The book is with the Publisher
Today I drove out to Ilidža (ee-lee -ja) to drop the book off with the publisher, Šahinpašić. All of my work is done. The text is laid-out, the cover is designed, the maps are inserted. All that remains is the ISBN information and the “fine-print” page. I handed the disk over to Lara, who works for Šahinpašić, and told her what was missing. She said,
“Don’t worry, we will take care of everything.”
In that moment, I started to get a little bit emotional (and I am not an emotional kind of guy). For the past year and a half I have been “worrying” about this book. Now I am in the “don’t worry” stage. Wow, that feels good.
Lara said that the English edition could go to the printer as soon as tomorrow. We will see. I am not going to worry about it.
Just for this occasion, a little Bobby McFerrin, “Don’t Worry be Happy.” (Also a great video for these uncertain financial times)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU