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Bill,
=20
The book side of things is in a doldrum. The truth is there are two =
books. The first has taken me well over forty years to research and =
write and addresses the amazing escape from Austria in 1939 of the =
Standard Motor Company=E2=80=99s (and Jaguar=E2=80=99s too) importer =
husband and wife team because they were Jews. Amazingly, they made it to =
England by separate routes and travelling alone, getting here just days =
before war broke out in September 1939. Storyline is set against the day =
to day activities at Standard as well, so it=E2=80=99s a story within =
another story. After endless rejection letters, I eventually found a =
publisher to take it on board, but last November I was informed =
they=E2=80=99d gone bust. Fortunately they didn=E2=80=99t take the =
manuscript with them. So I=E2=80=99m looking for another publisher.
=20
The second book is more of the same stories of =E2=80=98Life at =
Triumph=E2=80=99 which sold incredibly well but the company who did that =
was sold to another business who then asset-stripped it. Since my =
stroke, I=E2=80=99m finding it fairly hard going to use a computer and =
it seems the only course open to me is to self-publish both books via =
Amazon and Kindle. Believe me, actually doing that isn=E2=80=99t nearly =
as easy as some would lead you to believe. The issues are further =
compounded that if you go down the Amazon route, you have to structure =
the whole book including the cover to meet the American requirement for =
the book sales for the US, while the rest of the world markets require =
you to still go via Amazon but to upload the files via Ingram Spark who =
have an entirely different set of requirements which means doing it all =
over again and also doing it twice for Kindle. Because my post-stroke =
brain is so =E2=80=98frazzled=E2=80=99 I simply can=E2=80=99t work out =
these differing =E2=80=98tech=E2=80=99 requirements and I really need =
someone to do it for me. Those I have uncovered who might be able to =
help are seeking payment up front and to a level I simply cannot afford =
or justify. Believe me, I=E2=80=99ve tried but so far failed.
=20
So, until my brain can work as it used to do =E2=80=93 improbable and =
unlikely, I=E2=80=99m rather stuck in low transfer, four wheel drive and =
both front and rear axles are buried in mud. The other side of the coin =
is that even if I managed to get the book printed here to mail out to =
wherever, many member states in the European Postal Union are now not =
accepting small parcels to the US and US overseas territories. My local =
post office tells me that since your President has imposed his tariffs =
on all goods from various countries, as things relate to shipments out =
of UK, small packets worth more than one dollar are tariff liable at 10% =
of the goods value and the organisations involved in handling that mail =
to the States are required to collect the tariff by the person sending =
the package and then pay the invoice submitted to them by US Customs =
when the package lands in the States. I can=E2=80=99t see that ever =
happening but the postal people won=E2=80=99t accept it =E2=80=93 and it =
would be an administrative nightmare to control. It=E2=80=99s the same =
picture in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Post offices will not =
accept low value parcels for the States, so it=E2=80=99ll be interesting =
to see how the UK parts suppliers get round that one. Probably UPS or =
somesuch but it won=E2=80=99t be cheap. I=E2=80=99ve no idea how things =
are likely to be with high value items.
=20
In conclusion, it seems to me the only possible route open to me is to =
turn both books into PDFs with a US paper size (8.5x11) - that=E2=80=99s =
your usual size n=E2=80=99est pas - and send out the book as an email =
attachment you can download and print yourself. That=E2=80=99s not an =
option I find all that attractive because its wide open to copyright =
infringement.
=20
Sorry =E2=80=93 long post but that=E2=80=99s the situation here.
=20
JM
=20
From: Notakitcar <notakitcar@yahoo.com>=20
Sent: 01 September 2025 23:37
To: 'John Macartney' <johnBMacartney@gmx.com>
Cc: 'MASSEY DAVID' <dave1massey@cs.com>; 'List Truimphs' =
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney
=20
John,
The pleasure has been mine, sometimes I can see myself at the assembly =
line or the sales floor through your comments and books. It does seem =
the email traffic has quieted, but not gone as the various TR marques =
are well represented on Facebook these days.
=20
I seem to recall you are working on another book, is this so? Please =
keep me posted.
