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Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Farmall Doctor » November 14, 2017, 1:01 pm

Thankyou Captain Metz for putting your stories to print! I ordered my copy of Sea Stories through my Barnes and Noble account and received it in a week.
I just finished reading it cover to cover, and re-read a few spots for good measure.. Truly engaging and of course entertaining.. lots of good chuckles along the way.
I was delighted to see the story about Oakglen (1) including your Chief engineer Ralph Morris! I met Ralph in the 1990s at an antique tractor, threshing, and steam engine show in Blyth Ontario where he used to display his collection of whistles. he was quite a character! Since I am a Farm Equipment mechanic, and collector and historian of all things International Harvester, I have special interest in the Oakglen, being it sailed as The International from '34 to '77. I have been able to get some original drawings and plan on making a large scale model in the near future.
Thanks again!!
Darryn.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Denny » October 30, 2017, 4:00 pm

Captain Metz just sent me a message the other day that my copy is on its way in the mail and should be arriving sometime this week. Very much looking forward to receiving it from him when it arrives.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by ohcaptainmycaptain » October 30, 2017, 11:26 am

Guest wrote:
GuestfromEU wrote:Brett -

I received an email from Amazon stating the pre-order was cancelled and the book will not be published for Kindle users.
Weird. I preordered a physical copy(Canadian Amazon) and have since gotten mine. I was gonna get the Ebook, but I didn't feel like having to deal with the hassle of the Kindle app.
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I've been emailing our crew to try to figure out what was going on. Here's what I have to report: The e-book should be available in about a week. We had to resubmit the files to the e-book services. Our apologies for the delay, and thanks.

Brett

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Guest » October 30, 2017, 9:55 am

GuestfromEU wrote:Brett -

I received an email from Amazon stating the pre-order was cancelled and the book will not be published for Kindle users.
Weird. I preordered a physical copy(Canadian Amazon) and have since gotten mine. I was gonna get the Ebook, but I didn't feel like having to deal with the hassle of the Kindle app.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by GuestfromEU » October 30, 2017, 8:48 am

Brett -

I received an email from Amazon stating the pre-order was cancelled and the book will not be published for Kindle users.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Denny » October 24, 2017, 9:32 am

I just sent my order in today to Captain Metz and am anxiously awaiting the arrival of his new book by mail. Hope that he also will continue with his stories here on boatnerd as I enjoy reading them as I'm sure many others here echo my comments as well on them.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by gutenfrog » October 23, 2017, 10:46 am

GuestfromEU wrote:
ohcaptainmycaptain wrote:
RCRVRP wrote:Hi, this is Brett Ortler; I'm the editor over at Adventure Publications, which published Sea Stories.
Will there be an ebook available?
Yes. The Kindle version is available now (on Amazon), and I just checked and so is the Nook version.

Here's the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Stories-Rich ... B01NCN9FBT

And here's the Nook link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sea-st ... 1126411851#

Thanks!
Mr Ortler, when will the Kindle version be released? I pre-ordered back in September, but since then, I received four different emails from Amazon to advise me of a new release date from the publisher. October 10, 17, 24, and now 31st.

Just curious if it will be released at all for us e-readers. Being in Europe and also working aboard a ship, physical books are not a practical option for me.[/quote]

Thanks for writing. I'm asking our digital crew/ebook staff about this right now. When I hear back, I'll let you know ASAP.

Thanks and take care,

Brett

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by GuestfromEU » October 22, 2017, 4:29 am

ohcaptainmycaptain wrote:
RCRVRP wrote:Hi, this is Brett Ortler; I'm the editor over at Adventure Publications, which published Sea Stories.
Will there be an ebook available?
Yes. The Kindle version is available now (on Amazon), and I just checked and so is the Nook version.

Here's the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Stories-Rich ... B01NCN9FBT

And here's the Nook link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sea-st ... 1126411851#

Thanks![/quote]

Mr Ortler, when will the Kindle version be released? I pre-ordered back in September, but since then, I received four different emails from Amazon to advise me of a new release date from the publisher. October 10, 17, 24, and now 31st.

Just curious if it will be released at all for us e-readers. Being in Europe and also working aboard a ship, physical books are not a practical option for me.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Denny » October 7, 2017, 4:25 pm

Thanks so much for that Captain Metz as I appreciate it. I will be sending my check out soon to you and thanks for letting me know as I will be contacting you by Email when I am ready to place my order for your book. Thanks again Captain and you take care!

