I am friends with the publisher (ok casual friends) and he is not only upstanding but has put a sum of money and time into this project for your benefit,
once the book comes out this month I expect a full apology and a donation of $100 or more to a br charity or the SS as a pennance.
Casting aspertions on a persons good name in this instance should not be tolerated. You should be banished form the site for 3 months. No evidence for this claim, you should be ashamed, and a mere I am sorry haha does not cut it here,
why not go to the shot show and personally aplogize to the author and publishere, barring weather delays they will both be there with a booth.
I better go before i really get torn up as this was uncalled for. (and I dont mind taking people to task if they have it coming, this was just rude)
Jeff