=20
All the best,
Bill B
TS30766L
=20
From: John Macartney <johnBMacartney@gmx.com =
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2025 5:16 AM
'List Truimphs' <triumphs@autox.team.net =
Subject: RE: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney
=20
Thank you, Bill. It=E2=80=99s been a pleasure for me to read all the =
posts down the years, even though my contributions these days are few =
and probably not at all helpful. It seems =E2=80=98the list=E2=80=99 =
these days is a mere shadow of its former self but then so many =
contributors have died, sold their cars and/or migrated to other forums. =
I=E2=80=99m a member of two of those others which frankly I find rather =
boring and over-segmented into different model groups whose =
adherents/supporters don=E2=80=99t want to cross-polinate on model =
preferences.
Anyway, keep the posts coming please, everyone. They=E2=80=99re still a =
source of great pleasure to an =E2=80=98oldie=E2=80=99 and a very =
pleasant reminder of happier days in a less troubled world.
=20
Jonmac
=20
Sent: 30 August 2025 03:22
To: Macartney John <johnbmacartney@gmx.com =
Subject: Re: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney
=20
Happy Birthday John! =20
Thank you for staying with all us kids that are still learning our TRs.=20
Bill B
TS30766L
=20
=E2=80=9CObstacles are all you see when you take your eyes off the =
goal=E2=80=9D H. Ford
On Aug 27, 2025, at 4:47=E2=80=AFPM, John Macartney =
=EF=BB=BF
Thank you, Dave - eighty one today but still feeding myself without =
issues :)
=20
Jonmac
On 27 Aug 2025, at 12:24, DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com =
Here's hoping you a good one.
=20
Dave=20
=20
=20
Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs =
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style=3D'word-wrap:break-word'><div class=3DWordSection1><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Bill,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The book =
side of things is in a doldrum. The truth is there are two books. The =
first has taken me well over forty years to research and write and =
addresses the amazing escape from Austria in 1939 of the Standard Motor =
Company=E2=80=99s (and Jaguar=E2=80=99s too) importer husband and wife =
team because they were Jews. Amazingly, they made it to England by =
separate routes and travelling alone, getting here just days before war =
broke out in September 1939. Storyline is set against the day to day =
activities at Standard as well, so it=E2=80=99s a story within another =
story. After endless rejection letters, I eventually found a publisher =
to take it on board, but last November I was informed they=E2=80=99d =
gone bust. Fortunately they didn=E2=80=99t take the manuscript with =
them. So I=E2=80=99m looking for another =
publisher.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The second =
book is more of the same stories of =E2=80=98Life at Triumph=E2=80=99 =
which sold incredibly well but the company who did that was sold to =
another business who then asset-stripped it. Since my stroke, =
I=E2=80=99m finding it fairly hard going to use a computer and it seems =
the only course open to me is to self-publish both books via Amazon and =
Kindle. Believe me, actually doing that isn=E2=80=99t nearly as easy as =
some would lead you to believe. The issues are further compounded that =
if you go down the Amazon route, you have to structure the whole book =
including the cover to meet the American requirement for the book sales =
for the US, while the rest of the world markets require you to still go =
via Amazon but to upload the files via Ingram Spark who have an entirely =
different set of requirements which means doing it all over again and =
also doing it twice for Kindle. Because my post-stroke brain is so =
=E2=80=98frazzled=E2=80=99 I simply can=E2=80=99t work out these =
differing =E2=80=98tech=E2=80=99 requirements and I really need someone =
to do it for me. Those I have uncovered who might be able to help are =
seeking payment up front and to a level I simply cannot afford or =
justify. Believe me, I=E2=80=99ve tried but so far =
failed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>So, until =
my brain can work as it used to do =E2=80=93 improbable and unlikely, =
I=E2=80=99m rather stuck in low transfer, four wheel drive and both =
front and rear axles are buried in mud. The other side of the coin is =
that even if I managed to get the book printed here to mail out to =
wherever, many member states in the European Postal Union are now not =
accepting small parcels to the US and US overseas territories. My local =
post office tells me that since your President has imposed his tariffs =
on all goods from various countries, as things relate to shipments out =
of UK, small packets worth more than one dollar are tariff liable at 10% =
of the goods value and the organisations involved in handling that mail =
to the States are required to collect the tariff by the person sending =
the package and then pay the invoice submitted to them by US Customs =
when the package lands in the States. I can=E2=80=99t see that ever =
happening but the postal people won=E2=80=99t accept it =E2=80=93 and it =
would be an administrative nightmare to control. It=E2=80=99s the same =
picture in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Post offices will not =
accept low value parcels for the States, so it=E2=80=99ll be interesting =
to see how the UK parts suppliers get round that one. Probably UPS or =
somesuch but it won=E2=80=99t be cheap. I=E2=80=99ve no idea how things =
are likely to be with high value items.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>In =
conclusion, it seems to me the only possible route open to me is to turn =
both books into PDFs with a US paper size (8.5x11) - that=E2=80=99s your =
