Comments on: Beat deadline, faster publication? http://www.fresh-books.com/blog/archives/2006/08/beat_deadline_faster_publication.html Literary Agency Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jim Minatel http://www.fresh-books.com/blog/archives/2006/08/beat_deadline_faster_publication.html/comment-page-1#comment-79 Jim Minatel Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:26:19 +0000 http://blog.fresh-books.com/2006/08/04/beat-deadline-faster-publication/#comment-79 Matt, I also say, in our corner of the tech publishing world, we can almost always move up a book by a week, 2, even a month to correspond to an author beating their deadlines. We actually had that happen a couple of times with authors I work with this year. Of course, that depends on the manuscript being good and what we expected. If the writing is rushed and we need more editing time, that may eat up all the time savings. Matt, I also say, in our corner of the tech publishing world, we can almost always move up a book by a week, 2, even a month to correspond to an author beating their deadlines. We actually had that happen a couple of times with authors I work with this year.
Of course, that depends on the manuscript being good and what we expected. If the writing is rushed and we need more editing time, that may eat up all the time savings.

]]> By: Chris Webb http://www.fresh-books.com/blog/archives/2006/08/beat_deadline_faster_publication.html/comment-page-1#comment-78 Chris Webb Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:28:07 +0000 http://blog.fresh-books.com/2006/08/04/beat-deadline-faster-publication/#comment-78 Matt, I'd be interested to hear your advice on the more common occurrence - when an author misses the deadline. As you know, this can really complicate matters with our bookstore partners - monthly open to buy dollars, promotions, etc. Matt, I’d be interested to hear your advice on the more common occurrence – when an author misses the deadline.

As you know, this can really complicate matters with our bookstore partners – monthly open to buy dollars, promotions, etc.

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