How Sausages--oops!--Books Get Made

More than 100,000 books are published every year in the UK. Some go on to become multimillion bestsellers, the vast majority do not. Oliver Burkeman follows the 18-month-long journey of one novel, from the author's flash of inspiration in a pub, to the moment it hit the shelves at Books Etc

How to Make a Book from the Guardian.

Someday, when I get a book "made," I'll blog out the whole process...from the author's splash of inspiration in a hot tub to the moment it hits the shelves at mom & dad's house...