Timeline

If you publish with an established commercial publisher, expect your book to be out from about 12 to 18 months after you sign a publishing contract.

If you publish a book yourself, you can get it done in about 2 months after your manuscript is finished and edited.

You will need to find a professional cover designer and interior designer, and it will take about 2 weeks to create the design for each and then another 2 to 3 weeks to finish the cover and typeset the interior.

Once the book is typeset, it will be time to get the index done and have the entire book proofread one last time before it goes to the printer. These can happen simultaneously and will take another two weeks.

Finally, your designer should get the book to the printer electronically. The printer will send a proof copy so you can be sure what the printer is doing is what you imagined.

Once the proof copy is approved, it will take a printer about 3 weeks to get your finished books. If you are ordering a small quantity and need them in a hurry (and are willing to pay rush fees), you can get books in as little as a week.

Tanyab 08:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC) | www.publishing-store.com