Black Cross/Red Star, Volume 4 has been sent to the printer! The hardcover edition with aircraft color profiles etc will arrive here on September 25, according to the printer.
https://vaktelforlag.se/produkt/blac...ban-1942-1943/
Then I will post all the pre-ordered books immediately, without any delay!
Yes, everyone who has ordered a signed copy from me at
vaktelforlag@gmail.com will receive a hardcover copy with aircraft color profiles etc.
I am publishing this entirely by myself, and have no economic means for marketing etc. Also, I have not been able to get a book distributor in the United States. That is the reason why in the United States there is only a soft-cover edition without any aircraft color profiles available via Ingram Spark. But io course, people living in the United States who order the book from me, will receive the hardcover edition with aircraft color profiles etc.
All help to spread the word about the book on the Internet, etc, and to ask book stores and museums etc to purchase the book will be received with the greatest gratitude. This book series is, in fact, living from hand to mouth, and each subsequent volume is totally dependant on the success of the previous volume, and its crowdfunding.
Anyone who can find a new crowdfunder (who has not crowdfunded Vol. 4), willing to order a copy of Volume 5 at the crowdfunder price of USD$ 100, gets a 10 % discount off my price of USD$ 60 from me on that volume. Please ask any new crowdfunder (or anyone who wishes to order a signed hardcopy Volume 5 at my regular price of USD$ 60) to e-mail me at
vaktelforlag@gmail.com
I will e-mail all of you when the book is here.
Anyone of you who has not ordered a personally signed copy of Volume 4, is welcome to do so at
vaktelforlag@gmail.com
The price is USD$ 60 - or USD$ 100 in crowdfunding - plus USD$ 25 in shipping.
Black Cross/Red Star, Volume 4 is large format, 384 pages, and contains twice as much text as in any of the previous volumes.
It is illustrated with:
* 380 photographs, many of which have never been published before because they are from pilot veterans’ private photo albums.
* Many very clear maps: Probably every single place mentioned in the book is on the maps.
* Aircraft color profiles by Jim Laurier.
* Appendices with e.g. the true aircraft losses on both sides, month by month.
* Photos of most aircraft mentioned in the book on the inside of the dustjacket.
Front cover painting by Jerry Boucher.
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