What time will the Publisher retail download be available?

[R C-R]

I pre-ordered Affinity Publisher but my Affinity Store downloads page still says "This is a pre-order, it will be available from June 19, 2019"

It is June 19, if I am not mistaken a bit after 1:00 pm in England. It is 7:08 am local time in Texas, so when should I expect the much anticipated "Download" button to appear on my Affinity Store downloads page?

[Seneca]

1 minute ago, R C-R said:

when should I expect the much anticipated "Download" button to appear on my Affinity Store downloads page?

The download should be available 2 hours before the launch of Publisher if I'm not mistaken. 

[R C-R]

Just now, Seneca said:

The download should be available 2 hours before the launch of Publisher if I'm not mistaken. 

So about 4 pm British time?

[Scapa]

Just now, R C-R said:

So about 4 pm British time?

That's what I remember too. 

[R C-R]

OK, I will try to be patient & wait for the magic hour. 

It's funny: this reminds me of kids waking up at 5 am Christmas morning & trying to convince their parents to get up so they can open their presents. My sister & I tried that a couple of times when we were tykes. It did not go over too well with them the first time, & they locked their bedroom door the next year. 

[OzNate]

I'm tired, have to sleep, will catch you all later. Too bad for the Aussies, I'm keen but not enough to stay up or get up that early. :-)

[Scapa]

33 minutes ago, R C-R said:

OK, I will try to be patient & wait for the magic hour. 

It's funny: this reminds me of kids waking up at 5 am Christmas morning & trying to convince their parents to get up so they can open their presents. My sister & I tried that a couple of times when we were tykes. It did not go over too well with them the first time, & they locked their bedroom door the next year. 

Well... That's how I feel for the Affinity live Keynote at 18:15 UK Time.  I mean, we already know publisher so I hope the surprises Ash teased will be something more than just the activation of the Designer and Photo personas. 

[dutchshader]

It's there 

[R C-R]

13 minutes ago, dutchshader said:

It's there 

It's also here, on my Mac. Now setting up my preferred layouts & such. 

[Patrick Connor]

8 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Now setting up my preferred layouts & such

...don't miss this https://affin.co/live19 

[R C-R]

54 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:

...don't miss this https://affin.co/live19 

I didn't miss it. Very impressive in all respects. 

The last bit about the iPad updates was quite a surprise -- I checked so quickly afterwards for them that I had to reload the updates page in the Apple Store to see them. All downloaded now.