Comments | stephanieburgis: Eastercon 'n more

stephanieburgis

Eastercon 'n more

Apr 07, 2009 10:36

So, I finished up the copyedits yesterday, I spent a horrific chunk of money on photocopying the whole manuscript at Staples (because I am paranoid about international mail), and I've arranged for UPS to pick it up this afternoon ( Read more... )

kat, kat by moonlight, conventions, eastercon, appearances

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autopope April 7 2009, 10:24:09 UTC

I'm doing eastercon. Not a GoH this year, so hoping to actually experience it :)

stephanieburgis April 7 2009, 10:49:30 UTC

Excellent! :) Looking forward to seeing you there!

lkmadigan April 7 2009, 13:30:03 UTC

Good girl, making a copy!!

stephanieburgis April 7 2009, 13:35:06 UTC

Yes...I have to admit I came sooooo close to skipping that step, but I'd heard too many horror stories not to do it!

autopope April 7 2009, 15:05:44 UTC

I don't photocopy -- I scan to PDF, using a Fujitsu ScanSnap S300. Takes about half an hour, and ... well, if your proofs go missing, the first you'll know is when the deadline passes and your editor emails to say "where is it?" At which point, mailing a photocopy risks (a) further post office fun and hijinks, and (b) an additional delay. Whereas I can just stick a 30-40Mb PDF on my web site and say "download this and send it to Kinkos".

This has indeed saved my ass -- precisely this scenario played out about 18 months ago with one of my titles for Tor, but the PDF meant the book made it to production on time.

PS: Cost of scanner: about £250. You'll recoup it within 2-3 years compared to photocopying -- copy edits and galley proofs for each book, and additional page proofs when they reflow and turn it into a paperback. I'm doing two books a year, so I get to deal with two CEMs and at least four page proofs a year (sometimes more, with both US and UK publishers sending me page proofs).

stephanieburgis April 8 2009, 08:53:57 UTC

Ooh, that is a really good thought, and one I hadn't considered. And half an hour to scan a book in is still less time than driving out to Staples to make the photocopies. Hmm...

amygreenfield April 9 2009, 20:01:02 UTC

Hope you don't mind my barging in to say how much I enjoyed your Justice Merriwell story! And now that I know about them, I'm very much looking forward to the Kat books, too.

And yay! on finishing the copyedits. That's such a huge step.

stephanieburgis April 9 2009, 21:24:27 UTC

Thank you so much! I really appreciate you telling me that, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I hope you like the Kat books too! They're very different in tone, but there's actually a nod to Justice Merriwell in the backstory, which no one but Justice Merriwell readers will notice. :)

And thank you for the yay! It felt incredible to mail them off.