* For the artwork - most of it is simple redraws, aside from the screenshots. Where people icons are used, it will be important to be consistent in their use (ie, Bob and Alice make reappearances throughout the book and should always look the same). Also, from Chapter 6 -15, there is a running image that is "almost" identical, except a different bit is highlighted in each image (samples provided) to demonstrate which portion of the journey the reader is in. The authors asked us to work some magic to better highlight the parts that need to stand out. See Fig 6-1 for an example.
* Quality of writing is good. Average CE level for this one. The book is already late and we definitely need to make the year. Andreas is very particular and in this topic area, he is high profile. They've not been great about adding captions to all the images despite numerous requests, so we'll have to keep an eye on that.
* Andreas is the lead author and he is on his millionth book with us. He is pleasant to work with but definitely has high standards. All three coauthors had delays over the past year of writing the book, but they've come back to finish strong - Andreas is anxious to get the book out this year (and he's already signed up for the next).
* The writing style is approachable, simple, and professional. It took a while to get in-text callouts for figures in place, and the authors have fixed nearly all - just ask the CE to be on the lookout for missing bits. The urls throughout the book are currently on their own lines, as opposed to linking directly in the text; I asked for them to fix this, but I think it's where they drew the line in the sand on things they wouldn't bother with. We should address this in CE.
* Please see [notes|https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TBeg7qUPcAAuQngQMZZWDM5ulIFS5YHma0CQUAccKOc/edit] re: use of Lightning Network vs LN.
* Use René instead of Rene throughout for that author's name.
Nick Adams
3 years ago