Thank you for your interest in our books. We are very excited to be able to bring such fabulous information to you. Many of you like to pre-order our titles to take advantage of the limited editions, special bonus offerings, and discounts. We do appreciate your pre-orders as it is one of the primary ways in which we fund new translations and continue to bring you the kind of special books you all so love. Due to the popularity of our pre-order offerings, we regularly get asked when the title "so and so" will be released and made available.

Any date we give you will just be a best guess. Publishing is a collaborative and creative project. The problem with dates is that sometimes you are too conservative and the books are released early to everyone's delight, but sometimes you are too optimistic, and delays can cause concern and dissatisfaction. This is why we have opted to keep you in the loop as if you were part of our team. This will allow you to know how far along we are coming with each title and you can gauge when you can expect to receive your book.

Translator Care: This means the title is current undergoing translation from its original source material.

Author Care: This means the title is currently being written and developed by the author. This also applies to commentaries and editorial introductions.

Illustrator Care: This means the title is currently waiting on illustrations.

Production: This means the manuscript is complete and is currently being edited and produced into format ready for printing.

Printer: This means the title has been sent to the printer and we are awaiting the completion of the printing, before shipment.

We will be using color codes with each stage to identify how far along it is. Red means the stage is in its early process or is yet to start. Yellow means it is more than half way complete. Green means it is complete.

For Example:

Title One: Author , Illustrator Production. This would mean that the author is more than half way along with writing the book, the illustrations are complete, and the production is yet to begin or is in its early phase.

The information on each title will be updated continually to ensure everything is up to date. Once the production is green and the printer stage has begun, you can estimate reception of your books within a few weeks.

We hope this system works to your satisfaction and we will look forward to hearing your feedback on it.