Design Queue

Dear Self-Publishing Author,

To answer your question, yes, I would take the time to review my 100,000 word piece to make sure it is correct.  I see that you haven't taken my advice, as I returned from lunch to find your eProof sign off on my desk. Sigh. I guess rather than wait two weeks for us to work up the correction you phoned me about, you decided to just rush your book out to the market.


You have paid for 3 hours of extra design time and have already purchased another proofing round, in addition to the 3 you already had. You are now back for Post-Publication Revisions. Perhaps the rush you are in has something to do with the errors you keep finding and returning for us to correct.


No, I can't shrink the Designer queue for you. Yes, I understand it is just one change and one that you say you didn't instruct us to make. I would actually disagree with your statement that it is important to get the change in front of the designers "before they forget the book". I can assure you that our designers don't memorize the projects on which they work. 


I can also assure you that our designers have worked on dozens of project since yours and, as memorable as your work is, would do the same job no matter when you decide to forward the next revisions.



No, I can't put your work in front of the queue, because, as I explained to you on the phone, that would not be fair to our other authors.


I understand that your work is important and that 'everyone will want to read it before 2012' but, unfortunately, that does not justify rearranging the queue priority. 


Sincerely,
See you in a couple of weeks when you discover another error.