IMPORTANT UPDATE - Book progress

Hello my lovely Patrons!

I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe. The world is in turmoil (or should I say - continues to be in turmoil that is now being brought to the attention of the media) and I know that everyone is feeling the effects of 2020, whether directly or indirectly. Be sure to be kind to yourself and others at every given opportunity.

I am posting this update because - WHOOPS! A few weeks back, I drafted an update post explaining about production, shipping, etc, and how the pandemic has effected this at my end. Unfortunately, either through internet issues, or (more likely) me getting a little punchy when it came to deleting the replica PDF page posts, this post either never went live, or was removed soon after posting. I am so very sorry for that, and even more sorry that it has taken me until now to realise. Thank you to those who let me know.

Information below relates to all open T.o.M.E. and Books we All Need orders.

Firstly, here is a link to my Instagram update highlight where I have been keeping track of news regarding orders, production, and shipping. If you wish to take a look at this, you might want to skip towards the end where you'll find the most up-to-date information.

Also, there have been a couple of developments over the past few days. I will outline everything for you below:

- A Book of Recipes, Stories, and Self-Defence are now complete. A Book of History is mid-production, due to be completed by the end of the month, with production for A Book of Supernatural History due to commence at the start of July. This all depends on the lockdown situation here, as well as the international shipping situation, but fingers crossed!

- I will be receiving a sample of the bound pages for A Book of Supernatural History over the next week, so I will be able to share a flick-through with you all!

- Shipping is now opening up and becoming a lot more reliable. I have been holding fire on posting anything during the lockdown, as numerous items (especially those travelling internationally) have gotten lost or delayed. As such, I am planning to start shipping all open orders for completed T.o.M.E. items (the rune books) beginning next week. I am sending these first as I have a number of the books ready to go. 

- As I also have some of the Books we All Need copies ready, I will start putting together shipping forms for all orders that can be sent sooner rather than later (those containing only Recipes, Stories, and Self-Defence). Before I send any of these out, due to the time people have been waiting, I will be sending out an email to everyone I have listed. This email will ask for you to confirm your shipping address to make sure the one I have on file is still the best to use. PLEASE NOTE - if you do not confirm your address, even if it has not changed, this will lead to a delay in processing your order. This email will be sent from bookshelf@alarmeighteen.co.uk, rather than my info@alarmeighteen.co.uk address, to spare overcrowding my inbox!

- Sadly, due to recent events regarding the 'copycat seller'. I have been forced towards taking legal action. As a result, I also have to be a little more stringent with what I ask of you moving forward. Along with the address confirmation email, I will also be attaching a PDF form that will require your digital signature (typed is fine), stating that you agree to the terms outlined in the document. I am so very sorry that I have to ask this of you, however, I am sure those of you who support me and my work will not take issue with signing such a document to help safeguard it :] PLEASE NOTE - if you do not sign and return this form, I will not be able to ship your order. Should for any reason you not wish to sign it, I will, of course, fully refund you, but I sincerely hope that isn't necessary.

- As for Patreon itself, I have now reopened the two tiers ($10 part-payment and $160 full-payment) for the preorder of my books. This was voted for by a majority of you in the recent poll post. These tiers allow you to start paying for (or fully preorder) any of my books and will be live between now and the end of 2021, when I intend to start production again. PLEASE NOTE - any books paid for via this method (excluding Læraryna and Dangvingäsh which are in stock) will not be shipped until they are complete. Please check with me about delivery expectations for specific books.

I believe that's everything I have to say, for now! Thank you for taking the time out to read this long post. Please feel free to comment questions below should you have any and I will edit/add to this post, or reply publicly.

All the best, Jack.