Alright, which do you want first?
The bad news? OK.
I had just boarded my flight to Minneapolis last week when I got a call from my editor at Rocky Nook to let me know that they received the first copies of The Landscape Photography Book and about 30% of the book had a serious printing issue. The company that printed the book admitted the mistake and agreed it was unacceptable, so this past weekend they were back on press reprinting the entire print over from scratch.
Unfortunately, (for my readers who pre-ordered the book, and my editors, and my publisher, and me) that means instead of the book being delivered to readers and bookstores this past week as expected, it will now be delayed a few more weeks as the books have to be bound, finished and shipped. Ugh. đ
Wow, that is bad news. Whatâs the good news?
Well, if there is a bright spot here, itâs that my publisher made the right call to have the book reprinted. Not every publisher would have done that because this is a decision that adversely affects their business, their author, and their relationships with the booksellers as well (especially seeing as this book had my biggest pre-sales numbers in years).
The folks at Rocky Nook felt that the printing for a photography book like this had to be âon the moneyâ and I totally agree. They have always been absolutely committed to the reader, so Iâm not surprised they made the call to pull all the copies already in print and go back to press. Itâs one of the things that makes me proud to be one of their authors. My hats off to them.
So, to sum it all up:
The good news is â when you see The Landscape Photography Book, the printing will look great. The bad news is, we have to wait a bit longer to see it look great.
Needless to say, I was (a) upset (b) heartbroken (c) upset and heartbroken, and just generally bummed out, but I would have been embarrassed to have delivered a book that didnât live up our standards, so I understand and agree itâs the right call, even if itâs a painful one.
Thanks everybody for your patience a few weeks more. Thanks to Rocky Nook for caring so much about our readers, and to the printer for owning up to the error.
Hereâs to a week of better printing! đ