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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
I don't think the publishers passes back the final proofed & edited copy of the document to the author, so asking the author to store the electronic back-up is not viable.
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It certainly used to be the case that the author gets back what's called a "galley proof", which is the "final edit" prior to publication, but this is normally on paper, not electronic. I have the galley proof, with hand-written corrections made on it, of a Michael Moorcock novel called "The Dragon in the Sword", which I bought at a charity auction at a British "Eastercon" SF convention about 20 years ago. Whether these days authors get electronic galley proofs, I don't know.