16 January
The proofs arrived! This did not include the entire book - but samples from the beginning and the end...
Proceeded to read and make notes - sending these notes and scans of the pages that needed changes in the formatting and text...
26 January
Our change requests for the sample pages were received at Dog Ear...
...meanwhile - Jim and I had been meeting and searching Getty images for pictures that would support our book cover concept. Since our book is creative (fiction) and not editorial (non-fiction) we were very limited when it came to old baseball photos...
22 February
We received the First Pass Pages - the entire book - ready to review and approve/make changes.
28 February
We finalized the cover - the last piece of the puzzle was a photo of the old Polo Grounds in NYC - where the 1934 AS game was played. The searching paid off and we actually found an image that was not for editorial use only!
The proofs arrived! This did not include the entire book - but samples from the beginning and the end...
Proceeded to read and make notes - sending these notes and scans of the pages that needed changes in the formatting and text...
26 January
Our change requests for the sample pages were received at Dog Ear...
...meanwhile - Jim and I had been meeting and searching Getty images for pictures that would support our book cover concept. Since our book is creative (fiction) and not editorial (non-fiction) we were very limited when it came to old baseball photos...
22 February
We received the First Pass Pages - the entire book - ready to review and approve/make changes.
28 February
We finalized the cover - the last piece of the puzzle was a photo of the old Polo Grounds in NYC - where the 1934 AS game was played. The searching paid off and we actually found an image that was not for editorial use only!