Oh yeah, haha, maybe I should have put in more dates in there... but it's pretty quiet for the writer at that point. There are 2nd pass pages and later, 3rd pass pages, but often the author doesn't see those. It's a lot of behind-the-scenes production stuff at the publisher, mostly.
Also, publicity, marketing, and sales start working their magic during this time. Since they have an ARC to send out, they begin their monthslong campaigns to get booksellers and librarians and influencers aware of the book.
For writers, this stretch of "downtime" is the perfect time to start working on their next book, before they have to start promotional efforts on the current one.
Thanks, that does help! I've been with indie presses, so this latter part has been fairly condensed for me - first pass to publication was in the 4-6 month range. I'm fascinated to learn about the difference with a bigger publisher!
Congratulations! And thanks for the breakdown!
I'm curious, what's happening between October 14th and April 28th on your timeline? Half a year seems a long time for stuff to get sent to a printer!
Oh yeah, haha, maybe I should have put in more dates in there... but it's pretty quiet for the writer at that point. There are 2nd pass pages and later, 3rd pass pages, but often the author doesn't see those. It's a lot of behind-the-scenes production stuff at the publisher, mostly.
Also, publicity, marketing, and sales start working their magic during this time. Since they have an ARC to send out, they begin their monthslong campaigns to get booksellers and librarians and influencers aware of the book.
For writers, this stretch of "downtime" is the perfect time to start working on their next book, before they have to start promotional efforts on the current one.
Hope that helps, Irvin!
Thanks, that does help! I've been with indie presses, so this latter part has been fairly condensed for me - first pass to publication was in the 4-6 month range. I'm fascinated to learn about the difference with a bigger publisher!
It's always really interesting for me to learn about the differences between trad and indie presses, too!