Big Little ThingsNightmares in print
As you know, we’re, like, nanomoments from finishing our book for written on the city. And today, our friend Richard Oliver of Purposive Drift sent us a timely note, sharing his experiences in the final sessions of finishing his book Understanding Hypermedia 2.0 for print.
Enjoy:
Just thought I’d share an experience with you. My last published book, “Understanding Hypermedia 2.0″ was a bit of a nightmare. My co-author, Bob Cotton fell ill at a crucial point in the process. I was having conversations with Malcolm Garrett, the designer, at 4.00 in the morning, where we were swearing we would never do an illustrated book again. I was doing lots of processes that should have been sequential like writing main text, captions, choosing illustrations, and so on, in parallel. We had what was beginning to look like an impossible deadline. And so on. I guess you get the picture.
Anyway, the point of all this is that I was having a final meeting with our editor where there were a few tiny bits to tidy up before the book was sent off to the printers. Everything we needed to deal with could have been done in about ten minutes. After half an hour I realised that I was dragging the meeting on because I was reluctant to let go of our baby and let it go out into the world - very weird.
In the end, despite all the pain, I think it is my favourite of all our books.
Thanks, Richard. Wish us luck!
