A few remained. It was getting late in the year. The book had been conceived from the start as part text, part CD, and part Internet. I Fedexed the manuscript to the publisher so their crack team of reviewers could dive in on it immediately. I bought a book on self-publishing and started talking to printers.
Publishing costs an arm and a leg.
One publisher called in December with an offer to bring the book out in September. Thinks he knows something. Besides, the next models would be introduced at the Photo Marketing Association show in Las Vegas in January of 2000. I put the project on hold and held my breath. As soon as the new Coolpix 990 appeared, I started back into the project again.