Stacks of books, five weeks til pub date
…And the wait continues. My twenty-five author’s copies showed up this week, and Norton is now shipping to wholesalers, but since the official pub date of March 26 hasn’t [...]
Baby pictures!
In a way, that is. Last night UPS delivered a square package from Norton–my first copy of the History of the Ancient World, straight off the presses. TA DAAA!! It still won’t be [...]
A productive mess
In the kindness of their collective hearts, Norton decided that 1) it would best to give me until January 2 to finish giving them input on the index, and 2) it would be easier for me to evaluate [...]
Becoming more high-maintenance
The index to The History of the Ancient World arrived yesterday, under the worst possible conditions. Background: This pre-Christmas week was cheered by my unscheduled visit to the hospital. I [...]
“Those amorphous weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas in which nothing seems to get done”
I can’t remember where I read that particular description, but it suits this time of year exactly. There’ve been no particular publishing milestones since my last post; mostly [...]
The final European update…and so to bed
I’m sitting in JFK after a seven-hour Virgin Atlantic flight, waiting to catch the Delta commuter plane to Richmond. I’m happy to report that at the end of my eleven-day excursion, I [...]
Yes, but can you overnight that to Calais for me?
I haven’t posted for a week and a half because I’ve been frantically finishing up work before I get on a plane for Europe. Yes, this is my yearly Research Trip. I’m meeting my [...]
The flap copy challenge
I’m thoroughly launched on the first section of the History of the Medieval World, Volume II of the History of Everything (that’s the title of the folder on my Mac desktop with all my [...]
Delays, delays…and academic publishing
On various fronts, it has been a bothering sort of week. Those of you who are VERY alert may notice that the publication date on the History of the Ancient World has changed, on the various [...]
The first pass goes back
So many of you would like an ARC that I’m going to see whether I can winkle two more out of Norton and give away three copies instead of one. That improves the odds a little bit, right? On [...]
The arrival of the ARCs, and a raffle offer…
Today a big box arrived from Norton, filled with my ten copies of the ARCs–the Advance Reader’s Copies, otherwise known as galleys. These are paperback, bound copies of the first pass [...]
It arrives
I missed the FedEx guy, who has eluded me once more, but Christopher tripped over the huge box on the porch and staggered upstairs with it. I unpacked it onto the kitchen table, and…well, [...]