"I Want It All" : Greg Brooks - memorabilia book delayed ?

Can't say I'm surprised.

The never ending story...

... and Rudi's book will be published (maybe) after the Queen Anthology.

there's no doubting that there'll be an innumerable quantity of interesting items pictured within this tome. the only issue for most buyers will be being sure NOT to take as read the captions/labels, as we all know from established history, that (in previous publications from the same origin) accuracy of statements/facts/captions etc has never really been a high point.

I remember when it was supposed to come out in 2004… I think I mentioned that in the first edition of MY book from 2007…!

What a quaint relic! Things were so much simpler back in 2007.

I suspect that there's not exactly any "updating" can/will be done. still, it'll give him a few more months to consider (and then decide against) deploying the services of a literate proof-reader

i'd also suggest that delaying release is not a great move for the archivist: the longer the delay, the more content is added, the greater the potential for even more mistakes.

could get so bad it turns into a game of "find the correct description"

Haven't we done this before with the Gerry Stickells Roadworks book? :')

i have a question about this book:

which bank account do the proceeds of the book sales credit?
QPL's? or Greg's?
because the idea that the archivist who was employed (on a decent salary) to catalogue (photograph, label, log) and archive all of this stuff, could actually make more money from releasing (some of this) information (in book form) that he's already been paid well to produce...is morally wrong.

This is (in essence) being paid twice for the self-same piece of work.

we'd all like that - haha. but the fact remains:
if you've been paid to do a job the results of the work belong to the employer and NOT the employee.
he wouldn't attempt to record every piece of audio he's catalogued for QPL and release his own LPs, would he? so what makes images of souvenirs, memorabilia, tour programmes and similar any more his property to make money from?
however, there may well be a contractual arrangement in place.

you would have to assume this - at the very least.
i can't see such a committed "repeat GH money-making machine" like QPL letting this opportunity slip by.

To quote a "leech", I have that sinking feeling that the book will never be released...

The book gets more items "squeezed" in.
INCREASE the number of pages, don't reduce the size of the photos.
I'm happy to pay £100+ if needs be to have a book with 500+ pages of good quality LARGE photos than less money for small photos.
Let's face it - it's only fans who will be buying this.

And take out photos of flippin bootleg LPs & CDs.

I would love a proper coffee table book, like the FM box set, with an image per page, just really tastefully designed, but I know it’ll end up being a disgraceful mash of images thrown together.

As a former book designer, some of the books that Queen have had officially sanctioned leaves me confused and irritated from the design perspective alone.