Creating a Timeline for Your Book: Beyond the Basics
A planning guide for mapping the path from draft to book promotion
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AlbakiReads Editorial
A planning guide for mapping the path from draft to book promotion
Connie Dunn organizes a book project into five major sections, helping authors estimate the time involved from the earliest concept through marketing. The guide identifies the stages that can shape a publishing schedule, including writing, editing, formatting, publishing, and promotion. Its practical emphasis is on turning a large, multi-step project into a usable timeline with milestones and goals. It also addresses two publishing contexts: authors working to traditional deadlines and independent authors coordinating their own production and marketing tasks.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Authors building a first project timeline
- Independently published authors coordinating production and marketing
- Traditionally published authors managing manuscript and publication deadlines
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