Publication Date

Setting a publication date is a necessary part of planning for your book. Although you can sell copies of your book at events and on your web site as soon as it is printed, having an official publication date allows you to plan for presenting the book to the media and the audience in an organized way.

If you can arrange it, select a publication date that coincides with an already- planned special event or other natural way for you to get media attention. For instance, if you had written a book on mothers, a publication date weeks before Mother’s Day is an almost certainty in grabbing media exposure, when reporters and others are looking for fresh material on your topic.

You would also like for your book to appear current, maintaining the current year’s copyright date as long as possible. So securing a publication date early in the calendar year can be an advantage. On the other hand, the fall season in publishing (books coming out in September through November) get the most attention each year at the national book exhibition, Book Expo America, held in late May or early June.

Your publication date is usually eight to twelve weeks after your book is printed, so if your book is in the design stage and you plan to print it in about a month, you will want to set your date three to four months from now.

Tanyab 08:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC) | www.publishing-store.com