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Dear Customer The books were printed and were delivered in time for me to commence packing for despatch of all backorders on Tuesday 20th June as I promised you. However, once delivered, upon inspection, it became apparent that the books had not only been printed on paper of a (slightly) inferior quality than requested, but the colour of the paper was cream, not white! (See the CQB website & Facebook page, for a photo of NQR alongside Gentleman &Warrior to highlight the difference).  The paper selected was not requested by me, and the printers (CPI Antony Rowe Ltd., a large...

NQR has been printed and bound, and will soon be reaching us for urgent despatch to all our very patient customers.  The attached photograph is of the book making its way through production.

DATE FOR DESPATCH OF FIRST ORDERS: 20TH JUNE 2017 Unfortunately, a couple of items arose during the pre-production preparation of NQR, which resulted in a delay of over a week in the start of the printing cycle. NQR is not a digitally printed book - it is printed in the traditional Litho Press method, partly to enhance the quality of the photographs within. I would like to apologise, and currently putting on a lot of weight due to the amount of "humble pie" I am having to eat! Unfortunately, the delays meant I couldn't get a firm date for a...

I wanted to reiterate a communication I made much earlier on; that because of the extremely expensive fees in the weight/size scale of Royal Mail, any orders for NQR + other products (including G&W), will be sent together. That may result in a slight delay, but I felt that would be better for customers than charging approximately a further 50% (!) shipping to break the orders and fulfil them separately. Small consolation, but I am looking to source as much as possible away from Royal Mail in the future. Thank you all for your patience.  

On this hot and sticky bank-holiday weekend, I can confirm that the printers are working hard to get the book delivered to me asap. I have also included (in the product section) just a tiny snippet (one page) of a couple of chapters. (Its on the NQR page). Originally, I was hoping to have two print runs underway at more or less the same time; one in the UK and one in the USA. Unfortunately, this hasn't been possible (though it will happen in a few months). In the meantime, anyone who orders from the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand...