It is with a healthy dose of chagrin that I report that the publication of The DAM Book 3 will be postponed yet again. I have been working on the book full time for the last three months (and quite a bit before that), and it is simply taking a long time to get it done properly.
When I announced an outline and publication date in early September, I was assuming that I could reuse as much as 40% of the copy in the book. As it currently stands, that number is hovering at close to 1%. Changes in the digital photography ecosystem and in the book’s scope have driven a need to rewrite everything.
Not only has the rewriting been time consuming, but the changes in imaging and associated technologies has required a lot of research. I’ve been chasing down a lot of details on topics like artificial intelligence and machine learning, new technologies like depth mapping, and the state of the art in emerging metadata standards. It’s been a lot more work than I anticipated.
We saw a couple late-breaking changes that have been very important to include in the book. October’s release of a cloud-native version of Lightroom helps to complete the puzzle of where imaging and media management
Complicating matters, I’m going in for ankle replacement surgery in early December. I’ll be finishing the book while my leg is healing. But the pace at which I can work while recuperating is unknown, so I’m not prepared to make another announcement about publication dates.
In the end, I’ve had to choose between hitting a deadline and making the book be as good as possible. I’ve opted for quality.
Sneak Peek blog posts
I’ve been working with my editor to identify and publish content from the new book as we continue in production. The first series of these posts will provide some insight on Computational Tagging, a subject I first posted about last month.