We’re in the final stretch. To make the November 15 release, today, November 1, is our final proof deadline. It’s 5 PM right now, and the final manuscript hasn’t come in yet… I wonder if we’ll be alright.

Lately, I’ve been staying up late every night, checking drafts, making edits, sending them back, then reviewing the revised final proofs page by page to give the green light. It’s been a cycle of continuous revisions.

We had a few options, but this is how the cover will look.

And here’s the back cover, which will have a band around it. I wonder how late we’ll go tonight… but let’s give it our all! Look forward to the release on November 15!

by Satoshi Suzuki