dockyard-models-at-the-us-naval-academy-volume-ii-the-third-rates-by-grant-walker
  8. @mtaylor and @Mike Y Great points and something I’ve been concerned about. Here’s how I plan to address those possibilities: In the event that Kotobee goes out of business, I would absolutely move everyone to the next viable platform. There are a slew of options - right now Kotobee is the best value for us to deliver this capability. In the event that SeaWatch gets sold or closes (likely not to happen for years!) I would make sure that all e-book customers get taken care of - either through contractural commitment from the buyer in a sale or through direct ownership of digital files in a shut down. My philosophy is that there should be zero risk for the customer in doing this. Mike
  9. Thanks for the feedback! Perhaps some books will be better for digital than others. And maybe we can get younger folks into the hobby this way! ;0
  10. If we did books that include plans, we'd make the plans available as physical components. Any content on CDs would actually be included with the book - one of the advantages of the digital reader is that it can include videos, PDF files, and other media.
  11. Thanks! This will evolve I'm sure. One of the neat things with the digital platform is we could include videos and such, which would be of great use in build guides. But I understand how the print could be better for those.
  12. I'm excited to announce that SeaWatch is dipping our toe into e-books! While we pride ourselves on beautiful, high quality, printed books, we must acknowledge that the digital format for books is here to stay. There are several benefits to e-books: You can zoom into pictures to get more detail You can easily travel with them There is no shipping costs to receive them (this should be of particular interest to our international readers!) They don't go out of print Our first e-book is Rob Napier's new book Caring for Ship Models: A Narrative of Thought and Application. (Thank you Rob for being open to this!) It is our intent to expand this based on author interest and I hope to next add some of our currently out-of-print books until we can get those reprinted. One thing I'm considering is that if you order an out-of-print book as an e-book, when the book is printed we can ship that to you and turn off the digital version (feel free to let us know what you think of this). A word on pricing: we do not plan on discounting e-books relative to their physical counterparts. The reason is that we believe the books - regardless of their media - have inherent value. It's their content not their physical properties. And, while there are no printing costs with digital books, there are costs in creating them, hosting them, and updating them. That said, for those that want to own both, we plan to offer a bundle at a 10% discount. Note that since our books are very visual, we are not making them available for Kindles or similar e-readers. We have have partnered with a firm called Kotobee to create our own online library and digital e-readers (currently available for Windows and Mac with iOS to follow soon). When you order an e-book, you will be sent a link to register for the reading platform. On subsequent purchases, you will see the book appear in your library automatically. As we go down this road, we are of course open to any feedback so please let us know your thoughts. Are you interested in e-books? Are there any titles you'd like to see first?
  13. Our first e-book!

     

    I'm excited to announce that SeaWatch is dipping our toe into e-books! While we pride ourselves on beautiful, high quality, printed books, we must acknowledge that the digital format for books is here to stay. There are several benefits to e-books:

     

    • You can zoom into pictures to get more detail
    • You can easily travel with them
    • There is no shipping costs to receive them (this should be of particular interest to our international readers!)
    • They don't go out of print

     

    Our first e-book is Rob Napier's new book Caring for Ship Models: A Narrative of Thought and Application. (Thank you Rob for being open to this!) It is our intent to expand this based on author interest and I hope to next add some of our currently out-of-print books until we can get those reprinted.

     

    One thing I'm considering is that if you order an out-of-print book as an e-book, when the book is printed we can ship that to you and turn off the digital version (feel free to let us know what you think of this).

     

    A word on pricing: we do not plan on discounting e-books relative to their physical counterparts. The reason is that we believe the books - regardless of their media - have inherent value. It's their content not their physical properties. And, while there are no printing costs with digital books, there are costs in creating them, hosting them, and updating them. That said, for those that want to own both, we plan to offer a bundle at a 10% discount.

     

    Note that since our books are very visual, we are not making them available for Kindles or similar e-readers. We have have partnered with a firm called Kotobee to create our own online library and digital e-readers (currently available for Windows and Mac with iOS to follow soon). When you order an e-book, you will be sent a link to register for the reading platform. On subsequent purchases, you will see the book appear in your library automatically.

     

    As we go down this road, we are of course open to any feedback so please let us know your thoughts. Are you interested in e-books? Are there any titles you'd like to see first? 

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