Reply to COTPATD - Book Proof Printed (With Photos)
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Instead of adding a reply to the other topic, I thought this deserved a new post. Just to recap: I've been editing and formatting the COTPATD series of forum posts into book form.
So, a couple weeks ago, I 'finished' round two of editing. At this point, I had probably spent a good hundred hours into the editing process, and I realized I had no idea if this was actually going to work. What if the screenshots are unrecognizable? What if I used margins that were too small, such that it is impossible to read text that is near the spine of the book, and I need to re-format the entire book again?
So, I decided to take what I had, and submit the draft and print off a 'proof'. I went with Createspace, as I didn't have the appropriate tool (InDesign) to create a manuscript for IngramSpark. Createspace has a limit of 480 pages, so I took years 1998-2004 (448 pages total), and about $35 and two weeks later, I have a physical copy.
It looks AWESOME.
This cover is not final; I threw together a photo mosaic of Tim with D-Mod screenshots. The final will probably be different.
It you look closely, you can see the title screen of such classics as Pokemon: Bible Version.
The screenshots are gorgeous. Text is readable.
Forum screenshots are a little bit pixelated, but look good.
I asked Simon to write a few words, which is why he popped back up the other day.
Still more to do, but I think this might really happen.
So, a couple weeks ago, I 'finished' round two of editing. At this point, I had probably spent a good hundred hours into the editing process, and I realized I had no idea if this was actually going to work. What if the screenshots are unrecognizable? What if I used margins that were too small, such that it is impossible to read text that is near the spine of the book, and I need to re-format the entire book again?
So, I decided to take what I had, and submit the draft and print off a 'proof'. I went with Createspace, as I didn't have the appropriate tool (InDesign) to create a manuscript for IngramSpark. Createspace has a limit of 480 pages, so I took years 1998-2004 (448 pages total), and about $35 and two weeks later, I have a physical copy.
It looks AWESOME.
This cover is not final; I threw together a photo mosaic of Tim with D-Mod screenshots. The final will probably be different.
It you look closely, you can see the title screen of such classics as Pokemon: Bible Version.
The screenshots are gorgeous. Text is readable.
Forum screenshots are a little bit pixelated, but look good.
I asked Simon to write a few words, which is why he popped back up the other day.
Still more to do, but I think this might really happen.
