Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 103

The Biography Progress Reports keep coming fast and furious, which is great considering how few and far between they were when I first started posting them almost four years ago. There are a few minor things to report.

First off, I was contacted by the designer/typesetter this week who laid out what to expect in the coming months. A copy editor has been assigned to the book and will be looking it over for spelling/grammar/style more so than content. I should be getting those corrections in about two weeks, and fingers crossed they are minimal. Once I approve the corrections, the revised manuscript will be sent to the designer who will lay it all out.

Next, a full description of the book is now posted on the University Press of Kentucky’s website. It is not showing up on Amazon yet, which still is just displaying bare bones, but I would imagine it is only a matter of time. I did not write this description, though I did have final approval on it. Still, it’s bizarre to have someone else writing about this book I had been working on for over a decade. I’m not sure I will ever get used to the fact that this thing is really out of my hands and out in the world.

Finally, the book is now available for pre-order on the Amazon UK site, though the discount is currently a mere .17 pence. Oh, and for the library crowd, Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel is now available through Baker & Taylor!

More news soon for sure! (Oh, and I can’t get enough of this cover, so expect to see it pop up on multiple posts.)