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March 07, 2005
We're *this* close
We are so close to being done! The first half of the book has gone to O'Reilly's production department; they take our original Word docs and lay them out in FrameMaker, adding the artwork, icons, and formatting that give the finished book its distinctive appearance. We have a few more chapters to do technical review on (Devin has two, Missy has one, and Tom has one), and I have to test and clean up all the scripts-- all by 11 March! Once those things are done, the second half of the book can go off to production; at that point, the authors are done until the initial proofs of the book come back. Those proofs are our last chance to catch mistakes, so we'll be poring over them pretty closely.
The big question on everyone's mind is probably "what animal has O'Reilly chosen for the cover?" Your guess is as good as mine. Robbie may tell us beforehand, or he may keep it as a surprise (although I bet Missy can coax it out of him).
Posted by Paul at March 7, 2005 09:58 AM