They’re here!
A few days ago my author’s advance copies of DotA arrived via FedEx from Cambridge University Press. After cracking open the box and peeling away the cellophane, I decided to head out of town to make a few deliveries to friends and family. As I’m still on the road, I’ve decided to postpone my usual weekly post. I’ll be back in a couple of days with a couple of new entries (on the future of publishing, aviation films, and some odds & ends). Check back later for the new stuff.
In the meantime, a quick check this morning of the Cambridge University Press website indicates that the Press now has the book in stock. [Books should be on their way to Amazon and other on-line book retailers very soon.]
So if you’ve been waiting to act, now would be a great time to order your three copies (one for home, one for the office, and one for the car!)
ScP
November 2, 2006 - 10:45 pm
[...] Scott W. Palmer. Dictatorship of the Air: Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. I followed Scott’s advice, but as I don’t have a car or an office, I ended up with only one copy
It looks like a worthy companion to Corn and Fritzsche, and indeed, now that it’s finally arrived (only 3 months after I ordered it, thanks Amazon.co.uk) I plan to read it alongside those standard works on national airmindedness. air-minded, adj. [...]