Advance Review Copies


 

Why is it that you always find another error just after you send off the manuscript? A glaring, in-your-face-something that you messed up? I guess that’s what proofs are for. At least this time it was only two minor formatting issues.

I had used LibreOffice(OpenOffice successor) to generate my manuscript PDF, with embedded fonts and all. I used Gimp to do the cover artwork, but eventually found a copy of PhotoShop I could afford. It’s better at converting to CMYK than anything else I’d tried.

Uploading the internal document and cover artwork went without a hitch. In a few days, my printer sent me a proof. The ARCs (advance review copy) should arrive shortly.

I continue to work with my e-book publisher on line and copy editing. We’re still planning a September release of Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite. Meanwhile, I’m sending out advance copies to anyone I can find who does reviews.