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We have had to made drastic changes due to Hurricane Katrina. Stella and I had worked in our home and all our books were stored there. The large house was washed away by Katrina’s 30+-foot storm surge, leaving nothing but the slab. Our inventory of 12,000 books was destroyed.
In the almost 4 years since the storm, we have struggled to continue. We have managed to publish a new book, A White Egret in the Shallows, in May after the storm. It has been doing very well thanks to readers such as you. Also, we have been able to reprint three of our best sellers, Sink or Be Sunk, and Holly!!, and Stella’s cookbook, Blueberry Peaches Red Robin Pie using plates that the out-of-state printers luckily saved.
Sink or Be Sunk is actually a revised edition in that we have added a portrait and biography of Midshipman William P. Canby, one of the men mortally wounded in the naval action.
In addition to these books, a limited number of our audio book, Other Views from the Porch were saved and are now available.
Finally, we have had numerous requests for Views from a Front Porch,
our very first book, as well as for Waiting for the White Pelicans and
Where the Blue Herons Dance.
Since the costs of printing has gone up considerably, we have hesitated about reprinting them.
If sales go well with the present books, we plan to start publishing these books one at a time starting
in late 2010. A principle change in these reprinted editions is that they will all be in hard back and have
dust jackets.
So, we are back in business, although going a little slower than before. I will continue to provide a story each month (please look at the story for this month). However, Stella’s present limited kitchen precludes her writing a new column for a while. Her monthly columns will be repeats of her most popular columns and recipes. Hopefully this will change by spring of next year.
Author and Publisher,
Annabelle Books
Temporary Address:
707 Gray Station Rd.
Blairsville, PA 15717
Phone: (724) 459 6808