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Hot Off the Press
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
My editor, Mauro DiPreta, on Monday sent me the email I'd been breathlessly awaiting for weeks. The header on the message: "Books are here!" Finally. The finished product, the hardcover version of my book, the one I have been babysitting in one form or another for the past 18 months, was off the press.
"I just received a few beautiful copies of MARLEY from the printer. You'll be receiving them tomorrow," Mauro wrote. And, sure enough, a truck pulled up to my house Tuesday with two copies of Marley & Me. My hands were actually trembling as I opened the package and pulled them out. Now I know how a new mom feels after a long hard delivery when the nurse places her child in her arms. I almost put the damn thing to my chest and tried to get a burp out of it.
Just as a mother would count fingers and toes, I flipped through the pages, counting chapters and checking type. All pages present and accounted for. No obvious typos. The printer didn't screw up and put a poodle on the cover. No, on the cover, below the words "world's worst dog," right where he belonged, was Marley, staring up at the camera with head cocked and that "Who? Me?" look on his face. On the inside covers are a dozen or so photos showing him at various stages of his life.
And so it's official. The book is done. The book is real. It looks great. It even smells great. And on October 18 it will be in bookstores across the country. Now, that will be another trip and a half.
Can you tell I'm slightly excited?
posted by John Grogan at 9:02 PM
 
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