Published

The author meets the editor to pick up advance copies.

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Editor: Here. They do look good. Black cover and all.

Author: Yes.

Editor: You gave us an idea. We could put the conversations up on the Internet as podcasts.

Author: That’s way it’s going. The book is just becoming a gateway. An entry ticket.

"The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed."

Editor: Who said that?

Author: William Gibson. It's in the book.

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Voiceover

The blog that morphed into a book. An editor who has a an idea of linking print to podcasts. An author who wants to do the next book as a book as a multimedia package (a book with a DVD of the conversations inside the back cover). Perhaps the future is arriving earlier than we expected.

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Publication Day

The author takes a call from the editor.

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Editor: It’s here. It’s arrived. The book’s back from the printers.

Author: Great. Thank you.

Editor: Thank you.

Author: So I can pick up some copies?

Editor: Of course. Today?

Author: Tomorrow. I had to put off early departure plans. Tomorrow morning is OK?

Editor: Tomorrow morning. About 11?

Author: 11’s fine.

Editor: It looks good, you know.

Author: This is exciting. See you tomorrow, 11.

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Voiceover

This is an upbeat telephone conversation. All the news, on both sides, is positive and helpful. The editor leads off in a three part “good news” presentation: “…here…” “arrived…” and “back from…”

The exchange of “thank you” mutually acknowledges the role each party had in the project.

The only negotiation involves a slight rescheduling, from “today” to “tomorrow”.

The editor is plainly pleased with the result, “looks good”, to which the author responds with “excitement”.

What will tomorrow bring when the author actually sees the book?