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By: Book Week: The Economics of Writing a Book | Brent Ozar - Too Much Information

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By: Sean McDonough

Sean McDonough — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:17:57 +0000

Great post, Brent. In particular, the last section on “mental costs” really hit home; I found myself nodding as I read it. It wasn’t until I myself began writing that I gained a true appreciation for the time and effort that goes into generating the final product. Calling it an “eye-opening experience” would be an understatement.

Thanks for sharing your experience and insight!

By: Jim Minatel

Jim Minatel — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:16:06 +0000

Brent: These are great posts, thanks for sharing this experience. I’m especially glad to see that when we made a mistake (the author name order) and you pitched the proper fit, we got it fixed. Mistakes happen, fixes take some work.
The whole cover process has also been interesting to me to see how much people read into stock photos, even placeholder stock photos. Glad you like your racecar.
Thanks for being part of Wrox!

By: Brad Schulz

Brad Schulz — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:12:54 +0000

I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like writing a book, but a lot of what you say (especially regarding the editing process) hits home, making me think back to when I wrote a bunch of articles for FoxTalk and FoxPro Advisor in the 1990′s. Sometimes the things they changed drove me nuts. The worst part, though, was what they chose for the titles of the articles. I still cringe when I see the title “Display and Enter Dates the Right Way”. Zzzzzz…. Yawn…. How boringly vanilla!

Plus, it would take forever from the time I submit the article to when it finally appears in print.

I love the freedom and immediacy of blogging… What an entirely different experience.

Anyway, congrats on the book… I shake my head in amazement at the time and dedication it must take to put something like that together. Thanks for the posts on your experiences.