| Where is my pre-ordered book? This is a frequent question from our customers. This is because most of our orders are PRE-ORDERS. And YES it can take up to and in some cases over a year to produce a book. By pre-ordering the book, you receive approximately a 20% discount off the final retail price and you can customize your book with cover upgrades or personalization. These options are not available after the book has been released. Below is a list of status updates for our current projects. We strive to keep your book project moving in the production process once it has been sent to us for design or manufacturing. However, there are various reasons why your book my be delayed in being published. They may include: • Not enough pre-orders. Sometimes we do not put a book into full production until we reach a certain number of pre-orders. Your book may be one of these. If you mailed in a check, these monies are kept in a separate account specifically for your book project. All Pre-Orders will be charged at the time of ordering. Please see below the current shipping schedule for your Pre-Ordered book. • Most of our books are sponsored by a third party organization, like a historical society, local union, fire or police department and in some cases an individual author. And mostly, the content of the book is being edited or compiled by a book committee. Due to conflicting schedules, sometimes it takes the committee longer to submit the original materiel for production or to return a proof to us for final manufacturing. This is no one person’s fault. 99.9% of the book committee members are volunteers and they are striving to get the book done as much as we are. We will be glad to provide you information on how to contact your book project’s committee if you want to hurry them along. • Although rare, there may gave been a problem in manufacturing. Things like downtime at the printing facility or a truck breaking down during shipment, a late discovered error and even the weather may effect the publication of the book. Rest assured that we are working as quickly as possible to get things back on the right track. • There may be a problem with your particular book. If you ordered a personalized book, it may have been damaged in shipment to us from the printing facility or we have discovered a manufacturing error with your book and we are having it corrected and new book personalized. • We may be waiting for additional information from you. Do you have a new credit card number or shipping address? Although we make every effort to keep your account current, things may change between the time you place your order and when the book ships. Please make sure we have the most up-to-date information so that your shipment is not delayed. • It is in the mail. Seriously. Our standard shipping usually takes 7-10 days through the USPS. When a book arrives from the printer in our office, we ship individual orders as soon as possible. Typically all pre-orders for a title are shipped to individuals within a week of them arriving in our office. If your friends are receiving their books, please be patient. Chances are yours will arrive in a few days. If not, give us a call. Perhaps there was a problem with your order. Below is a list of anticipated ship dates for our publications in Pre-Order Status. This is updated about once a month. If you at any time need more information, please feel free to contact us. |
| Updated 2/6/26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Orders | Status Update | Anticipated Ship Date |
| A Time of Year: Seasons of Indiana | Shipped | Summer 2025 |
| Arvada Fire Protection District | Designing | Spring 2026 |
| Chesapeake, VA Fire Department | Shipped | Fall 2025 |
| Colorado State Patrol 90th Anniversary | Shipped | Summer 2025 |
| Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office 175th Yearbook | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2026 |
| County of Los Angeles 175th Set | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2026 |
| Dallas Fire-Rescue 150th | Shipped | Fall 2025 |
| Delaware State Police 100th Anniversary | Shipped | December 2025 |
| Elk Grove, CA Police Department 2025 | Taking Pre-Orders | Fall 2026 |
| Hampton, VA Fire & Rescue | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2025 |
| Historic Sketches of Logan County, OH | Taking Pre-Orders | Spring 2026 |
| Firehouses of North America | At Press | Spring 2026 |
| History of New York City Firehouses Vol 1 – Manhattan | Taking Pre-Orders | Winter 2026 |
| Huntsville, AL Police Department Yearbook 2025 | Taking Pre-Orders | Spring 2026 |
| Lexington, KY Fire Department History/Yearbook 2025 | Taking Pre-Orders | Fall 2026 |
| Long Beach Police Department 2026 | Taking Pre-Orders | Fall 2026 |
| New Jersey State Police 100th Anniversary | Shipped | March/April 2025 |
| Orange County, FL Sheriff’s Office | Shipped | December 2025 |
| Orlando Police Department 2024 History/Yearbook | Shipped | March 2025 |
| The Orlando Fire Department 140th Yearbook | Taking Pre-Orders | Fall 2026 |
| Palm Beach County Fire Rescue 40th Anniversary Commemorative Edition 1984 – 2024 | Taking Pre-Orders | Spring 2026 |
| Peoria Fire-Medical Department | Taking Pre-Orders | Fall 2026 |
| Plano, Texas Fire Department 2025 | Designing | Spring 2026 |
| Plano, Texas Police Department 2024 | Shipped | January 2025 |
| SAN FRANCISCO FIRE APPARATUS 1849 – 2010: HAND DRAWN – HORSE DRAWN – MOTORIZED | Shipped | Summer 2025 |
| San Francisco Sheriff’s 175th Anniversary History/Yearbook | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2026 |
| Santa Clara Fire Department | Shipped | April 2025 |
| THE CENTURIONS’ SHIELD: VOLUME II | Shipped | January 2026 |
| The War – Its Upon Us: New Harmony, IN and the Civil War | Taking Pre-Orders | Spring 2026 |
| Voices of Elmood | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2026 |
| We’re Loading Up the Box | Shipped | December 2025 |
| Wichita Falls, TX Police Department 2025 | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2026 |
| What does the Status Mean | ||
| Taking Pre-Orders | The client/author/organization behind the project is compiling the material and organizing while M.T. accepts orders for the anticipated book. | Ship dates are approximate based on an educated guess of when the material will be submitted for publishing. |
| Designing/Approving Design | The book material has been received by M.T. for design and/or the client/author/organization behind the project has the design proof in hand and M.T. is waiting on approval for printing. | |
| At Press | The book material has been approved for printing and is currently being manufactured. Books usually ship 6-8 weeks from being sent to press. | |
| Shipping | M.T. is in the process of shipping books to individuals that have pre-ordered. | |
| On-Hold/Waiting on Material | The client/author/organization who is sponsoring the book has hit a snag in compiling and submitting the material to M.T. |