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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
While that is true, I still believe that an author will keep a copy of the manuscript as it is made up for publishing, it could be in Word or PDF, but I sincerely doubt he or she would erase it from the computer. It has taken too long to produce and there might be future editions forthcoming.
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Even if they did, they probably still woudln't be able to make it available. Most publishing contracts (especially for newer authors - established ones have a bit more clout) are very wide-ranging, so it's likely that it's the publisher who owns the book, not the author. The author can't, for instance, just distribute the copy on their PC or the final PDF they get from the publisher to anyone who asks for it - it's not theirs to distribute.
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Originally Posted by elemenoP
And in today's publishing, a manuscript may be marked up with XML during the production process, to facilitate a later conversion to another format. At least I know that some textbook publishers (such as Pearson) are doing this.
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In fact, for any publisher that produces electronic versions (publishers of academic journals, for instance), the XML/HTML file is the primary format, and all the other formats (PDF files, print journals) are subsidiary to that.