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ZDT hot off the presses, at long last

Posted on | March 9, 2008 | 1 comment

ZDT won’t hit store shelves until April, but credit for the first public sighting of a hard-bound copy of ZDT goes to Sandra Heikkinen at OutCast Communications. I got this most welcomed heads-up from Sandra:

Hi Jon, Byron –

Wanted to let you know that a copy of Zero Day Threat just arrived in my office. I haven’t had the chance to read through it yet, but I’m looking forward to it and wanted to wish you both huge congratulations on what I’m sure will be a fantastic book. It must feel good to have it out the door and on bookshelves…or in some cases, desks!

Have a great weekend,

Sandra

Others have affirmed that the book looks terrific, and reads briskly. Sandra’s email brings to mind the long, tortuous road to get to this point. I thought an A-list publisher would snap up my 25-page book proposal for ZDT in early 2006 and plunk down a fat advance. Didn’t happen. Phil Turner, then at Carrol & Graff, an imprint of Avalon Books, was one of only two editors who got it (the other was Lyron Bennett at Sourcebooks). Phil signed ZDT for Carrol & Graff, but shortly after left C&G, just ahead of Avalon getting acquired by Perseus Books, which had taken a pass on the proposal. Just weeks before the manuscript was due in early 2007, Perseus shut down Carrol & Graff. ZDT looked like it was heading for orphanhood.

Fortunately, Phil resurfaced as chief of Union Square Press, Sterling Publishing’s newest imprint. Back story on Sterling: it’s been around since 1949, a stolid producer of arts and crafts tomes. In 2002, Barnes & Noble snapped up Sterling and began branching out. Phil was brought on board to take Sterling into the business of publishing current events exposés. Phil rescued us from likely orphan hood under Perseus. And the ZDT is now coming off the presses.

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  1. Byron – We are so excited that ZDT is finished and ready for the public. It is about time you did this. Congratulations and the best of everything to you and Robin and the family. See you on April 9th.
    Your proud friends,
    Tammy and Joevir

    Comment by Tammy May — 3/17/2008 @ 5:03 pm

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