New Employee at Veloce Publishing: Paul

I started work at Veloce on 6th May 2008 as a World Wide Web Networker.


My role at Veloce is to promote Veloce and its products via the web, these duties include making sure the company has a presence on as many social networking sites as possible, maintaining the Veloce blog, finding special interest groups and individuals in cyberspace to inform them directly about products that relate to their interests and make them special offers. I also explore new web-based opportunities to promote Veloce products as they appear, and then instigate the necessary action.


I studied BA (Hons) Interactive Media at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth. This course consisted of two years FdA Interactive Media and in a third year BA top up where i articulated in Graphic Design. This course involved the development of a broad range of digital media from photography, video, sound, web design, interface deign, theories of interactivity and image manipulation. My interests include Web Culture, Graphic Design, Networking, Online Auctioning, Dj-ing and Turntablism.
Since working at Veloce Publishing i have become fascinated by the link that social networking can have with book publishing and the possibilities it presents. My involvement with this has also made me more aware of the gradual shift publishing is undergoing from physical books towards more web-orientated consumption.

New Employee at Veloce Publishing: Hatty

Hatty started work at Veloce on 14th April 2008 as a Mac Operator.


Hatty's role includes book layout, book design, text editing and communicating with authors.


Hatty studied a National Diploma in Graphic Design and Publishing at Oxford Media & Business School.

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From Ferrari to Fired! The Apprentice BBC1

Last night's episode saw Sir Alan Sugar's Apprentice hopeful Michael Sophocles given the boot after given the task of renting timed slots in supercars to potential wealthy Londoners. Hilariously, Michael chose to pitch his Ferrari at the fruitmarket on Portobello Road. It came as no surprise when Michael was subsequently fired in the boardroom for poor sales. Veloce Publishing's latest exciting new book to be in stock entitled From Fells to Ferrari – The Official Biography of Cliff Allison should have no problem reeling in Ferrari enthusiasts out there.

From the Fells to Ferrari – The Official Biography of Cliff Allison
By Graham Gauld
Features

- One of the early young British drivers after the war
- Cliff Allison cut his teeth on the tough races of 500cc Formula 3 and fought his way through the early days of Lotus
- The first driver to score World Championship points for Lotus
- As competent in sports cars as Grand Prix cars
- Winner of the Index of Performance at Le Mans in a Lotus Eleven
- Ferrari team-mate of Tony Brooks, Dan Gurney and Phil Hill
Description

The biography of Cliff Allison, who began motor racing over fifty years ago with a little Cooper 500. Very much a countryman at heart, Allison was not one of the party-going racing crowd, but a driver with a huge ambition to race in Formula 1. With 100 photos, full history and complete race results, this is a fascinating piece of motorsport’s past.
Synopsis

This book is the biography of Cliff Allison who started motor racing over fifty years ago with a little Cooper 500. Very much a countryman at heart Allison was not one of the party-going racing drivers but a driver with a huge ambition to race in Formula 1. He and Graham Hill competed in the first grand prix race for Colin Chapman’s Lotus team in 1958 and scored the first world championship points for Lotus. He later joined Ferrari and won the Argentine 1000kms sports car race with American co-driver Phil Hill as well as being a member of the Ferrari grand prix team in 1959 and 1960. Cliff Allison can also claim victories in many sports car events including winning the Index of Performance at Le Mans in 1957 with a 750cc Lotus Eleven-Climax.
His retired from racing following an accident whilst driving a Lotus-Climax in practice for the Belgian GP at Spa in 1961.

For more info on this book click here

Brian Long - Porsche Books - Coming Soon/Special Offer

This photo kindly passed on from Brian Long shows wife Miho with what Brian describes as their "mad hound". At just five months old he looks like he's going to be a big lad!



Brian Long now has more than 30 books to his credit. Coming from an engineering background, he has been an enthusiast for as long as anyone can remember. His passion for sports cars and vintage machinery remains as strong as ever.

Born in Coventry, England, he now lives in Chiba City with his wife, Miho, and their two children, Louis and Sophie-Mercedes. He is a member of the RJC in Japan, the Guild of Motoring Writers, and the Society of Automotive Historians.



Take a look at what's coming soon written by Brian Long for Veloce Publishing..







Special Offer! THE history of the Porsche 911 - 1963 to 2004 - in five volumes for £99.97 inc. P+P (RRP £163.97)

Elvis Payne's Reliant goes up in Flames

Over the weekend a piece of Veloce Publishing history sadly passed away. The Reliant that formed the basis of How to Restore Reliant Regal is now reduced to ashes. However, all is perhaps not lost as there is hope the legacy can in fact, live on...

"I was on my way to a Reliant Rally and had covered about 50 miles when I pulled over as I was following my brother in his Reliant and he broke down. When I then restarted my car, there was a strange pop and the car burst into flames. We battled to save it but the fire spread within minutes.

The fire brigade got there really quick but my car burnt faster. Sadly it has been totally destroyed.

It was insured as a classic car and because of its A1 condition I have a valuation certificate from the insurance stating they value it at £3,000. So I shall have to wait and see what happens.

As strange as it seems I have been getting emails galore from Reliant owners who feel some connection to the car whether it be though the book, via my web site or by owning a model. It is almost as though a person has died.

Everyone is saying that due to the book, web site and its appearances in magazines it is too important to lose. (Last year one great article was in Practical Classics when the car was test driven by Chris Barrie (aka Rimmer from Red Dwarf). The chassis looks good and I will be asking the insurance if I can buy it back. I shall test it and if OK (and if the DVLA are happy), then I will restore the car again from the ashes. I have already had offers of three bodies and numerous parts.

Despite the shock of this, next month my brother and I are off to the North Cape, we will be driving 4,000 miles through France, Sweden and Norway ... in a Reliant Robin! :o)"

Elvis Payne


How to Restore Reliant Regal
By Elvis Payne
Features

• Restoration Guide for the Reliant Regal 3/25 & 3/30.
• What to look for when buying a Regal and how to test.
• Detailed look at each model and their differences.
• Complete restoration from the ground up.
• Unique photos of every stage of restoration.
• How to repair a gelcoat on fiberglass bodies.
• Step by Step instructions for each task
• Written with hands on experience and details problems.
• Alternative spare parts list detailing necessary parts from other marquees.
• The mechanics section can be used by Bond Bug owners.
Description

The book offers a guide in how to find a suitable Reliant Regal 3/25 or 3/30 for restoration. It then proceeds with a fully illustrated step-by-step guide on how to dismantle a Reliant Regal, and then fully restore the body, chassis, electrics and engine back into showroom condition.

For more info click here

"The new Impreza - It sticks to the road" : Subaglue transporter

"The new Impreza - It sticks to the road" : Subaglue transporter,
originally uploaded by Bobasonic.

"The new Impreza - It sticks to the road"


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Coming Soon! Subaru Impreza – All turbo models 1994 to 2007 by Veloce Publishing