Thanks for the offer, it’s much appreciated, but I don’t want to put you to that trouble. I’ll just use the website for my presentation and say that the book will be available in the shops eventually and that I’ll let the attendees know when it is. That would be better than showing them something they can’t actually buy at the moment.

Thanks

Tony

I’ll chase today.

Can I suggest you check one alternative? If you have a Waterstones near you, ask if they have copies yet. When I asked Waterstones in Reading last week, they said copies were due imminently.

If all else fails, I will post a copy to you.

Another update from Amazon…

“We are sorry to report that the following items have been delayed:

Shel Holtz (Author), Neville Hobson (Author) “How to Do Everything
with Podcasting (How to Do Everything)” [Paperback]
Estimated arrival date: 07/08/07 - 13/08/07″

Tony

“We are sorry to report that the following items have been delayed:

Shel Holtz (Author), Neville Hobson (Author) “How to Do Everything
with Podcasting (How to Do Everything)” [Paperback]
Estimated arrival date: 21/07/07 - 25/07/07

For your reference, here is a summary of your order:

1 of Shel Holtz (Author), Neville Hobson (Author) “How to Do
Everything with Podcasting (How to Do Everything)”
Usually dispatched in 4-6 weeks (but may not be available at all)”

I’m assuming the last part is some sort of mistake!

I’ve already downloaded the sample chapter, it was very good, hence the query about you doing a full length version.

Thanks

Tony

If you haven’t received the book from Amazon by, say, July 25, let me know and I’ll post a copy to you in time for your session on Aug 1.

Re an MP3 version, it’s something we have thought about. There’s already a sample chapter here you can listen to!

“We are sorry to report that there has been an unexpected delay in obtaining “How to Do Everything with Podcasting (How to Do
Everything)” which has added time to your estimated dispatch and delivery date.

We now expect your order to be delivered by July 22, 2007.

This item turned out to be in short supply and we may need some additional time to obtain this item.

We have learned that this item is now back-ordered.

I can assure you that we are working hard to obtain this item for you and we will ship it as soon as we are able to obtain it.”

I hope it doesn’t slip any further, as I’m doing a “Introduction to Podcasting” session on the first of August and I want to have the book available for people to see and browse and perhaps get their own copies. This website is also going to feature

Off topic slightly, have you had any thoughts about doing an MP3 version? I’m currently listening my way through Wikinomics and it’s excellent.

Other booksellers do have the book listed on their websites (Blackwell, for instance). But unless they physically have the book in stock - which I don’t think is the case yet, this close to publication date - I don’t think anyone will be able to ship a copy to you any quicker.

Delivery estimate: 21 Jul 2007 - 25 Jul 2007

* 1 of: How to Do Everything with Podcasting (How to Do Everything)

So it’s slipped by another 12 days and Amazon didn’t bother to notify me, which is doubly annoying. Is there another vendor in the UK who does have copies?

I would guess that, as the book didn’t start being on sale in the UK until July 1, the distribution may take a bit to catch up. Jan, you’ve just got your book - three weeks after it went on sale in the US on June 15.

In which case, Tony, that revised delivery estimate from Amazon UK looks good: two weeks after the book went on sale in the UK.