I'm being a responsible girl and ordered a print proof copy of the anthology, even though this adds like a freaking week-and-a-half to the waiting for publication. So, I apologize, but I don't apologize, because those of you being published in the anthology will appreciate me holding it before publication and looking for errors. Right? Right. I thought so.
So, the news is that I still haven't received the anthology in the mail (the postal service is interminably slow - I ordered it like a week ago). I'm hoping it will come today, but our mailman doesn't deliver our mail until 5-that-is-ridiculously-late-o'-clock. I really need to get a P.O. Box so I can get my mail sooner. Or something. But I'm actually out of town dog-sitting for my parents, and will need to drive back to my place to get the anthology as soon as my hubby says it has come.
The truth is, we really have been quick about getting this anthology published. It's just that I'm impatient! And the other truth is that I really hope a lot of you spread the word about this anthology because it's special for a lot of reasons, some of which I cannot publicly say yet. So...spread the word. It's a beautiful book, I'm telling you. The stories are connected in a really cool, literary, and entertaining way.
Now I must go eat some breakfast.
The important thing, to me anyway, is that the book be the best it can be coming out of the gate. So take the time you need. BUT NOT ONE SECOND LONGER!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSure thing, Chuck! :)
Delete"Need" is a funny word. It has such a broad range of possible meanings.
DeleteMy work email this morning includes the following:
ReplyDelete"There is a pagination error on the first book (of the four) ... pages 226 and 227 are missing. It can be corrected by removing pages 225 and 228 and then tipping in a reprinted 4-page section for pages 225, 226, 227 and 228 on matching paper."
It's 1500 copies of an 800-page book being shipped from the UK. It's an expensive, time-consuming, and frustrating error (the UK publisher terms it "tiresome and disruptive") that "is a result of failure to check the pagination correctly."
The moral of my work anecdote: It's good you're taking the extra time now. But eat breakfast first.
Money making scheme #544: Teach Peanut how to "tip in" reprinted pages while in a shipment box traveling from the UK.
DeleteYou will make a lot from that, Davin. :)
DeleteAnd think of how happy people will be to open a box and find their books AND a dog! :)
DeleteI like this plan. It's much better than money-making scheme #543 (teach Peanut how to wait tables) or money-making scheme #542 (teach Peanut to drive a race car).
DeleteI really thought #543 would work. Now, I wish I hadn't invested so much money on it.
DeleteDarn that pesky Health Department and their rules!
DeleteRight?
DeleteThey're like, "Under code blah, blah, blah and section, blah, blah, blah."
And I'm like, "Feel how soft his ears are."
And they're like, "You could be fined up to blah, blah, blah."
and I'm like, "Oh, look, he's licking that customer's hand!"
Fascists!
DeleteThat's exactly what Peanut said!
DeleteIf Peanuts knows about Fascism, I believe you have many more money-making schemes that are possible. He can write op-eds for the NY Times, craft political speeches, run for office (feel how soft my ears are!)
DeleteI'd pretty much vote for anyone who ran under the "Feel How Soft My Ears Are" campaign. You can't doubt that kind of sincerity.
DeletePatience will be rewarded. Of this I am sure. If anything, you have enhanced advance marketing buzz.
ReplyDeleteJudith, we are master strategists!
DeleteIf a tipped-in page is shorter than the publication’s pages then it needs to be aligned at either their top or bottom edge. Tipping-in to the central slither can prove problematic as there is no page edge to align it with.
ReplyDelete"Tipping-in to the central slither": When's the last time you heard that phrase and didn't want to wash your hands afterwards?
Anticipation is everything, and I'm sure it will be soundly rewarded.
ReplyDeleteYes. You guys have put this thing together in record time, so no worries about hurrying.
ReplyDeleteI have told everyone about the anthology, and I wonder what my mom will say about my story. I have some pretty good ideas, but it'll still be interesting.