Sorting out book availability

Unfortunately we've had one or two problems with the book being supplied through Amazon. I have now been assured, however, that the books have arrived at Amazon's warehouse and will be shipped out shortly.

Needless to say this has caused a lot of anxiety but it looks like the problem has now been rectified. It's a good job because the publicity is about to go into overdrive.

I did an interview with Radio 2SM Sydney's Talkin' Sport show this morning. It went really well, with none of the expected Pom-bashing, and the show's presenter, Graeme Hughes, absolutely loves the book.

On Thursday The Daily Mail is running its serialisation and The Times will publish an extract of Justin Langer's chapter in its Ashes Handbook on Saturday. We are also hoping The Guardian will use a section of John Emburey's chapter in its retrospective feature on page 2 of the sports section.

The Guardian is definitely running sections of the Ashley Giles and Glenn McGrath chapters, which look back at the fantastic 2005 series, on Monday. And there's plenty going on in Australia, too.

I'm pretty pushed for time at the moment but should be able to start posting my eclectic mix of Ashes facts and quotes again before the series starts a week on Thursday.