| 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 8/20/24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Orders | Status Update | Anticipated Ship Date |
| 100 Years of Portland Christian School | Shipped | Summer 2024 |
| Alvan Macauley of Packard Detroit’s Forgotten Automotive Pioneer | Shipped | Summer 2024 |
| Black Ball in Evansville | Shipped | Fall of 2024 |
| 200 Years – The Bicentennial of Johnson County, Indiana | Shipped | Winter 2023 |
| Atlanta Police Department 150th Anniversary Yearbook | Shipped | Winter 2023 |
| Chesapeake, VA Fire Department | Designing | Winter 2024 |
| Colorado State Patrol 90th Anniversary | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2025 |
| County of Los Angeles 175th Set | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2025 |
| Delaware State Police 100th Anniversary | Taking Pre-Orders | Spring 2025 |
| 50 Years of Ford F-150 | At Press | Winter 2024 |
| Honor First: A Visual History of the United States Border Patrol | Shipped | Fall 2024 |
| International Association of Fire Chief’s | Shipped | Summer 2024 |
| Mesa Police Department | Shipped | Fall 2024 |
| New Jersey State Police 100th Anniversary | Taking Pre-Orders | Spring 2025 |
| Orange County, FL Sheriff’s Office | Taking Pre-orders | Spring 2025 |
| Orlando Police Department 2024 History/Yearbook | Designing | Winter 2024 |
| Phoenix Fire Department 2023 Yearbook | Shipped | Winter 2023 |
| Plano, Texas Police Department 2024 | Designing | Winter 2024 |
| Portland Fire & Rescue | Shipped | Spring 2024 |
| Pueblo, CO Police Department | Shipped | Summer 2024 |
| Sacramento Metro Fire | Shipped | Summer 2024 |
| SAN FRANCISCO FIRE APPARATUS 1849 – 2010: HAND DRAWN – HORSE DRAWN – MOTORIZED | Designing | Winter 2024 |
| San Jose Fire Department | Shipped | Winter 2023 |
| Santa Clara Fire Department | Designing | Winter 2024 |
| The Adventures of Hunter Nicholas | Shipped | Feburary 2024 |
| THE SAGA OF THE WILLY’S AERO: FROM SECOND FIDDLE TO THE JEEP TO PROUDLY WEARING THE FORD BADGE | Shipped | Summer 2024 |
| We Love you Beatles – WHY THE FAB FOUR STILL MATTER TO THEIR HOOSIER FANS | Shipped | Summer 2024 |
| We’re Loading Up the Box | Taking Pre-Orders | Summer 2025 |
| 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. |