I already keep some of these things in lists already (thank God!). I will add more per the categories in this post. One thing I am wondering about blurbs and reviews is, at what point in the publication process do I send the manuscript out? I assume they need an ARC? How far done does the book need to be though. What if it’s still being edited and the format groomed, etc?
I already keep some of these things in lists already (thank God!). I will add more per the categories in this post. One thing I am wondering about blurbs and reviews is, at what point in the publication process do I send the manuscript out? I assume they need an ARC? How far done does the book need to be though. What if it’s still being edited and the format groomed, etc?
You'll talk with your publisher about when to send it out. Sometimes it's right before it goes to copyediting and/or when the ARC is ready. Everyone who reads an ARC knows that it's not the final final final edition and it's fine. It even says so on the cover! You don't send it out, though, if you're still tinkering with the ending or somesuch. :)
Thank you for that confirmation! This makes sense. Thanks for all your wisdom on here :-). Now I’m curious to know how long a person needs the MS in their possession in order to provide their blurb. What’s a reasonable turnaround time? May have to Google this.
It really depends on the timeline of the book's production. Some blurbs are needed early because they want to print them on the ARC or if not that, the printed book. So it then matters when the book HAS to go to the printer because the printer waits for no man. If you're late on edits lol, then it might make that timeline crunched. You want to give the blurbers as long as you can (so not two weeks but also probably not six months) because it's a lot of work to blurb! But there's no single, definitive timeline. Two months is a kind timeline.
I already keep some of these things in lists already (thank God!). I will add more per the categories in this post. One thing I am wondering about blurbs and reviews is, at what point in the publication process do I send the manuscript out? I assume they need an ARC? How far done does the book need to be though. What if it’s still being edited and the format groomed, etc?
You'll talk with your publisher about when to send it out. Sometimes it's right before it goes to copyediting and/or when the ARC is ready. Everyone who reads an ARC knows that it's not the final final final edition and it's fine. It even says so on the cover! You don't send it out, though, if you're still tinkering with the ending or somesuch. :)
Thank you for that confirmation! This makes sense. Thanks for all your wisdom on here :-). Now I’m curious to know how long a person needs the MS in their possession in order to provide their blurb. What’s a reasonable turnaround time? May have to Google this.
Awesome info! Thank you again. I hadn’t even thought about blurbs already being on the ARCs. Two months to read and review does sound reasonable.
It really depends on the timeline of the book's production. Some blurbs are needed early because they want to print them on the ARC or if not that, the printed book. So it then matters when the book HAS to go to the printer because the printer waits for no man. If you're late on edits lol, then it might make that timeline crunched. You want to give the blurbers as long as you can (so not two weeks but also probably not six months) because it's a lot of work to blurb! But there's no single, definitive timeline. Two months is a kind timeline.