Thursday, April 15, 2010

Bug Out Back Cover Finalized

I just received a PDF from my editor of the final version of the back cover for Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too Late.  Everything is ready to go to press now, so the finished product is right around the corner.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

New Book Contract

This past week while working on proofreading my forthcoming book, Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too Late, I have been simultaneously working out the details with my editor for another survival-related book.  A sample has been written and yesterday I received a second book contract from Ulysses Press - something I certainly didn't expect to happen even before Bug Out was released. 

I'll have a busy spring and summer, as the manuscript for this new book is due by September 1, and publication is scheduled for January.  I like the fast pace however, and I'm excited to be working with a publishing company that understands the market and is able to move fast enough on these projects to get them to readers while the interest is there.  In a recent Publisher's Weekly article, Ulysses Press was named among the fastest-growing publishers in 2009, despite the recession that has hurt the industry as a whole.  Here's the full article: 

The indie presses that grew in 2009 benefited from bold decision making

 

Bug Out Proofed and In Production

I spent much of last week and the previous weekend reading and proofing the PDF version of Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too Late.  The editors and designers at Ulysses Press did a great job of turning the manuscript into a book, and I found very few errors.  Most of the changes involved swapping out some of the illustrations and correcting captions.  The maps for each region discussed in the book look great as well.  Publication is scheduled for May, so it won't be long now.