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| Why does it take so long for books to go from ideas to paper and ink? We live in an age of advanced digital tools that make it easy for even amateurs to produce professional-looking books. Why then do publishers still proceed as if it’s 1958? Good questions all.
Roughly five years ago, I changed professions. I scrapped a reliable paycheck as a researcher at the local university for the very unreliable prospect of writing a book (or books). In conventional terms, the period has been a success: I signed four contracts, completed three manuscripts and am at work on a fourth–but in that time I’ve published zero real books. (The Beer Tasting Toolkit was a funny little side project that included a 6,000-word pamphlet, so it’s not exactly a book, though it did actually make it out into the world.) Why it took so long is–to me, anyway–a fairly fascinating story; for those of you who started asking about The Beer Bible years ago, it may help answer the question of why it’s taken so damn l … |
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