usual size n=E2=80=99est pas - and send out the book as an email =
attachment you can download and print yourself. That=E2=80=99s not an =
option I=C2=A0 find all that attractive because its wide open to =
copyright infringement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Sorry =
=E2=80=93 long post but that=E2=80=99s the situation =
here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>JM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><di=
v style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span><=
/b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Notakitcar =
<notakitcar@yahoo.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> 01 September 2025 =
23:37<br><b>To:</b> 'John Macartney' =
<johnBMacartney@gmx.com><br><b>Cc:</b> 'MASSEY DAVID' =
<dave1massey@cs.com>; 'List Truimphs' =
<triumphs@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [TR] Happy =
Birthday, John MacCartney<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>The =
pleasure has been mine, sometimes I can see myself at the assembly line =
or the sales floor through your comments and books. It does =
seem the email traffic has quieted, but not gone as the various TR =
marques are well represented on Facebook these =
days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>I seem =
to recall you are working on another book, is this so? Please keep =
me posted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>All the =
best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>Bill B<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>TS30766L<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span><=
/b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> John =
Macartney <<a =
href=3D"mailto:johnBMacartney@gmx.com";>johnBMacartney@gmx.com</a>> =
<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 30, 2025 5:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'bill =
beecher' <<a =
href=3D"mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com";>notakitcar@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>C=
c:</b> 'MASSEY DAVID' <<a =
href=3D"mailto:dave1massey@cs.com";>dave1massey@cs.com</a>>; 'List =
Truimphs' <<a =
href=3D"mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net";>triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><b=
r><b>Subject:</b> RE: [TR] Happy Birthday, John =
MacCartney<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Thank you, =
Bill. It=E2=80=99s been a pleasure for me to read all the posts down the =
years, even though my contributions these days are few and probably not =
at all helpful. It seems =E2=80=98the list=E2=80=99 these days is a mere =
shadow of its former self but then so many contributors have died, sold =
their cars and/or migrated to other forums. I=E2=80=99m a member of two =
of those others which frankly I find rather boring and over-segmented =
into different model groups whose adherents/supporters don=E2=80=99t =
want to cross-polinate on model preferences.<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Anyway, keep the posts coming please, everyone. =
They=E2=80=99re still a source of great pleasure to an =
=E2=80=98oldie=E2=80=99 and a very pleasant reminder of happier days in =
a less troubled world.<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Jonmac<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span><=
/b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> bill =
beecher <<a =
href=3D"mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com";>notakitcar@yahoo.com</a>> =
<br><b>Sent:</b> 30 August 2025 03:22<br><b>To:</b> Macartney John =
<<a =
href=3D"mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com";>johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>><br>=
<b>Cc:</b> MASSEY DAVID <<a =
href=3D"mailto:dave1massey@cs.com";>dave1massey@cs.com</a>>; List =
Truimphs <<a =
href=3D"mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net";>triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><b=
r><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Happy Birthday, John =
MacCartney<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Happy =
Birthday John! <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Thank you =
for staying with all us kids that are still learning our =
TRs. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Bill =
B<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>TS30766L<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>=E2=80=9CObstacles are all you see when you take your =
eyes off the goal=E2=80=9D H. Ford<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 27, 2025, at =
4:47<span style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>=E2=80=AF</span>PM, =
John Macartney <<a =
href=3D"mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com";>johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>> =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>=EF=BB=BF</span><o:p></o:p></p>=
<div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Thank you, Dave - eighty one today but still =
feeding myself without issues :)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Jonmac<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 27 Aug 2025, at 12:24, DAVID =
MASSEY <<a =
href=3D"mailto:dave1massey@cs.com";>dave1massey@cs.com</a>> =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Here's =
hoping you a good one.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></di=
v><div><div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dav=
e </span><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></=
p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></s=
pan></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></s=
pan></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p =
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