Your journey to publication consists of 9 stages, what we call the Workflow sections.
- Manuscript Upload and Approval
- Copyediting
- Proofs
- Cover
- Ebook
- Printing
- ebook Distributed
- Book in Warehouse
This stage will soon be visible on our site so that you can see each stage as your book progresses.
Manuscript Upload and Approval
- Triggered after you sign the contract and when the Managing Director puts the book In Production.
- Approved/Confirmed after the Editorial Coordinator has checked over the manuscript.
- Expected Date is set at one week from In Production, but if you’re still working on the manuscript you can change the date to suit your timeline.
Copyediting
- Triggered once the Editorial Coordinator has approved the Manuscript Upload and Approval stage.
- Expected Date set at 30 days from the approval of the previous section.
- Approved/Confirmed by Copyeditor when they uploaded the revised manuscript.
Proofs and Cover
- Triggered after Editorial Coordinator has Approved the Final Copyedit.
- Expected Date for Proofs set at 60 days later, 75 days for the Cover.
- We aim to produce proofs within two weeks of receiving your approved manuscript, four weeks for proofreading, two weeks for corrections to be made.
- The Draft Cover is created during this time and finalized once the Proofs have been Approved/Confirmed by the Editorial Coordinator.
- Proofs are Approved/Confirmed by the Editorial Coordinator once the corrections have been done.
- Cover is Approved/Confirmed by the Editorial Coordinator when they are happy with the full and final cover.
- Authors cannot access this section.
ebook and Printing
- ebook and Printing are triggered when the Editorial Coordinator approves the Cover stage.
- Expected Date for both ebook and Printing set 240 days later.
- ebook is Approved/Confirmed by the ebook Designer when the ebook is be ready for distribution.
- Printing is Approved/Confirmed when the Print Manager sends an order to the printer.
- This is scheduled for six to eight weeks prior to publication to allow books to reach the warehouse and be distributed from there to retailers.
ebook Distributed
- Triggered when the ebook stage is Approved.
- Expected Date is 30 days later.
- Approved/Confirmed when the Sales Coordinator has sent the metadata for the ebooks to Ingram, usually about 4 weeks before pub date.
Book in Warehouse
- Triggered when the Printing stage is Approved/Confirmed.
- Expected Date is set 30 days later although the books normally reach the warehouse in two to three weeks.
- Approved/Confirmed when the Print Manager sees the book is in stock with our two primary distributors, Bertrams and Gardners.
Timetable
It usually takes about four months between the Manuscript Upload and Approval section beginning to the Proofs and Cover sections being Approved/Confirmed.