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Michael Tona and I are putting the finishing touches on DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime. A great deal of time, labor and information went into the project, which produced a massive manuscript with tons of endnotes. Mike and I considered whether to pare down the book into something more palatable for traditional publishers. In the end, we decided that it would be a better service to those who (like us) are deeply interested in the subject to make it available in its entirety. So, we will soon be publishing DiCarlo in two volumes (printed books and e-books). We'll work on trimming it down for a traditionally published edition a bit later on.

DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime is now available for purchase in hardcover, trade paperback and e-book formats for Kindle and Nook/iBooks. Well, sort of. Whether it is available to you at this moment depends in large part on where you are looking for it. Purchase links to the current sellers (basically the publisher's bookstore, though Amazon is carrying the Kindle version) are available on the book website, buffalomob.com, along with plenty of interesting information about the book and its authors.

Due to the nature of the book-catalog process, it could be another month or so before DiCarlo appears in Amazon.com (as I mentioned, the Kindle version is there already) or Barnes and Noble. As I understand it, the ISBN information needs to be circulated, the distributor needs to manually update a database and then booksellers need to update their databases and each update is performed on a monthly basis ... whatever.

There is an additional wrinkle involved with the Nook and iBooks EPUB-format e-books, as those must be individually authorized before they can go on sale through B&N and the Apple store. I don't really know what they do to authorize books or how long it takes, and I'm trying my best not to be in any way critical of the EPUB Ministry of Acceptable Books (guess I just failed). I am assured that the process has begun and must be content with that information.

Bottom line is this. If you want DiCarlo now, it is available in all formats through the limited channels shown on the website. If you want to buy it through your favorite seller, you may need to wait just a bit longer (should be there long before Christmas!). That's the book-biz.

Widely known in Prohibition Era western New York as "Jew Minnie," Minnie Leventhal was an eastern European immigrant to the Buffalo area who associated with some powerful organized criminals and ran speakeasies and hotels. Minnie was believed to have been romantically involved with both Buffalo crime boss Giuseppe DiCarlo and his son Joseph DiCarlo. We have added a biography of Minnie Clark to the DiCarlo book website: http://buffalomob.blogspot.com/2013/0...

Looks like our DiCarlo biography has cleared the approval hurdles at Apple. E-books of both volumes are now available through the Apple iTunes bookstore. You can visit the bookstore through your favorite Apple device of use the links provided on our website.
We hope the e-books will soon be available through Barnes and Noble as well. (That bookseller offers the same e-book format but has a separate approval process.)
The Amazon Kindle version of the e-books has been available for some time already. You can preview/purchase those through these links:
Volume I.
Volume II.

In addition to the biography of "Jew Minnie" Clark mentioned earlier in this blog, our website for DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime includes writeups on these individuals linked to the Mafia of western New York:
- Salvatore "Sam" Pieri,
- Frederico "Lupo" Randaccio,
- Joseph Fino,
- John Cammilleri,
- Daniel Sansanese, Sr.,
- Pasquale "Pat Titters" Natarelli, and
- Isadoro Crocevera.

We've added brief biographies of Buffalo Mafia leaders John Montana and Rosario "Roy" Carlisi to the website. (Click on a name to view the corresponding writeup.)

DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime softcovers (as well as e-books) have come online at Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. We're expecting the hardcover format to appear shortly.

Visit Amazon for softcover and Kindle e-books

Visit Barnes and Noble for softcover and Nook e-books

DiCarlo hardcovers are being offered for sale through Amazon. These are not yet Amazon stock but third-party offers with widely varying prices. Prices ranged from $46.95 (that's full list price) to $97.99 (that's crazy) per volume this morning.

We expect Amazon to have the hardcovers in stock soon and to offer a discounted price. If you're in a hurry for a hardcover copy, we suggest going to the printer at Lulu.com where it can be acquired for less than $40.

DiCarlo hardcovers are now being offered for sale by both Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. Both are offering discounts off the $46.95 list price. Though the numbers probably will fluctuate, Amazon's retail price is now $42.26 per volume and Barnesandnoble's is $41.83.

Of course, less expensive softcover and e-book formats remain available. Visit the DiCarlo book website's Purchase page to view popular purchase options: http://buffalomob.com/p-purchase.html

We've added a brief biography of western NY Mafia boss Stefano Magaddino to the DiCarlo book website: http://buffalomob.blogspot.com/2013/0...