Editing Derek Taylor (section)

==Work as an author==
In 1973 he wrote a very informal memoir, ''As Time Goes By'', published by [[Sphere Books]] and reprinted by its Abacus imprint the following year. (It was re-issued in 2018.)

Over 1978–79, Taylor collaborated again with Harrison, helping him to complete his autobiography, ''[[I, Me, Mine]]'', published in 1980 by [[Genesis Publications]].{{cn|date=November 2024}} The following year, Taylor's on-set account of the production of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' was published as ''The Making of Raiders of The Lost Ark'' by Ballantine Books.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=Derek |title=The making of Raiders of the lost ark |date=1981 |publisher=Ballantine |isbn=978-0-345-29725-9 |editor-last=Holler |editor-first=Ann |edition=1st |location=New York}}</ref> He subsequently wrote his own autobiography, ''Fifty Years Adrift'', published in December 1983 by Genesis, for which Harrison provided a glowing introduction to the signed, limited-edition volume. Only 2000 copies were printed, and the book quickly became a collectors' item after Harrison joined Taylor in promoting the publication.

In 1987, Taylor's ''It Was Twenty Years Ago Today'' (published by Bantam Press in the UK, and Fireside for Simon & Schuster in the US)<ref name="Jensen/UPI">{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/05/15/TV-show-analyses-the-Beatles-era/9488548049600/ |first=Gregory|last=Jensen|title=TV show analyses the Beatles era|publisher=[[UPI]]|date=15 May 1987|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref> celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''. It provides a detailed documentary of the people and events that shaped the album and the wider events of the [[Summer of Love]] counterculture.<ref name="Duffy/Sentinel">{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1987/06/01/everybodys-getting-on-sgt-pepper-bandwagon/ |first=Thom|last=Duffy|title=Everybody's Getting On 'Sgt. Pepper' Bandwagon|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=1 June 1987|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref> The book includes archive interviews and photographs as well as extensive transcripts from a [[Granada TV]] documentary, which was also titled ''[[It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (film)|It Was Twenty Years Ago Today]]'' and for which Taylor served as consultant.<ref name="Jensen/UPI" />

''As Time Goes By: Living in the Sixties (Rock and Roll Remembrances Series No 3)'' (Popular Culture Ink) was published in June 1990 in the US.

''Getting sober...and loving it!'', co-authored with his wife Joan Taylor, was released in 1992. The book collects personal experiences from alcoholics, including himself, combined with practical information. Ringo Starr wrote the foreword.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting sober-- and loving it!|url=https://search.worldcat.org/es/title/26634811 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website= WorldCat.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whelan |first=Luke |date=2022-06-25 |title=Barbara Bach: Bond girl beat dangerous addiction with Ringo Starr |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1631006/barbara-bach-health-alcoholism-treatment-ringo-starr |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

In the UK Bois Books published ''What You Cannot Finish'' and ''Take A Sad Song'' in 1995, coinciding with the release of the ''[[Beatles Anthology]]'' (Taylor was extensively interviewed for the TV program). Posthumous volumes include ''Beatles'' ([[Ebury Press]] 1999). In addition, an audio CD, ''Here There and Everywhere: Derek Taylor Interviews The Beatles'', was released on the Thunderbolt label in 2001.