From: jhetley@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, September 1, 2014 8:02:05 AM UTC-4, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   > For the traditionally published authors here. Some advice required.   
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   > On average, how long does it take you to deal with the page proofs?   
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   > Have you usually had the opportunity to go through the copy edits before    
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   > the page proof stage?   
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   > This time round, for reasons of speed (due to a delay at the publisher's    
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   > end with edits) I ended up having to do the copy edit check and the page    
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   > proof (galley) check in one pass. I only had three days to page proof a    
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   > 171,000 word (532 page) novel. I did it, but only by hitting my desk as    
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   > I rolled out of bed in the morning and staying there until I fell asleep    
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   > over my keyboard at night.   
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   > The copy edit picked up mainly punctuation, but also Americanised my    
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   > British English, so I acquired a few gottens and a lot of -ize endings    
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   > as well as discovering that there is no word in the USA equivalent to    
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   > the British 'boffin'. (We ended up with 'scientist' but that really    
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   > doesn't cover it.)   
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   > Anyhow, I thought I'd ask how this tallies with your experience. I do    
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   > feel as though the check was rushed and worry that I could have done it    
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   > better given more time. What's your experience?   
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   > Luckily it still goes through a final proof-read at the publisher's end.   
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   > Jacey   
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   > jaceybedford@nospam.btinternet.com   
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   > Remove the obvious to contact me direct.   
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   > My new book is due from DAW on 4th November 2014.   
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   > Empire of Dust, A Psi-tech Novel   
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   > by Jacey Bedford   
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   I've had separate copy-edits and page proofs, with both paper and electronic   
   manuscripts.  Usually a week or more to handle each round.  Ace even gave me a   
   chance to check page proofs on the mass-market edition after the trade   
   paperback had been out for    
   a year.     
      
   And "boffin" works for me . . .   
      
   Jim   
      
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