Photos finished

We finished picking the photos for the biography a week ago and it was a long and troublesome process. Originally we'd sent the publisher 33 photos for the biography, but the photo editor wanted more, so we sent her another 19, the final number being 52. At least for a while. Then the number was cut down to 32 of which only 17 of our original photos were used as well as 7 from our "second choice" batch. The remaining 8 photos the publishers picked from the usual Slade/Don Powell promotional pics from the 1970s.

The selection is okay, I guess, but it was sad to see so many old and rare photos being rejected and replaced by Slade photos that we have all seen a hundred times before. This was done in the name of promotion, but I think the rare photos would have done the book a greater favour than the usual Slade photos. Oh well… Hopefully I'll be able to show you some of the rejected pics here sometime.

Biography cover

I saw the biography cover for the first time today. They have spelled my name wrong....

Express & Star

This article was in the Express & Star yesterday: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/07/04/i-still-cant-remember-tragic-crash-says-slade-drummer-don-powell/

Originally it said that the book was an autobiography, but they changed that after they had talked to me. I like it better than the misleading article in Sunday Mercury last week. I'll write a bit more about that soon, but until then; enjoy the Express & Star article!

Sunday Mercury

Here's the link to the Sunday Mercury article about the biography: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/slade-drummer-don-powell-facing-4750241 Unfortunately the interview that I gave to the paper didn't make it to this online version, but the comments from Don and Chris Charlesworth are there. Can't wait to see the paper version as there should be more photos and a longer article.

Promo

The promo for the biography has started. Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, UK) did an interview with me last week and the journalist managed to get hold of Don for a comment yesterday. Hopefully the article is going to be in the paper this Sunday.

Photos

I heard from the photo editor today. She wants MORE photos. Usually they want less! :-D

Back flap bios

At the moment I'm writing the short author bio that is to go on the back flap of the book. As Don has been made the co-author of the book for commercial reasons, the editor is writing his back flap bio, so I only have to write my own.

Copy edits

I finished going through the copy edits of the biography earlier this week. Had to send it back to the publishers 3 times before things were okay, but now it looks fine.

Copy editing

The copy editor has finished work on Don's biography and at the moment I'm going through the edits. I've seen the finished back cover text as well and it looks fine.

Signed

Don and I have signed with Omnibus Press. You can already pre-order the hardcover edition of Don's biography on Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Look-Wot-Dun-Powell-Slade/dp/1783050403