Monthly Update time! Short and simple. As the next Nerdist contest fires up into it’s first weekend, I can peel back the veil of what happens as your book enters production. Here are some dates I have:
2/5 – Editorial letter with comments due to AU
2/15 – Author revisions due to dev editor
3/5 – Line edited MS due to author
3/12 – Author revisions due to dev editor
3/15 – Clean dev edit due
4/19 – CEMS due for author review
5/3 – Author review of CEMS due
5/10 – Clean CEMS due to Proofer
5/26 – Proofread due
6/7 – Author review of Proof due
7/12 – Format proof due
7/19 – Format proof review due
7/22 – Interior digital proof due
7/29 – Interior digital proof approved
8/11 – Mechanicals (final files to printer)
8/25 – Ebook files due for review
8/31 – Ebook changed due from AU
1/10/2017 – Pub date
See that Pub Date?! It feels so far away, but that’s a lot of neat stuff I get to do leading up to it. Now, this is just on the side of the written word. Here are some more dates that go into this:
3/7 – R1 cover concepts due
3/21 – R1 feedback due
4/4 – R2 covers due
4/18 – R2 feedback due
5/2 – R3 covers due
5/16 – Final front cover approved
5/23 – Spine and back cover R1 due
6/14 – Spine and back cover approved
7/27 – Final cover layout approved
8/5 – Digital proof due
8/9 – Digital proof approved
8/11 – Mechanicals (final files to printer)
AND even after this, there is a marketing schedule as well! But I don’t have any dates for that stuff yet. Just a plan. In the middle of all of this, I’ll start writing the sequel: The Rise of Dystopia.
The next update I’ll try videos, pictures, and music to show some of the themes I used when writing the book. You can find me on Twitter @CrankyBolt and on Facebook /CrankyBolt as well. Reach out to me if you have any questions about this entire process. As always, if you are a backer, and would like a copy of the manuscript early, email me: CrankyBolt@gmail.com and I’ll send you whatever current revision I’m on.
