Submitted the book to the publisher today. I looked back and it was 10 months to the day I started writing it. Took significantly more time than I expected (calendar months but also hours per day). 

It was an interesting process. I learned a lot and it sharpened my thinking on the topic. Would recommend :)

Crypto/web3. Author of Read Write Own (Random House, Jan 2024).

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Another observation: I naively thought I could anticipate most reactions/criticisms in the early drafts. I was lucky to have ~30 smart readers who gave detailed feedback and it was invaluable for improving the book in many ways I didn’t originally expect. (Looking back those early drafts look terrible to me now :)).

(This is a comment on how much time it takes- not my ability to remember.)

One observation: you can pick any sentence from the book and I can tell you where the sentence occurs and in most cases the history of the revisions to that sentence. Which is to say: it takes that many hours (1000+ I think?) to get a book to sufficient quality level. I (naively) didn’t expect that when I started.

Working on stories & technology in @studio for the 22nd century.

Very excited for this read. Your work has been big in my learning of the space. 

Thanks for putting in this much work!

Absolutely

I learned more about design in the 6 months it took me to write the book than in the previous 10 years doing the work

PS I have yours on pre-order!

1000+ hours of writing in 10 months sound intense. Congrats!

Operator turned healthcare VC by day, web3 & shenanigans by night. Write @ TheItinerant.io ; www.BenErsing.com

Thank you! That might be an interesting post. I went through the whole process of pitching etc. It was interesting.

Excited! Already pre-ordered. 

If you can find time for a blog post about it, I'd be curious about the general process of getting published. I imagine others would be as well.

Writer. Building @pinatacloud. Monozukuri enthusiast. https://polluterofminds.com

Just pre-ordered. In the fiction world, I remember that pre-orders carry significantly more weight that post launch sales. So hopefully it’s helpful!

Congrats on the milestone!

Looking forward to seeing what onchain tie-ins you have planned for the book. 😉

bro i cannot WAIT

what do i have to do to get an early copy?

Congrats!

Do you see yourself writing another book? Or was this one experience good enough

Congrats!

Do you think there’s value in doing something similar to what @balajis.eth did with The Network State and having a “living” version online separate from print?

Congrats, Chris! It’s been on preorder for some time. 

Would be cool to do some sort of digital commemoration. Maybe digital signatures via erc6551 or just a launch day NFT. 

Can’t wait to read it!