26 June 2020
Book 7
Because of Covid19 I have been able to devote an enormous amount of time to researching the latest book Government and Municipal Buses of Australia. So instead of being finished in September I am wrapping it up now. I have the quote back from the printers (Australian of course) and I can provide a soft cover edition to you for $85 presale price +P&H which includes a donation to the Stroke Foundation.
10 May 2020
Shout out in NSW Parliament
Thanks to my local State Member of Parliament who acknowledged my Stroke Foundation Creative Award by having my achievement read into Hansard from the floor of the Parliament.
05 May 2020
Stroke Foundation Creative Award
The 2020 Stroke Foundation Awards were an online event this year. However even though I didn't get dressed up and attend an awards event I still was thrilled to have won the Annual Creative Award from the Stroke Foundation. I was acknowledged for my work creating this series of books post-stroke. A photo of the award is in the latest book Government and Municipal Buses of Australia
12 November 2019
Pre-Orders are almost all delivered
Almost all the pre-ordered books have been delivered and now the price will revert to the RRP Soft Cover - $126.00 Hard Cover: $159.00. Stock is available from us or other stockists.
13 September
GBNF 6 - Regional NSW
Pre-Orders are being taken for GBNF 6. Pre-orders allow me to order an accurate number of books from the printer. Lowering the price for early birds and maximizing the amount given to the Stroke Foundation.
CLOSES 30 SEPTEMBER The RRP will be considerably higher so get in quick.
18 Sep 18
GBNF 5 - Melbourne is now printed
The books have arrived and pre-print prices are finished.
Price now for the remaining books is $120
We also have reprinted Books 1 3 and 4 Limited number are available now.
31 May 2018
Orders are now being taken
Submit your pre-order for a Spring 2018 delivery to get the special pre-order price.
4 March 2018
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN GBNF 5 - Lost Liveries of Melbourne Route Buses
The book will be released in Spring - prices will be available in July when we will confirm with you your continued interest.
3 March 2018
ASK ABOUT REPRINTS
I am looking at doing some small runs of reprints. Please register your interest before September 2018.
GBNF 1 - Sydney Route Buses
GBNF 3 - Australia's Tourist Coaches
GBNF 4 - Australia's Express Coaches
List the titles your are interested in.
19 September 2017
GBNF4 - EXPRESS COACHES Reserved copies being delivered now
All copies now are reverting to RRP $99.95
20 May 2017
NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK
GBNF 4 - Australia's Long Distance Bus is nearly finished. Reserve your copy now.
12 February 17
SOLD OUT
The last book has been sold and is being posted out now. Other resellers have also sold out, the Railfan shop might have some or AlcoWorld at Ingleburn NSW.
4 December 2016 On Way but a little delayed There has been a little delay at the printers but they should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. Then the packing begins! 22 Nov 2016 At the Printers now! The printers (Adelaide) have advised us that the books should arrive to Padstow by 1 Dec 16.We will post them as soon as possible after that date for those who have already settled. Best regards and thanks for your patience, 23 Sep 16 GBNF 3 - Ready for pre orders We have the printing costs now and the volume will compliment the GBNF series. It's a huge book and postage costs are quite high because of this. 1.3 kg for the soft cover and 1.4 kg for the hard cover. Therefore, we can only get 2 books per 3 kg satchel or 3 books for a 5kg satchel. We have used a thinner gsm paperweight (130) to reduce the weight. We can't do much about that unfortunately. When you pre-order please state if its hard or soft cover and where you found out about the book. Pre Orders close on 15 Oct 16, so please don't delay to get the special price. Aftert this date the books will be available at the RRP. It's exciting and we trust you like it. 11 November 2015 Off to the Printers Book two- Australia's All Over Advertising Buses is now being printed.Nearly 400 books were pre-ordered. All the invoices have been dispatched and much of the revenue has been forwarded to the printers. 31 Aug 2015 Book 2! The Second Book is being finalised. It features almost five hundred full colour photographs of advertising buses. Introduced in the eighties, these photos follow almost forty years of commercials on coaches and buses. 27 May Publicity has been amazing . Some great articles have been written in ABC Magazine (Australiasian Bus and Coach). And also in Bus and Coach Magazine. http://www.busnews.com.au/industry-news/1505/nsw-bus-book-a-hit/ Bus and Coach Article 19 May They are all Delivered All the preorders have been delivered and the spare copies have been snapped up. Only the resellers have copies left. So get in quick! 30 April $5000 presented to the Stroke Foundation $10 from the sale of every book has gone to the National Stroke Foundation and as all our books have been distributed a cheque for $5500 was presented to NSF at the launch. This also included a $500 donation from Scania Australia. 28 April The mail out is nearly finished We are down to the last 40 books to distribute. All have been accounted for and some were posted to places like Canada, UK, Macau and Singapore. 13 April Book Launch Over 60 people attended the launch of the book. It was held in the Stroke Ward at Bankstown Hospital and representatives of the National Stroke Foundation attended with many leaders in the Bus and Coach Industry. Family and friends were there too and a lovely lunch followed. 3 March Transport NSW on-line shop Transport NSW Online shop will be carrying a number of copies after easter. 2 March Pre-order sales have closed Thank you all for your support and the final numbers are 402 copies ordered. 27 February A Big thank you to Scania Australia A Big thank you to Scania Australia who have made an additional donation of $500 to the National Stroke Foundation with their order. 21 February The files have been sent to the publisher. A very exciting week of orders and last minute polishing. All done .. till I get to read and reread the proof. 20 February Orders are now over 300. With over a week to go the print order will have to be revised. 11 February First Orders from the Website come in. Well it works. The form on the contact page sends the orders right to my phone. Amazing. Orders up to 228. 10 February The Website goes live I wasn't going to make a website but Amanda talked me into it. www.gbnf.com.au 08 February Requests hit 200 copies The pre-order system seems to be working well and I have 200 copies pre-ordered which makes self-publishing a lot less risky. 06 February Flyer sent off to be included in BusNSW Bulletin 950 copies of the flyer have been printed to be an insert in the latest BusNSW Bulletin 05 February Assistance with getting the word out. BusInsure have offered to promote my book in their next newsletter. The Hurstville "Bustards" have been spreading the word quickly through the world of bus enthusiasts. 04 February Minister for Transport contributes a foreword. The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian has written a foreword to my book and it gets added today. 24 January Invitations to reserve a copy go out. As this is a self published venture I have promised my wife Amanda she will not have to dust a pile of unsold books forever. So pre-ordering will be the way I make sure production is closely matched to demand. After they are sold there may be an opportunity to order more, but these will be at a much higher price.
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