WWII Book now available as an ebook

　
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30th June 2011

World War Two Book The Unknown Warriors Now in E Book Format


The Unknown Warriors, a book of letters from British World War Two veterans with their memories of the war and what they thought of life in the UK in recent years is now available to read in ebook format. The book can be downloaded on ITunes for those who have ipads and iphones and it is also available on the UK Amazon Kindle store. As a digital book it is much cheaper at £3.78 compared with £12.99 for the printed version.

The Unknown Warriors is a collection of letters, packed full of opinions and dramratic war memories from Land Army Girls, Far East ex POWs, Desert Rats, and RAF aircrew from Lancaster Bombers to name just a few, as well as from those who served in essential civillian services and occupations. It is a timeless record of written testimony from men and women who served their country with bravery and determination in the 1939-1945 War.

Reviews 'The overall impression any reader of the letters gets is that this generation feel unheard, unwanted and unimportant. This remarkable collection of their thoughts should give us pause for reflection.' DAILY MAIL

'Put this book on your shopping list.' THE NATIONAL EX PRISONER OF WAR ASSOCIATION

As a book that is divided into letters it is ideal for summer holiday reading, as it is an easy read and also can be read a few letters at a time in between holiday activities.


AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON UK KINDLE STORE

Price £3.78

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00585W8EI

AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON USA KINDLE STORE

Price $6.03

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00585W8EI


AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON GERMAN KINDLE STORE

Price E4.82

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00585W8EI

AVAILABLE NOW ON ITUNES TO READ ON IPHONES AND IPADS

Price $5.99

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-unknown-warriors/id441775208?mt=11

More information on the book can be found via www.theunknownwarriors.co.uk

Including what some of the contributors thought of the book after they had read it.

http://www.theunknownwarriors.co.uk/#/book-reviews/4533191782

 

I have just this week arranged for my book to also be sold in digital format, and it is now on Amazon Kindle Store and Apple for Iphones and Ipads.

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I didn't really know that much about ebooks before doing this and have learnt a bit. I think they are going to become huge, due to the fact books can be sold cheaper (mine is £9.21 cheaper as an ebook compared to the printed version!) and the space saving aspect, you can store stacks of books on one device.

Like everything it will have it plus and minus points, but overall I think they could be great news for small publishers and self publishers and a bit of a headache for the big publishers. For example JK Rowling is not bothering with a publisher for her ebooks and is selling them herself in effect becoming the worlds most prolific self publisher.

One other thing I've learnt is that ebooks are subject to VAT whereas printed books are not. (So when the price on Amazon is £3.78 for the kindle book, 58 pence of that is VAT. If the same rules applied to ebooks as paper books the price would have been £3.20) Why, I'm not sure but probably because it's new the taxmen saw a good chance to change the rules on making tax revenue from books.

What do people think of ebooks???

 

Nick

I prefer paper books
Im sure you will get a mixed bag of answers.

Re Ebooks I am sure that space saving and possibly a quick look up is an advantage.

 

Nick,

Due to economics, and with some older books (from the early 20th and 19th century) that I could only obtain online as PDF's, I have some eBooks. However, my preference is for the feel and, the old comment, smell of paper, I find paper books easier to read.

Mark

 

Hi Nick - someone on here recently wrote that ebooks have no soul. That seems to sum them up really well, BUT since I got a Kindle I have read loads of them - much easier on the eyes than a pc or iPad.

However, if push comes to shove, the paper book is best - as Mark says, it's the feel and the smell of old paper!

Regards.

Jules.

 

Hi Nick - someone on here recently wrote that ebooks have no soul. That seems to sum them up really well, BUT since I got a Kindle I have read loads of them - much easier on the eyes than a pc or iPad.

However, if push comes to shove, the paper book is best - as Mark says, it's the feel and the smell of old paper!

Regards.

Jules.

Got to agree with you Jules, can't beat a proper paper book for the smell, texture and soul.

However, that didn't stop me offering my book in e-format
The Black Art - British Clandestine Psychological Warfare against the Third Reich - Google eBookstore (Only available in North America for some reason?) - And every copy digitially signed

I wonder what the next generations will think about traditional books, will they endure or will they be in the same category as gramophone records and 100 watt light bulbs?

Lee

 

The Kindle version of The Unknown Warriors is now available. It's just £1.56, what a total bargain!!! 356 pages of WWII veterans memories and thoughts on the UK. So if you haven't read it yet and have a Kindle and like cheap books for it, get downloading. (p.s Don't you just hate ebooks that are hardly any cheaper than the printed versions, mine is £10 cheaper than the printed version! With the big publishers I think they should at least be selling their ebooks for less than a fiver and more like £3 max. You can't pass them on and you can't sell them on ebay either.)

Heres the link;

UK Amazon £1.56
The Unknown Warriors eBook: Nicholas Pringle: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

also on USA Amazon for $2.48
Amazon.com: The Unknown Warriors eBook: Nicholas Pringle: Kindle Store

The Unknown Warriors is a collection of letters, packed full of opinions and dramatic war memories from Land Army Girls, Far East ex POWs, Desert Rats, and RAF aircrew from Lancaster Bombers to name just a few, as well as from those who served in essential civillian services and occupations. It is a timeless record of written testimony from men and women who served their country with bravery and determination in the 1939-1945 War. Reviews 'The overall impression any reader of the letters gets is that this generation feel unheard, unwanted and unimportant. This remarkable collection of their thoughts should give us pause for reflection.' DAILY MAIL 'Put this book on your shopping list.' THE NATIONAL EX PRISONER OF WAR ASSOCIATION
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LATEST CUSTOMER REVIEW

I came across this book via a discussion on the Daily Telegraph.
(my guerilla marketing tactics do work then?!)

It is a collection of letters from British World War 2 veterans describing their experiences in the war and/or their thoughts about Britain today and whether they feel that the sacrifices they and their comrades made were worth the outcome. It is a book which I myself have remarked many times in the past ought to have been written and I am so pleased that someone has found the time and energy to do so.

Chillingly, it charts the decline of what was at the time of WW2 the most powerful nation on earth into a place which a great many of the old soldiers, their widows and other war survivors such as Land Army girls and blitz survivors say they would generally rather not live in and that they are so glad that they are 80+ not 18. Perhaps most unnerving of all, a number of them actually think Britain would have been improved by Hitler: something that you would never have imagined they would say.

The book is not in any way the subject of modern 'spin' to make the views more politically correct, which is refreshing. I believe that the views are really not very different from those held by a silent majority of Britains and that all politicians should have to read the book. (Well I know for a fact Gordon Brown got a copy when he was PM as a veteran sent me a tenner and said get one sent to that idiot at No. 10, so I sent one off, following my orders)

I recommend it for being an unvarnished truth and it is an achievement that it is now on the permanent record of the British nation.

 

Hehe we know we just saw the Hitler Poll thread

 

Nick
Thanks for the heads up

 

Nick
Thanks for the heads up


No probs, what do people think of Kindle's? Good, bad, indifferent? What do you think is a fair price for a Kindle book, or what would be the price you would begin to think - thats a bit steep?

 

Nick

Ther wife bought me one fror my birthday, most of the books that are available on Amazon I have already saying that I have collected one or two gems that I would not of found elswhere.

The cost is a bit prohibative in most cases being the full price or just above of a new paperback, others run into £12 thru £20 pounds for a good book.

You also have to remember that they have an American slant to what they offer as well

 

i just bought the b ebook for my kindle nick, cant wait to get stuck in.

personally i love my kindle and prefer it over books but i do miss the pictures but the ipad comes in handy for that!