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I am currently working on a new Liverpool book, called ‘Red Race’, due to be released in the summer of this year.
Unlike my other main books, it will be available ONLY via my website.
‘Dynasty’ has sold very well via limited outlets (an incredible straight six months since its release in the top 10 of the FourFourTwo Football Book Chart), but as I’ve mentioned before, the profit margin in the retail market remains very low; so much so that I need to experiment with exclusive sales via www.paultomkins.com on this book, to see if I can generate sufficient income to live on (book sales being virtually my only source income).
‘Red Race’ will be a look at the (already) very eventful 2008/09 season, and how Liverpool have finally put up a title challenge; the denouement obviously depends on what happens between now and the end of May, but if Liverpool do miss out on the title (as still looks quite likely), I’ll be examining what is still needed to make that final push, and what it’s taken to win league titles in the Premiership era (for which I’ll be using some Dynasty-style analysis).
The release date of the book cannot be set in stone at this stage, depending on how the season unfolds and how long it lasts. The aim is for mid-July; earlier if possible, and August at the very latest.
The book (every copy of which will be signed) will come with a special gatefold cover, to make them a bit more unique and collectable than my usual fare. The first 100 copies will also be numbered.
• ‘Standard’ (£16.99) is a signed copy of the book, which will be posted second-class;
“From Where I Was Standing: A Liverpool supporter's view of the Heysel Stadium Tragedy”
I have also written the foreword for Chris Rowland’s book, ‘From Where I Was Standing: A Liverpool supporter's View of the Heysel Stadium Tragedy’.
Chris, now in his fifties (and one of the ‘Dynasty’ Brains Trust), has attended all ten of Liverpool’s European finals, and over a year ago asked if I’d be interested in publishing his book, which was written largely in 1985 following the disaster, and subsequently updated in the intervening years following developments and repercussions.
It starts as amusing account of the journey to Belgium with a motley crew of Reds, before the trip took on its dark, tragic air; from which point it examines what took place, and the aftermath. I feel it’s an important account of what took place, and sets the record straight about an event that tarred all Liverpool fans with the same brush.
This book will also be available from my website, signed by both Chris and myself. However, last year I promised Chris that I would publish it for him using the ISBN registration numbers that I own, so it will also have a retail release. It’s not really a profit-making venture, merely a chance to get his account into the public arena by the end of the year, as the 25th anniversary approaches.
“From Where I Was Standing…” will appear in the shops in the autumn, but will be available from my website at the same time as ‘Red Race’.
To pre-order at £15.99 including first-class postage, use the link below:
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