Posted by Mike on May 4, 2008
I recently mentioned that at the London Book Fair this year three of the blogging team would be wearing a suit of armour. We each took it in turns. Phil took Monday, Richard the Tuesday and I took the Wednesday....
Posted by Mike on May 1, 2008
A couple of months ago I got an email from the Production Controller workinng on the fifth series of Peep Show, asking for permission to use Stephen Turnbull's book Samurai: World of the Warrior in one of the episodes. For...
Posted by Joe on April 30, 2008
For people interested in their family history, there is little better than discovering your ancestor fought in the war. The specific war doesn’t matter, because any war allows new opportunities to trace where your ancestor was and what he or...
Posted by Phil on April 24, 2008
Something nearly everybody has done at some point in their life is to look what happened on their birthday throughout history. Now, aside from sharing a birthday with ex-England defender Stuart “Psycho” Pearce, very little of interest happened on my...
Posted by Ed Moore on April 22, 2008
Osprey Publishing will be launching a new website in May 2008. The purpose of this new site is to offer the user a new, exciting online experience. The launch of the new website will allow users to become site members...
Posted by Mike on April 22, 2008
We don't often get the chance to meet our customers face-to-face and gauge their reaction to new books before they are 'officially' released around the world. But that is what we were able to do last weekend at Salute. Armed...
Posted by Mike on April 11, 2008
Next week is the London Book Fair - one of the two biggest events of the year for the Osprey team based in the UK. So, most of the office is currently running around with a strange look in their...
Posted by Ruth on April 9, 2008
It is nice when a book that you really believe in begins to take off. I’m sure some of you remember me raving about Brushes and Bayonets on the blog a few months ago. It is a selection of 250...
Posted by Richard on April 4, 2008
Osprey is happy to announce that both the Field of Glory Rulebook and the Rise of Rome companion book are now back in stock in the UK and can be ordered directly from our website. Stock is limited for the...
Posted by Kate on April 3, 2008
For all you uniform buffs who also perhaps have a secondary hobby as stamp collectors, you may be interested to know that one of Osprey’s artists, Graham Turner, has recently produced a series of stamps showing the evolution of British...
Posted by Mike on April 1, 2008
News is filtering in from Stockholm that the Osprey Men-at-Arms series is due to be honoured at this years Nobel Prize Ceremony. The shock decision to nominate the Men-at-Arms series for the Nobel Prize for Literature has come as a...
Posted by Mike on March 28, 2008
That might sound like an ambitious statement, but Osprey have teamed up with Slitherine and Wargames Factory to bring you the chance to win some fantastic prizes which are sure to set pulses racing! THE GRAND PRIZE - WIN A...
Posted by Mike on March 18, 2008
Just in time for Easter, the latest batch of Osprey books should be hitting stores near you today (and should be available to buy online etc). The two titles that really leap out at you have to be the next...
Posted by Richard on March 14, 2008
Wow! Thank you everybody who submitted suggestions to my previous post: What subjects have we missed?. The following is a brief overview covering those subjects on the list, what we may have done on them already and what is to...
Posted by Mike on March 10, 2008
Congratulations to Reg Fowle, Mrs T Boylin, James Cockburn and David Comerford who won the competition we ran to win tickets to see Pete Scholey's talk at the National Army Museum on the 15th March at 2.30. Remember, if you...
Posted by Kate on February 28, 2008
Lt. Gen. Dan Shamron, a former Chief of Staff for the Israeli Defence Forces, died yesterday. The 13th Chief of Staff, he was a highly decorated soldier, having received a Medal of Distinguished Service for being the first paratrooper to...
Posted by Phil on February 22, 2008
We've had some fantastic suggestions for the caption competition so far, but the game is not yet over! The competition will officially close at 11:59pm on the 29th February, but it's not too late to send in your final entries.
Posted by Richard on February 20, 2008
We recently had a hit-list meeting here at Osprey where Editorial, Marketing, Sales and anyone who knows anything about anything sit down and talk through future titles. We take a look at submissions from Authors both old and new, ideas...
Posted by Mike on February 19, 2008
This month seems to have flown past and once again it is time to announce the release of this months new titles. The title that immediately leaps out is Fortress 69: The Berlin Wall and the Intra-German Border 1961-89, written...
Posted by Mike on February 19, 2008
Pete Scholey is going to be a celebrity speaker at the National Army Museum in London on the 15th March, talking about his experiences in the SAS and about the heroes that he served with. Tickets for the event are...
Posted by Richard on February 18, 2008
Last Wednesday I was down at our book distribution centre somewhere near Grantham, standing in a vast warehouse full of books from different publishers including Lonely Planet and Titan books. This routine visit coincided with the release of Field of...
Posted by Kate on February 12, 2008
There was a bit of online controversy about the initial cover for Duel 10 M3 Medium Tank vs Panzer III. As many Osprey fans pointed out the artwork wasn’t quite accurate. Well actually it wasn’t accurate at all - but...
Posted by Mike on February 1, 2008
One of the most exciting projects that Osprey have taken on in the last few years is nearly here! For those who don't know, Field of Glory is an Ancient and Medieval strategy battle game that uses miniature figures on...
Posted by Guest Author on January 31, 2008
Venetia Bridges is a Desk Editor here at Osprey Publishing. She is responsible for the project managment and editing of the general 'coffee table style' books that Osprey publish. Over the last few months she has been working on one...
Posted by Joe on January 26, 2008
Slitherine and Osprey are currently searching for good quality photographs of well-painted miniatures to be used along side the appropriate army lists in upcoming Field of Glory Companion books. If you've got the necessary painting and photography skills, why not...
Posted by Mike on January 22, 2008
Yesterday was apparently ‘Blue Monday’ which scientists say is officially the most depressing day of the year. This blog offers some suggestions on how to beat the blues, but here at Osprey we have a better idea... release the brand...
Posted by Phil on January 21, 2008
Whilst clearing out some of the desks in the Osprey offices, we came across a selection of old Angus McBride prints from a sample project that never went ahead. Naturally, Joe and I grabbed most of them, but one survived...
Posted by Mike on January 14, 2008
On Friday afternoon all newsletter subscribers should have received an email from Osprey with a special 25% off discount offer on all books until February 9, 2008. Unfortunately the discount code that we chose to use, 8JAN has confused a...
Posted by William on January 2, 2008
Back in July Richard set off a lively discussion about the place, desirable and actual, of military history in education with his post "When did military history go out of fashion?" In the course of this discussion I mentioned that...
Posted by Mike on January 1, 2008
On behalf of everyone here at Osprey Publishing, I would just like to wish all of our customers, contributors and blog fans a very Happy New Year! 2008 promises to be an exciting year for Osprey, and we will keep...
Posted by Kate on December 19, 2007
Some of you may already be aware but come January some of our books are going to look a bit different. We have completely redesigned some of our series books and I think they look fantastic but I guess I’m...
Posted by Mike on November 21, 2007
Just a quick note to let you all know that Osprey's new November titles are now available to buy online or at any good book store. With 14 new releases, it is a bumper month - and it is tough...