This past Monday evening, I saw two packages outside my door: a box, and a slim media mailer. After examining the label, I knew immediately what it was.
I opened the slim media mailer first, and I delicately pulled out three copies of my book. My first impression: I thought it should be thicker. But I convinced myself that all 352 pages were present, and later I compared its width to another book of a similar page count. They were roughly the same size. My second impression: it smells just like a new book!
That evening I showed the books to my wife and daughter, and I directed them to their sentence in the acknowledgements section. They were smiling. So was I. We joked back and forth, and I resumed the rest of my evening. I felt very satisfied.
