Savas Beatie Blog

Happy Friday. We added our latest page to the Savas Beatie website: Our new Battles & Leaders series.  Trust me. These are not your typical monographs. More at the link. Click on the pos…

WHAT I AM WORKING ON FRIDAY . . . or, LOOK MA, NO GETTYSBURG! I got a lot of positive feedback, on last week's post, so here goes another. Lots of things, but the most enjoyable is my review of the ma…

So why are you not doing that?I am not a CPA. I don't even play one on TV. But here is what I know: As a published author, you can file a Schedule C and itemize your deductions as a dba (doing busines…

When people find out I collect Civil War books and own more than 3,000, I’m usually asked two questions: “Why would anyone collect Civil War books?” and “Have you read them all?” No, I haven’t re…

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, a little brief something, strictly from the heart, Chris Mackowski asked me to pen for Emerging Civil War. I just wrote, and it came out. It's personal.Click HERE&nbs…

EL DORADO HILLS, CA: December 14, 2021 – Savas Beatie author Bradley Gottfried was recently selected to receive the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable Distinguished Book Award for The Maps of the Cava…

HO HO HOThe Final Day of Savas Beatie's 12 Days of Christmas! Because you asked . . . SAVE 25% of any in-stock title + FREE SHIPPING (we refund you within 36 hours) + FREE gift wrapping + SIGNED auth…

When I am asked to design a cover, I always start the same way. I create a template to the size of the book, import the cover copy into separate text boxes and then import the picture(s) supplied.…

I admit this is one of my favorites .. .* * * Chris Mackowski: "It's a pretty nerdy thing to admit, but I loved writing a book about a guy who was writing a book. That the guy was Ulysses S.…