My seven-volume, hard-cover, full-colour, glossy blog journals arrived yesterday. It's magnificent! The publishers did an amazing job in layout and design and I am flabbergasted at the professionalism of it. Here's one volume:
I know it was expensive -- $1,200 -- but it was so worth it. Actually, I think I got a bargain! It only took two-and-a-half weeks from when I ordered it, November 10th, and here it is printed, shipped and delivered. Bite me McLelland and Stewart and every other traditional printer.
In fact, had I sent my blog to any of them, it would have been rejected.
Started reading through it and was brought up short by how good a writer I am. Frankly, I could not put it down. Sorry to say, but I am a good and entertaining writer and am not going to be falsely modest about it. I really wonder how far I could have gone in the journalism world in Toronto had I not moved to Ottawa with then-husband. When I think that my contemporaries were Christie Blatchford and Margaret Wente, I think pretty far. That marriage didn't last, but gave me two fabulous offspring, so that's what I focus on, not my lost career as a journalist. But still......
These journals are my legacy and will ensure my grandchildren know there was more to grandma than muffins.
so how does one get a copy for a price of course . how wonderful for your legacy to your grandkids..
ReplyDeleteI would buy in a minute!!
ReplyDeleteDid you read the blog correctly?! It was $1,200 for all seven volumes! It may be cheaper, now that it has been formatted, etc., but probably not much! I am flattered, however.
ReplyDeleteI that the $1200 was the charge for the publisher's work, not to sell the volumes to the public
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