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Subject:Re: OT? Printing a Book From:Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:24:01 -0700 (PDT)
"Carol Anne Wall" wrote ...
>
> I've volunteered to write a 25 year history of the adoption agency we used
> recently to adopt our daughter. I've met with the agency director and we
> have set a scope, format (softcover), rough timeline, and have an outline.
> Now I need to find out what it will cost to get the book printed. I've
> never done this before (my employer doesn't publish its documentation), and
> neither has the director.
>snip<
I had a teacher in college who said "you are a nothing as an artist until you
can produce results." I think that applies here. Just write the book. Worry
about making it pretty later.
Tools, artwork, and layout are pretty irrelevant until you have some actual
content. It is *much* easier to reorganize existing text than to plan it all
out in advance. There's a good chance you'll change your mind about the
structure along the way anyway.
Nobody is going to read the book because it has a stellar use of page
numbering. They're going to read it because it is actually interesting.
Results first, art second, fame third. That's how it works.
