Book progress

Jan, Noah and I are getting close to the finish line on our book, CouchDB: The Definitive Guide. Friday is a real deadline. We are in a sprint to apply all the latest API changes and suchlike to the book.

Working on a book involves time in a way that I hadn't really experienced before. It's not a whole ton of work, but you really do have to work on it a little every day. That's not really in my nature, so it's been a bit of a struggle to push it forward.

I do like taking a few days now and again to dive fully into the book and do nothing else (concentration-wise) for a while. I find that it takes time to absorb my mind in the book, and once I'm there I feel more confident that its coming together, but also more acutely aware of the bits and pieces that need attention.

Here's the wolf that's on the cover, relaxing on a couch. It will be nice to hold the book in my hand.

Amy helped me a bunch tonight. If I keep working hard all tomorrow, we may have a Rough Cuts / html release this week.

Don't forget the book is under a CreativeCommons Attribution license so remixes are welcome.