It's Alive

IT HAS BEEN A WILD 48 HOURS--but the Jonathan Clements Money Guide 2015 is available for sale, with all data updated as of the Dec. 31 market close. To be sure, it wasn't the most exciting New Year's Eve.  Around 4:30 p.m., I started pulling market data and updating numbers throughout the book. By shortly after 7, I had submitted copy for the Kindle, Nook and paperback editions.

Then the waiting began. The Kindle version was live by early morning on Jan. 1 and the Nook version was available at lunchtime. But it wasn't until 4 p.m. that I got the email from Amazon, saying the paperback edition was ready to go. With that final piece of the puzzle in place, I hit the send button at 5 p.m. and inflicted a promotional email on 4,500 lucky recipients (22 of whom immediately declared it spam).

Now comes the hope for publicity. This morning's pleasant surprise: The book got a mention in the latest column by top-notch New York Times personal-finance columnist Ron Lieber.