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SimonV · 6 Dec 17, 04:49 PM

Hi there folks. It looks like several (?!) of you have already been experiencing what we've been dealing with behind the scenes, but the good news is that stocks have finally found their way to the main suppliers and it is now available through all the main bookshops.

As fefifoe indicated, we have had a huge problem with the printing of this issue. Without wishing to bore you, the book is printed in Malta, but their paper supplier is in Italy and, as some people may know, Italy experienced a number of strikes in August that effectively halted all paper production for almost 6 weeks. Our printer has therefore been playing catch-up ever since, and the knock-on effect meant that we lost our printing slot and it was pushed back to the end of November.

Happily they have finally caught up and things are now back on track, albeit 6 weeks later than we normally are with each edition. All advance orders should now be fulfilled and it is safe to add new orders, which should certainly be in time for Christmas.

We hope everyone enjoys the new issue and we look forward to seeing lots of you here in 2018

PS: We are now going to sit in a dark room for a few weeks to try to re-grow our fingernails!

6 Dec 17, 04:49 PM	#11
	6 Dec 17, 04:49 PM SimonV Apprentice Imagineer
SimonV Apprentice Imagineer Join Date: Dec 06	Hi there folks. It looks like several (?!) of you have already been experiencing what we've been dealing with behind the scenes, but the good news is that stocks have finally found their way to the main suppliers and it is now available through all the main bookshops. As fefifoe indicated, we have had a huge problem with the printing of this issue. Without wishing to bore you, the book is printed in Malta, but their paper supplier is in Italy and, as some people may know, Italy experienced a number of strikes in August that effectively halted all paper production for almost 6 weeks. Our printer has therefore been playing catch-up ever since, and the knock-on effect meant that we lost our printing slot and it was pushed back to the end of November. Happily they have finally caught up and things are now back on track, albeit 6 weeks later than we normally are with each edition. All advance orders should now be fulfilled and it is safe to add new orders, which should certainly be in time for Christmas. We hope everyone enjoys the new issue and we look forward to seeing lots of you here in 2018 PS: We are now going to sit in a dark room for a few weeks to try to re-grow our fingernails!