Track Our Progress
There are several ways you can keep track of our progress. On our home page we will let you know how we are doing in key areas. One is the number of days we have left to accomplish certain critical tasks.
To Publisher
We need to turn in the ready-to-publish material to the publisher by November 15.
To Sale
The book will be available for pre-publication sale on our website one month before it will be made publicly available.
We have a bar chart at the bottom of this page that tells you what percentage of work we have completed in several key areas.
% of recipes ready to post on the website
% of recipes ready for book
% of notes and tips ready to post on the website
% of notes ready for book
% of pages fully complete
This material will be regularly updated.
Schedule of Benchmarks
Here is our overall production schedule for the book and companion website.
October 28 – All book recipes ready for book
November 15 – All material ready for publisher
January 15 – All web-only recipes ready
February 1 – Beta launch of companion website
March 2 – Exclusive pre-publication book sale on our website
March 15 – Launch of companion website
April 1 – Official publication
Completion Metrics
In addition, we will occasionally update our progress on specific
Sections headers (6)
Chapter headers (20)
At a Glance drawings (12)
Worksheets/Checklists (8)
Front cover
Back cover
Part I – Planning to Entertain
We will add additional metrics regarding notes written, edited, previewed and ready for the book.
Another metric will be pages composed and chapters completed.
We will update metrics weekly.
| |
Total |
Tested/
Written |
Posted on Website |
Ready for Publisher |
Tested/
Written |
Posted on Website |
Ready for Publisher |
| Recipes |
350 |
120 |
25 |
10 |
34% |
7% |
3% |
| Notes |
400 |
290 |
35 |
15 |
73% |
9% |
4% |
| Pages |
448 |
15 |
10 |
15 |
3% |
2% |
3% |
|
