Gods of War – an update

Hi!

A very happy and peaceful 62nd Independence Day to us all!

Today is the official publication date of the Indian edition of Gods of War. No, there was no deliberate planning or significance to the date – even I didn’t even realize it was slotted for precisely 15th August until a couple of weeks ago!

Unfortunately, for reasons unknown to me, the Penguin Books India edition (shown above) is not yet off the presses – even I haven’t got my copies yet – and therefore is not in bookstores. I don’t believe the H1N1 problem is the cause since the copies were expected off the press weeks ago. Honestly, I haven’t a clue. It’s the first time in my 21-book career that a book hasn’t been printed by the publication date, let alone appeared in bookstores!

I’m sure there must be a very good reason for the delay and that Penguin India will inform me of it in due course. Meanwhile, all I can do is request you to wait and keep checking this blog for updates on when copies are off the presses. The day I receive my author copies, you can probably expect to see the book in stores about two to four weeks later. Which means, as of now, Gods of War isn’t likely to hit Indian bookstores till early-to-mid September and that’s if the book’s been printed, which doesn’t seem to be the case. It could be later. How much later? No clue. And as I mentioned, I have no word from Penguin so your guess is as good as mine.

Meanwhile, this edition featured here is the AKB Books International edition published by me. It will go to press next week and be available on the upcoming AKB Bookstore by this month-end or early September latest. This edition is meant for shipping to readers around the world and can be purchased only online through this website/blog.

Check back from week to week and I hope to have news of GoW’s delayed but much-awaited release soon.

As always, thanks for your support and patience. As you know, there’s much more to books than just writing them! Often, that’s only the beginning of the long journey that ends finally with us buying a book and holding it in our hands, ready to crack open and read. All an author can do is write them as best as he/she can.