The Final Curtain

Over the weekend i uploaded the last changes to the book, and have now approved the final CD content that was delivered by courier.

Ive been advised that the book is going to print this week, and there is now nothing left for me to do on the book now. So the actual writing of the book is complete.

Its been a long and difficult journey, but its funny, all the hard work and effort is kinda forgotten due to the 4 weeks that have passed since i did the finishing up of the main manuscript work.

Oh well I hope that once the book is released people enjoy it and fingers crossed it sells well. If it does there is more chance of similar books being made, which can only be good for the "easy" programming market.

I will continue to post nearer to when the book is complete and once I get my copies from the publisher (and my ordered copy from Amazon). Let me know what you thought of the book.

Take care

Jason

Final Uploads and Changes

The final manuscript was reviewed a few weeks ago by a professional reviewer and its was very positive. This was very uplifting and gave me a bit of a boost. Writing this book was very tiring but that really helped me feel good about this project when someone else gives it a really good review.

You would think it was all over and done with, but no ;) ...

I recieved a PDF of the manuscript with highlighted problems last week, and had a week to make the relevant changes and send them back off. Also I got a request to send the CD-ROM files to them, which i arranged a courier, unfortunately they missed the shipment and it didnt get there till friday by which time i had already uploaded another version of it, so that was a good waste of £54.

Yesterday was the deadline for the manuscript changes, which i had completed and sent back at about 7pm UK time.

I also had been sent a new front/back cover for the book and approved that (with some small changes). So as you can see pretty busy, considering the book was finished in January.

Things are getting close now, and I think everything is needing to get done quick because we are getting closer to the release date (April 15), which is only next month and five weeks away. Considering the book takes 4 weeks to print (so i believe) then it will need to be distributed, its going to be close.

Now the changes have gone back and the CDROM files received, there is only one thing left to do (yipee), once the CDROM printers have compiled the CD I get sent a copy to ensure it works, I then need to approve this and send a form back so that it can get printed.

From there on in, all my work on the book is done. So this time I really can say the finish line is in sight.

Join me next time when i post to confirm the CD-ROM was received and checked, and also when the book is released!

Suppose i'd better make a start on the next book.

Jason