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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I can see the advantage of control, but there's also the issue of rushing to publication too fast. As a writer, I wouldn't want to make a book available within days of finishing it.
I normally let something sit at least a few days if not longer - then read through again to look for holes and errors once it's no longer fresh in my mind.
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Make that a few months, at least, for me. If you care about the quality of the work (and we're talking a book, not a blog post), I think it's a really bad idea to rush into publication. While the year-long delay is chafing, I know for a fact that every one of my books is better for time away from it at every stage: editing (with my editor), reviewing the copy editing, proofing the galleys, etc. That's definitely a value added in traditional publishing, and if you're publishing indie, it seems to me you need to find a way to allow for that process on your own.