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by captrmetz » October 7, 2017, 7:47 am

Denny If you send me $ 17.00 and live in the U.S. I will send you my copy of Sea Stories and I will sign the copy.
Email " [email protected]

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Denny » October 5, 2017, 9:36 pm

I was in Port Huron on Tuesday but, the Barnes and Noble did not have any copies yet but they assured me that they would order them soon and have them. Eventually I will get my copy at some point even if it's not until Christmas. Just wish I could get a signed copy from Captain Metz! Just a bit off subject but, if you're traveling in the Port Huron area the B&N there still has lots of copies of this year's at least Know Your Ships book along with boat or ship cards similar to what you see in a regular card deck. Stupid me, duh I forgot to get my deck of cards this week. Guess I had a major brain freeze on me this week LOL! That's what my age does to me as I'm getting old.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Woodtick » October 5, 2017, 7:55 pm

Barnes and noble in Green Bay wi has the book, I purchased a copy
Yesterday

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by captrmetz » September 20, 2017, 8:27 pm

The Publisher of Sea Stories will ship to Canada.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Guest » September 19, 2017, 8:10 pm

I preordered mine on Amazon. :D

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by ohcaptainmycaptain » September 19, 2017, 4:04 pm

RCRVRP wrote:Hi, this is Brett Ortler; I'm the editor over at Adventure Publications, which published Sea Stories.
Will there be an ebook available?[/quote]

Yes. The Kindle version is available now (on Amazon), and I just checked and so is the Nook version.

Here's the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Stories-Rich ... B01NCN9FBT

And here's the Nook link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sea-st ... 1126411851#

Thanks!

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by RCRVRP » September 19, 2017, 3:21 pm

Hi, this is Brett Ortler; I'm the editor over at Adventure Publications, which published Sea Stories.[/quote]

Will there be an ebook available?

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by ohcaptainmycaptain » September 19, 2017, 11:07 am

Guest wrote:I see on the back cover of your book the Algoport foundering. This was when she was being towed to China to be rebuilt. What is the sigficance of that?
Hi, this is Brett Ortler; I'm the editor over at Adventure Publications, which published Sea Stories. We included the Algoport image partly because of its connection to the lakes, but mostly because of its dramatic effect. In the book, Captain Metz's fine storytelling puts the reader right into the action, and as you know, there are number of stories about wrecks and near misses. While the interior of the book is replete with photos from Captain Metz's collection (and those graciously provided by fellow sailors/boatwatchers he knows), there just aren't photos from most of those white-knuckle type of events.

Given the constant interest in ships and shipwrecks, we wanted to include the Algoport image to give folks an idea of what such a sinking actually looks like, so we jumped at the chance. The cover seemed like just the place to do so, as it certainly grabs one's attention and it really does reflect how interesting/exciting the stories in the book are.

Our end goal is to get people to read Captain Metz's work, and covers, as you might imagine, play a huge role in making that happen. Experts such as yourself will certainly notice the Algosoo, and probably the saltie on the front cover. In fact, I mentioned both of these images to our design crew when the cover was in the works, but they sold me on it this way: it's a minor inconsistency, yes, but that is a relatively small price to pay if the covers entice a whole new group of readers to pick up the book and purchase it. We went through a number of cover options, including many vintage images, and they just don't have the same visual appeal (or are not large enough to use, unfortunately).

So we opted in favor of shelf appeal. That decision was the right one, I think, as I want Captain Metz's work to be read far and wide, and this is the best way to go about it.

Brett Ortler

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Denny » September 18, 2017, 5:52 pm

Thanks for that update and information Roger. So sad and sorry to see that event being cancelled at the Maritime Center as I enjoyed the one I went to back in the late 2000s. Without looking it up I do not recall what year but, 50/50 it was in 2009 when you were up there then? That year the Authorama was excellent taking nothing away of course from other years. I recall meeting you and having my pic taken with you as well. There was also several others as well there and among them were Chris Winters who had just come out with his book on the St. Marys Challenger along with another good guy Ric Mixter and also the Out of the Blue Production folks as well. I also remember meeting a few authors that did books on the Daniel J. Morrell and Dennis Hale and one of the authors their last name was Kadar? Too bad though that the event did not last as I was really looking forward to someday making it back up there and seeing some of them. I've never got the chance to meet with some of them and my mind is drawing a blank as to some of them but, I'm sure somebody out there can help me with a few that were there in the past! One that comes to mind is Paul Beesley I believe it is from the Welland Canal area? Too bad we can't have a few authors at the Marine Marts sometime out in St. Clair as that would be a neat idea to try as far as having a few of them there. Just my thoughts, ideas and suggestions only. Thanks again Roger!

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by BigRiver » September 18, 2017, 4:18 pm

Re: Denny's post on the Port Huron Authorama. This event is no longer being held.

Re: My Sea Stories is out.

by Guest » September 18, 2017, 4:01 pm

I see on the back cover of your book the Algoport foundering. This was when she was being towed to China to be rebuilt. What is the sigficance of that?

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