The endnotes are not the end of it. The book also needed to go through legal vetting. Who knew? The publisher has in-house lawyers who review all the content, presumably to make sure that everything is well-documented and that nothing is slanderous.
Actually, the lawyer I worked with couldn't have been nicer, though I may be biased, because she really liked the book and we had a good time talking about it. It turns out she has two sons, so the book resonated with her. But I did spend the last two days making sure the documentation was there to back up certain claims, double checking with the authors of a study to make sure I had accurately characterized their work, and making a few subtle but important edits. (For instance, changing "scientists have repeatedly criticized his work" to "some scientists have criticized his work.")
What a learning curve this continues to be! I have been crunching so hard that a few things have fallen by the wayside, including the Food Pantry newsletter, which I write most of the stories for and edit. Do you think if it comes out at the end of June, I can still accurately call it the "Spring/Summer" edition? Maybe I can run it by the publisher's lawyer.
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