The final draft of Pocket Rocket, the autobiography of former British cycling champion Steve Joughin, appeared in our inbox on Wednesday morning. Other than a few final tweaks that proofing always throws up, what we have now will constitute our first official publication - and it's incredibly exciting and absolutely petrifying in equal measures.
The last two nights have been spent putting the words into the Indesign file and connecting the pages to allow the text to flow throughout. That was a slow, tedious job, but now everything is in place, I can crack on with formatting and slotting pictures into relevant spots. The cover artwork was already all but done - we've managed to source a fantastic photograph of Steve crossing the winning line, arms aloft, a look of sheer ecstasy on his face. It makes for a very simple but effective front cover and I just hope I can do the picture justice.
Design work will continue over the next week or so, while attention turns to finalising the print spec and weighing up options for the size of print run. It’s a bloody tricky balance. The more books we order, the lower the unit cost, but the higher the overall initial outlay. And, of course, there’s also the issue of gauging how many copies we think we can shift.
As we’re working to a budget tighter than my slacks after one of Mrs Q’s fine homemade pizzas, it’s going to need some careful consideration.
One other point to make, and it’s a fairly important one.
This will most likely be our last post from this blog - when our website goes live (probably mid next week), there is a new blog built into the site, so all future missives will come from there. We will, however, leave this blog in situ for a while to direct folk over to the new pad.
Right, that’s all for now folks. Take care, and we’ll see you in our new home.
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