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Michael Poirier
Member
Username: mike_poirier
Post Number: 130
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 8, 2005 - 12:49 pm: | 
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Jim and I are pleased to see that 'Lest We Forget' has made an appearance in the Staffordshire papers.
The online website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/history_this_week.shtml
It has a link on the front page. Hopefully some readers who sample ET might have a Titanic connection that they'd like to share with Phil.
Mike
" God will get you for that Walter! "
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Jim Kalafus
Member
Username: jak
Post Number: 2034
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, May 8, 2005 - 1:59 pm: |
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Hey Mike: We also made the paper out in Turkey. Now we have blurbs to put on the dust jacket  |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 11913
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, May 8, 2005 - 4:27 pm: |
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Just goes to show that we're not the only ones who pay attention to what goes on with this website. I wonder if there might not be a book to be had out of this. I hope so. With all the books that focus on events, a few notables, and claims of intrigues, neferious and devious conspiracies, it's refreshing to see something that focuses on the very real people who lived and died in this event.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Jim Kalafus
Member
Username: jak
Post Number: 2035
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, May 8, 2005 - 10:39 pm: |
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We thought so, too. When Mark Warren reprinted the excellent Shipbuilder issue he pretty much swept the field of competion by making available the last word on the ship's technical details and decor, and even improved on the original by adding additional illustrations. What we hope to do is put out a book which, like his, is unsurpassable, but focusing on the human element. First, we plan to get a few hundred of the bios we have done posted on ET over the next year, then expand the best of them into a book. Perhaps the first in the 'Encyclopedia Titanica Presents' series |
Michael Poirier
Member
Username: mike_poirier
Post Number: 133
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 8, 2005 - 11:39 pm: |
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Hello Michael,
Yes, you are right that people are taking notice of ET. They may not post, as the message board is just a small part of the website, but they notice. I think Jim is on to something with 'Encyclopedia Titanica Presents'.
Mike
" God will get you for that Walter! "
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 11918
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 - 4:08 am: |
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>>I think Jim is on to something with 'Encyclopedia Titanica Presents'.<<
So do I. You just need to be careful that what makes it into print reflects the latest and greatest information. If what Jim said about recieving some updated information for that article is any indication, that can be fairly tricky. Sooner or later, you have to draw a line in the sand to get the thing out, but that carries some risk as well. Something that looked good when it was sent off to the printers just might get trumped by something new dug up out of some dusty archive.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Shelley Dziedzic
Moderator
Username: shelley
Post Number: 2466
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 - 12:45 pm: |
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So true Mike- but that's what "Revised Edition" can do for the next printing! |
Jim Kalafus
Member
Username: jak
Post Number: 2038
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 - 1:11 pm: |
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One of the major advantages of publishing online, as opposed to books or magazines, is that one's work is, theoretically, instantly available to anyone (with computer access)interested in the subject matter. Another is that one is immediately accessible to one's readers. It was a pleasant surprise to receive not only an excellent review from the Smith family descendents but also be given additional information. Perhaps the greatest advantage is that one can correct mistakes and update information without having to wait for the second printing. The idea of doing a book has been one we've been kicking around for a long time (I know, Michael S. that you've been offered a copy of our magnum opus Jim and Mike's Scary Tales of Death at Sea ) and will eventually implement. |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 11926
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 - 4:57 pm: |
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Jim, whether I get a copy gratis or by way of Amazon.com, I'll be looking forward to seeing it. I think it would fill a gap in the body of general knowladge that needs to be filled.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Jim Kalafus
Member
Username: jak
Post Number: 2039
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 - 5:44 pm: |
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Scary Tales of Death At Sea is the joking name I have for my collection of accounts of obscure wrecks, where I have one or two interesting factoids but not enough information to even warrant a posting on the message board. So many shipwrecks, so little time to research them. |
George L. Lorton
Member
Username: retro_geo
Post Number: 21
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 4:59 am: |
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You probably know more then I do. I known about Titanic sine 1986 and the Lusitania since 1994 but I never really studied them till now. So I bet you probably know a lot more of what went on then I do including any other Shipwreck I probably don't even know about. I read your posts so if you came out with a book tomorrow I'd buy it. I'm so poor too, but I'd love to read about all the facts that you know. Cordially George understudied Lorton.
George
What the Ship's Band really sung when Titanic went down. "Bon Voyage you mean tippers ;0)."
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Martin Owen Cahill
Member
Username: martin
Post Number: 496
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 1:02 pm: |
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Jim K and Mike P
If a book comes out of Least We Forget I would be very interseted in getting a copy to say the least.
A work by Kalafus and Poirier would share space with Hoehling, Sauder, Marschall, Layton and Moloney on my bookshelf.
cheers
Martin
"No Sir, We just hit the cruiser"
helmsman on Queen Mary
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Shelley Dziedzic
Moderator
Username: shelley
Post Number: 2691
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 1:02 pm: |
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Lulu.com is a great way to get your manuscript published- I'd like to see that too, Martin!
http://www.lizziebordenconference2008.com
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