bodhi tree swaying

Last year I announced that the second edition of Wildmind: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation would have a new cover. And I was very excited about it.

Since then, however, the publication date got moved back because they publisher was moving and had some staffing problems. And the staffing problem included the designer departing and not leaving a copy of the cover art. Sigh. So the cover above is the new proposed design.

In retrospect, although I was excited about the old design, I think this one has lasting appeal. It’s a bit conventional, but it more than does the job.

I was talking to my publisher this morning about the forthcoming second edition of Wildmind: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation, and she showed me no fewer than eight drafts of the cover. A couple of them were particularly stunning, including this one. I love the wildness and boldness of the brush strokes. The hills are a bit too dark, but the artist will be working on that.

The book’s going to be in a new and more conventional format this time. The first edition was in a landscape format and it was also rather large, which meant it was hard for bookstores to shelve it properly. Despite this it’s still one of the publisher’s best-selling titles.

I’ll keep you posted on the release, and perhaps I’ll have some kind of launch party. In fact the other thing we talked about was an online launch …