“When Will My Book be Done?”

By Tammy Hopf

Every author is curious about how long it will take his or her book to go through the publishing process.

When we suggest it might take seven to nine months, authors ask:

• Isn’t technology more advanced than that?
• Don’t we live in a microwave world?
• How come it can’t be faster?

In his book, Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers, Thomas Woll suggests that for royalty publishers, a 22-month publication cycle is not unreasonable. When you consider that royalty publishers generally take almost three times as much time to get a book into print as a custom publisher such as WinePress, that seven-to-nine month time period starts to sound pretty inviting.

Some authors assume their book will be published along the same timeline as “instant” books – those written by political figures who churn out a book in time for an election… or books about high-profile crimes, terrorist attacks, or natural disasters. Certainly there is a necessity for a quick turnaround in certain circumstances.

Woll states:

The moment you start to compress the publication schedule, the more you begin to pressure those responsible for doing the work. All too often, this results in mistakes or poor performance.”

We couldn’t have said it better! That is our maxim at WinePress Group and exactly why we don’t rush through a book or promise our authors their book will be ready in one month, or suggest skipping steps for the sake of time. Each stage of producing a quality book takes a certain amount of time to make sure it gets done right. To push or skip a step can result in negative consequences.

Your book is worth the time it takes to produce results you will be proud of.

As a project manager, Tammy Hopf is the first port of call for everything concerning the actual production and printing of your book. She also directs authors to any other department they may need.

Tammy has worked with WinePress Publishing Group since 1999 and has been a project manager for seven years. As the liaison between authors and the design, typesetting, editing, and other production departments, she helps coordinate all the different aspects that transform a manuscript into a beautiful book. She enjoys working with authors to make their dreams a reality.

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