Printer has Received File of the Book from the Publisher!

This is the BIG news we have been waiting for. Several of my friends have been asking me all month long: When will the book be ready? Now, I have something concrete to tell you all.

Here is the email I received from the publisher moments ago:

Your text is now in printer's hands.By now you should have a copy of e-mail I sent to our cover designer this morning, to let him know that he can now upload cover files.Once he uploads that file, we can say "your book is now in printer's hands." Printer will check both files, and if all looks ready, they will proceed with printing, according to their job queue. I will let you know how things proceed from here.



And I replied with this message to the publisher: Please let me know when printer gives you the date the book will be printed. There is just something about knowing the exact date, isn't there?

I will blog here as soon as I know more. Seems like we are almost past "contractions bed" and heading towards "delivery room". This baby is on the way!

Publish Date Set for September?

The publisher has informed me that Refugee Was My Name will be published this month, September, 2011. As soon as they give me the exact date of the month, I will let you know.

It is so exciting to be this close to the delivery room. The contractions are on, and they should be overlapping any day now!