Behind the Scenes

Pile of printed seminar syllabi, ready to review for any other thoughts for outline in early June 2015, before writing begins

Checking galleys before final press run

Discarded cover comps

Time

David spent ca. 400 hours on the book, start to finish. Of that, 20% of the time was spent researching, 5% outlining, and only one-third on the actual writing. The remainder was managing the illustrations, revising, participating in the author photo shoot, laying it out, managing production, and undertaking the initial marketing.

Cost

The hard costs for the initial print run of 10,000 copies totaled $50,923. For every $1.00 of hard costs, 77¢ went to printing, 6¢ went to illustrations, 5¢ went to design, etc.

Credits

Editing

Bryn Mooth

Cincinnati, OH

Illustrations

Patrick Iadanza

New York, NY

Author Photo

Cameron Powell

Nashville, TN

Cover & Interior Design

Faceout Studios

Bend, OR

Printing

Phoenix Color

Hagerstown, MD

Author Assist

Corzo Añejo + Domaine de Canton + Agave

Other Books
by David C. Baker

His first book was ghostwriting a book on the genetic underpinnings of seed corn.

His second book, a three-volume set, was entitled David C. Baker Speaks. It was published by NewPage and sold out of the first printing.

His third book, Managing Right for the First Time, is available at Amazon or ReCourses. Inc. Magazine reviewed the book as one of the Top 10 Books on Management of All Time.

His fourth book, Financial Management of a Marketing Firm, is available in print, or as an ebook. It is the only comprehensive resource for marketing firms in their own benchmarking work, and the ratios are licensed to various SaaS products to help in managing those firms.

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