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Old 02-03-2009, 06:33 AM   #80
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Originally Posted by phenomshel View Post
Well, now this is what I thought...but was told I was wrong. I'm confused. So maybe from a draft the writer sends in to the publisher and still needs to be proofed and corrected, then yes the time would of course be longer, but I was, like you, referring to a book in digital format, ie: a Word document.
Go with what starrigger says -- he's a published author who has been through this. What John is describing is a quick-and-dirty conversion of an already edited text. A quality published result will require time/effort/expense for editing, book design, and design implementation/variation in target formats.
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