Our Second Book Encounters a Major Rethink

Since my last post pertaining to our second public speaking book, there has been a major rethink. 

 

Our book cover designers have convinced us to put aside the ruby as our featured gemstone and instead adopt the pearl. I shall not go into the reasons here – but we've now agreed that our next offering shall boast the title "The Pearls of Your Speech". 

 

And which means I will have to rewrite the first chapter.

 

The other change is that we're inviting a guest writer, Dr. Alia Nadhirah (right), to contribute a chapter on PowerPoint slides. She has expertise in Microsoft PowerPoint, besides Adobe Illustrator, graphic design and presentation design. Plus, the fact that she's also a public speaker and so, any additional input from her, we reckon, can only enrich our book.

 

We aim to finish the entire script – 15 (maybe 16) chapters – not later than July 17. After that, the prepress tasks before it goes to the printers in September-October. And which means we will have a longer pre-order sales period, about 4-5 months – the plan is to kick off the said campaign by November 01 at the latest.

 

And yes, we're keeping March 15, 2025 as the book's launch date. We anticipate no further change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Of course, in the meantime, not forgetting to push sales of "The Diamond in Your Speech" and try to finish our last remaining stockpile.