Tiger der Division 'Totenkopf' by Wolfgang Schneider

[Jan-Hendrik]

Just received this e-mail by Mr.Schneider:

Liebe Freunde gepanzerter Literatur!

Anbei übersende ich Ihnen das Subskriptionsangebot der Truppengeschichte der
Tigerkompanie der SS-Division „Totenkopf“ und würde mich freuen, wenn Sie
durch Ihre Vorbestellung das Projekt unterstützen.

Nicht einfach ist es – das zeigen die Erfahrungen der letzten Jahre – die
benötigte Auflagengröße zu bestimmen; schließlich schlagen die Druckkosten -
zumal mit Farbteil - beträchtlich zu Buche. Ich bitte Sie daher, möglichst
bis spätestens Anfang September zu überweisen, denn dann kann ich noch die
endgültige Festlegung der zu druckenden Exemplare treffen.
Als kleinen Anreiz wird eine meiner Töchter für die ersten 100 Vorbesteller
(Datum des Zahlungseingangs) zehn Buchgeschenk-Gutscheine mit freier Auswahl
aus meinem Sortiment auslosen. Hierzu stifte ich auch noch ein Exemplar des
längst vergriffenen Band I von „Tiger im Kampf“!

It will have 350 pages in Size of "Tiger in Combat", this time even with 15 pages of colour photos. Pre-order price will be 48 Euro, the Price when it comes to the shops in November will be 55 Euros.

For questions and orders please use SAR[at]tank-data.de

My opinion: will be definitly one of the books of the year!!

Jan-Hendrik

[Jan-Hendrik]

Final outcome will be this way:

352 pages, of 16 in colour, 650 pictures , possibly avaiable in end of October...pre-orders are possible till October begins

Jan-Hendrik

[Jan-Hendrik]

First copies should get delivered in the end of next week

Jan-Hendrik

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi Guys,

Let's get this right - 352 pages, of which 16 in colour, and 650 pictures on a single W-SS tank company?

Cheers,

Sid.

[Daniel L]

Emailed for ordering of one copy. I hope it covers the battle for Kharkov well.

/Daniel

[Jan-Hendrik]

Hi Guys,

Let's get this right - 352 pages, of which 16 in colour, and 650 pictures on a single W-SS tank company?

Cheers,

Sid.

688 pages, several hundres of pictures on a single Heer Panzerabteilung

Jan-Hendrik

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi J-H,

Almost as extreme! They both seem like publishing specialization beyond any reasonable proportionality to their importance. But then there's a lot of it about!

Cheers,

Sid.

[kamehouse]

Any hope of a translation?I absolutely loved reading Das Reich Tigers by Mr Schneider.

[Daniel L]

I got my book a couple of weeks ago. Highly recommended! Regarding pages and photos, if the information and material is there I see no reason why it should not be published! We should be grateful that thee are people putting together books like this, I know I am.

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi D. L,

I agree. ".....if the information and material is there" I ,too, "see no reason why it should not be published!"

However, the mere fact that information exists in enormous detail is not a recommendation in itself for publication.

Beyond pure commercialism, ideally there ought to be some inherent merit in a subject having so many scarce publishing recources devoted to it when there are other more important subjects yet un- or inadequately addressed.

You see such inherent merit in this book, which is fine. Each to his own.

Cheers,

Sid.

[Dutto1]

Hi

Apparently JJ Fedorowicz are going to publish the book in english this year check their website for details

Regards

Dutto1

[kamehouse]

Hi

Apparently JJ Fedorowicz are going to publish the book in english this year check their website for details

Regards

Dutto1

It is a wonderful news!Unfortunately ,I can't find anything on their website.Would you have a link by any chance?

[Dutto1]

Hi

I dont have a link ive just been on their website look under new stuff and there is updates on projects it says the Totenkopf project is going well as well as a new Memoir is going to be announced.

Regards

Dutto1

[Nicolai]

It's mentioned twice on their "New stuff" page:

GOOD NEWS: To make up for the previous disappointment, we are very pleased to announce that we have completed an agreement to publish in English Wolfgang Schneider's new book on the Totenkopf Tigers. Translation is proceeding and we hope to have it in the first half of 2010, maybe even earlier. Please do not order this, when it is close to publishing we will have a pre-publication offer for it.

Work in progress: The volume on Totenkopf Tigers is progressing well; we will have more information on it in about two weeks. Additionally, in about 2 weeks we will also announce another new book, a very nice personal memoir. Two other projects have been just started and they will be announced in 2 or 3 months. All we have to hope for is that the world economy improves and these projects can be completed reasonably quickly.

[Nicolai]

I guess the whole "first half of 2010" thing didn't work out.