The Blog About KDPaine's New Book "Measuring Public Relationships"

Book First Pages Now Finished

The book is now in first pages, which means the initial layout has been finished. There are still a few minor things to tweak, and final proofreading has not been done, but this is very close to what will go to the printer. It's a pdf file of 5 or 6 MB. Download PaineBookFirstPages.pdf

Book Progress Update

Someone, somewhere, described writing a book as, "digging your way out of prison with a spoon." Well, spoonful by spoonful, Katie's book has been making progress. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the process of publishing a book, it is complex, time-consuming and chock full of arcane proofreading and graphic design terminology. Here's an update:

-- The manuscript has been revised somewhat, especially the introductory pages. We are considering posting the new manuscript here, but it is now filled with special codes indicating, for instance, which sort of titles go where. It's a bit awkward to actually read.

-- Right now the book is in what is called "First Pages," which is the first draft of the actual page layout of the book. It means that the manuscript has been proofed and illustrations finished and the pages are being built.

-- The title has changed a bit. It is now called: "Measuring Public Relationships: The Data-Driven Communicator’s Guide to Success"

-- We have a Foreword very generously supplied by Jim and Lauri Grunig.

-- We are planning a photo shoot for the cover.

The final book will be ready later this fall. -- Bill Paarlberg, Editor