Wow! What a ride! Writing two books at the same time + the 10 hr day job + family leaves very little time for fun. or beer. Thankfully we're at the stage in the books now where we're finishing up some final reviews, and getting ready to print. It's very exciting - Mastering Revit 2011 was translated in India, Germany, and the UK (they use weird words like 'lift' and 'torch' and the beer is warm). The Revit Essentials book will soon be translated into Portuguese for sale in Brazil. Do you know what that means? It means that somehow Phil will be able to mold young minds in several countries. Hide your kids.
This also means we're working feverishly on book covers. We received some great content through the blog and we're sorting through some cover options with the publisher. You might have seen this one online at amazon.com:
If you did, we're sorry. We're sorry that first, we didn't tell anyone that we'd selected cover art (which we haven't yet) and we're also sorry that anyone would have to look at a cover that bad. I can only hope (and pray) that:
- someone was still drunk from Fat Tuesday when this was laid out
- they had lost a bet
- it's some sort of computer generated cover art and no human would have ever produced this.
As you might be able to tell, it rubbed me a bit wrong and I DID stop putting coke in my rum. It also sent me on a quest for the worst book covers imaginable. There's some pretty bad stuff out there in the world. Like this:
Nice that they got someone from every gender and race to be in the pic, but they're all talking to the blonde, white kid. No one outside of 1986 can be cool with acid washed jeans. Sorry. Then there's this one:
Moment of Truth! for real!! Note the branding on the side 'Intimate Moments'. I wonder if the story is that discrete....
Then, there's this one:
I..... I, uh...... well, I don't quite know where to begin. Funny thing is, this book has a huge cult following and almost a 5 star review on amazon.com. Ok, one more. How can you say no to a book about all the characters William Shatner ever played, come to life!
I'm sure it's a gripping story that is hard to put down. New Revit Essentials art coming soon. Maybe it will feature Shatner.
2 comments:
Thanks for the laugh - much needed while working on a Friday afternoon... Nice comments :)
Weird language are you sure about that? Maybe you've lost your roots? Warm beer? yeah I'll go with that one, but at least it gets you ****ed. :-)
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