I think it's right up there as one of the best days of my life. Linda and I were feverishly exchanging emails trying to get this book completed and to the printer in time to be published for SMB 2014. I'm sure we exchanged well over 100 emails in a day's time. Plus we both had other things going as well. Everything just came together as if other forces were at play. There's just something about this book that's hard to describe.
Another memorable day was when we got the first proof back from the printer. There are things you can't know until you hold the book in your hands. The weight of the paper seemed just right, the font was perfect, and the spacing of lines made it an easy read. The photos and illustrations all seemed to work. The cover was as good as it gets when you're limited to just black and white.
For our first outing as a publisher, PBSS did a fine job. Of course, a lot of that had to do with Linda. Part of the fun was I got to help her a bit with the writing and she helped us more than a bit on the publishing side.
Phase one now completed, we start working on the second and final edition. It's now clear this book is going to be a real page turner when the much expanded edition is published in about a year. You can help by buying a copy of this first edition, Who knows, it might even be of interest to collectors someday. More important, we'll raise money for Pilot Butte and give Linda more freedom to concentrate on the next edition.
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