In a recent post on David Bordwell’s blog, Observations on Film Art, he made some very generous comments about Television Style, comparing it to some other new books. Here is what he had to say about Television Style: Jeremy Butler’s new book Television Style offers the best case I know for the claim that there [...]
Television Style was officially released 10 December 2009! I received author copies today and book sellers will soon have it in their warehouses. I’m pleased with how it looks and I hope readers will be, too. We chose an image from the Bettmann/CORBIS archive for the cover which we believe speaks to the notion of [...]
Several weeks ago the publishers of Television Style and I settled on a cover design — using a very cool image of a TV from the Corbis archive. That, I believe, is the last step before the actual printing and distributing of the book. Watch for it soon!
I’m pleased to report that proofreading and indexing have been completed ahead of schedule. Today, through the miracle of modern Internet technology, I instantly submitted the proofs and index to the British company handling the layout of Television Style. Indexing is, in general, a tedious task, but I got some small amount of pleasure from [...]
It looks like we’re on track for a November 2009 release of Television Style! This week, Routledge sent me the page proofs (in PDF format) and I’ve diligently started compiling the index for the book. The layout looks terrific. I think we chose just the right size images (almost 300 of them) — not so [...]
Today the manuscript was submitted to the publisher, Routledge. It’s six months later than we planned, but still it feels good to get the production process started. My editor tells me that they plan a fast turnaround for it, hoping to get it out in November! That was a pleasant surprise.
The companion Website for Jeremy Butler’s Television Style gained an online presence on 29 May 2008. During the writing and production of the book, updates have been posted here. Once it has been published, tvstylebook.com will provide resources to support the book: frame grabs from television programs, video clips, suggestions for further reading, errata, and [...]
