A few thanks to share

Nov 14, 2008 Book

I’ve been remiss so far in thanking those who took this book from a few scribbled notes to the great work that hits the shelves soon.

Producing a book is indeed a group effort. I’ve heard that before, but until I had written one, I didn’t understand the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes, when it leaves the Author. I’m only one of a team on this.

I’ve got a number of people to thank who work in the publishing team at SitePoint…

Simon Mackie and Chris Wyness, Managing Editors, who expertly steered and managed this project. Simon was the one who first approached me about writing it in the first place.

Toby Somerville and Andrew Tetlaw, who were the Technical Editors for the book. Toby left SitePoint towards the end of my writing, and Andrew quickly took the reigns without any fuss. Thanks to both of you for the advice and encouragement!

Hilary Reynolds, English language editor, who caressed my words into something far more eloquent. I love working with people who love language, and don’t get upset when I misuse it.

Then there are others who helped work on the book, outside of SitePoint…

Friend and fellow Perth local, Myles Eftos, who was the Expert Reviewer, provided me with much needed input and sanity checks.

This website and the illustrations you see in the book are the work of Jay Hollywood, one of the design team at Bam Creative. Thanks Jay!

Also, thanks to Derek Featherstone, Mark Boulton, Molly E. Holzschlag and Stephen Collins who all allowed me their time for interviews in the book - it makes more sense with your input.

I hope you’re all as proud of the end product as I am, and I look forward to some of you reading it for the first time soon!

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