After many false starts and delays, my book The Independent Scholar has now been typeset and is being emailed to all who preordered. Just about everyone today assumes that to produce a lasting body of work, one must pass through a "credible" institution and secure a certain kind of job, patron, publisher, or grant. But the historical record shows otherwise. Twas much harder than I anticipated, and I'm all too aware of its remaining imperfections, but overall I'm pleased with the result.