I have been busting my hump lately, outside of the "day job," to get a few more chapters of Unlocking Android wrapped up. At this point we are entering the final review. If you want to be a reviewer, just ping me, I will send your name to Manning (it's a giant help, and you get some recognition and a free copy of the book, but the pay is lousy [read: zero]).
Also, the book finally made it onto Amazon proper - Unlocking Android. It's pre-release of course, but always good to be there, especially with the gaggle of other Android related books in the same boat (late this year or early next release dates - I believe ours was one of the first projects to start, remains to be seen who will finish first ;)).
I don't know how we will handle the four authors thing in the long run, as 2 authors have done the lion's share of the work (whether we will label the chapters, how much final polishing it will take to make it feel like a book, etc), but all in all we have some good content to be proud of. It's been a challenge to have 4 authors - the mythical author month if you will - but it's getting there.
Lastly, I know I haven't been posting much here lately, about the book or anything else - apologies. I have just been swamped with the book, the travel for work, and real life. Also, I don't know where all the other posters have gone. Hopefully penguin will get more attention when other things calm down - yeah, right.
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