Publishing Quest » Advanced Bound Manuscripts!
- J.S. Dewes
- Sep 6, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 17, 2020
I 👏 GOT 👏 MY 👏A 👏B👏Ms👏
aka Advanced Bound Manuscripts!
It’s just a very basic, unformatted, uncorrected version of the manuscript (the approved final revision, but it hasn’t been through copyediting or proofreading or pass pages etc. yet), used by me, Agent, and Editor to solicit blurbs from other authors!
An e-book version will be available as well, but these are for me to take to events and give out! Or to just hold and squee over. I had no idea they were coming, (or that it’d be so exciting to see it printed and bound like this) so HAPPY FRIDAY TO ME!
There’ll be another version someday called an ARC, which will have the actual cover and all that good stuff (and hopefully, some of the blurbs we get from peddling these guys!)
Reaching the advanced bound manuscript stage is such a milestone for any writer, the amount of work that goes into getting there is something only people in the publishing world truly understand. The whole journey from raw draft to a polished bound manuscript involves so many layers of revision, feedback and patience. I have been following this publishing quest series and each update feels like watching something real and meaningful take shape. It actually reminds me of how we approach projects at our company specializing in top custom website development, where the final launch looks clean and effortless but behind it are weeks of structure, testing and refinement that nobody sees. Really rooting for this one to land well.
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