Dean points out something I never thought about. Some schools no longer require students to learn to read cursive, which means some younger people could not read this diary. All the more reason I'm glad we did this book now and translated the entire diary into script! As Dean says, it's "full of history and adds to many stories you might have read in other biographies on Houdini."
You can buy Escaping Obscurity from Mike Caveney's Magic Words, or you can get a signed copy from my own store, Wild About Harry Press. It's currently on sale, and I will also throw in a couple of signed promo cards for the next installment of the story, Handcuff King: The Conquests of Harry Houdini, 1900–1909.
Thanks John! Great work. Looking forward to all your future works.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to you getting the next book, especially as you enjoyed the design by Michael Albright. This next one I designed myself, so I hope it measures up!
DeleteRe the small font appearance. I'm sure Michael used 12 point, which is pretty standard. 12 point is also what I've used in the new book (although captions are 10 point -- in EO, Michael used the same size for captions, which I fear can cause confusion.) However, my Source Notes are all 10 point, and, yes, those are going to look small. But I figure if you're scholar enough to be looking at the Source Notes, you have a good pair of glasses!
DeleteOne thing I think can happen is we get so used to enlarged computer screen and eBook text that traditional book text now looks small to our eyes. I'm shocked at how small the text of mass market paperbacks look today. Check out the mass market paperback edition of Untold Story. It's crazy.