Book Update – July 2011 – Release dates and ebooks
Posted in Book updates on July 3rd, 2011 by Peter Baker3 July 2011
Hello Everybody
The first paperback print run of The Jolly Pilgrim will be delivered from the printers to my publishers, the HotHive, this Thursday, 7 July 2011. Read more »
33: Production Schedule, Part III – The Finale
Posted in Diary posts on June 29th, 2011 by Peter Baker29 June 2011
To choose a typesetting format, Charlotte (the designer) mocked-up Chapter 1 in three example styles. I commented, she altered them, I agonised for a week, then picked one.
Sara (the production manager) and I then went back and forth, tweaking the chosen style, for eight days and 23 emails, before I signed it off and she sent the manuscript to be typeset. Read more »
32: Production Schedule, Part II
Posted in Diary posts on June 20th, 2011 by Peter Baker20 June 2011
The Blurb
Summarise the book in 150 words? Tricky. I did a draft and sent it to my production team. They commented. I drafted anew. Concurrently, two of them drafted their own versions. One (by Sid, my editor) was profound and philosophical. I loved it. One (by Si) was lighter and more frivolous. I disregarded it. After re-writing my own version (literary and classical), I was persuaded into some market-testing. Read more »