Track Changes: After the Book Deal

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What happens between signing the book contract and seeing a
book on shelves? Industry experts walk us through edit letters,
production schedules, cover designs, first pass pages, sales
meetings and more.


We catch up with Jennifer de Leon as she prepares for
the release of her debut young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me
Where I’m From, on August 18. (Hear her First Draft
interview here.)


Then Katherine Tegen, publisher and editor at Katherine Tegen
Books, at HarperCollins; Alvina Ling, Vice President and
Editor-in-Chief at Little Brown Books for Young Readers (and
co-host of the Book Friends Forever podcast); and Stacey Barney,
Executive Editor at G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin
Young Readers Group talk us through
Catch up on the series so far:

Episode 1: Publishing 101


Episode 2: Agents: Who Are They, What Do They Do, And How Do You
Get One?


Bonus Episode: Publishing in the time of COVID


Episode 3: Selling Your Book (Part 1)


Episode 4: Selling Your Book (Part 2)


Episode 5: Advances (Part 1)


Episode 6: Contracts

Discussed in this episode:



Publishing seasons




Edit letters




Deadlines




Copy Editing




Sample Pages




Covers




Advance Reader Copies, or Galleys




Sales Meeting or Sales Conference




Acknowledgments




More Information:




“Edit Letters in Traditional Publishing” by Susan Dennard




“Editorial Letters and Line Edits in Traditional Publishing”
by Susan Dennard




“Understanding Copy Edits as an Author” by Susan Dennard




“How a Cover is Born” by Susan Dennard




“Understanding First Pass Pages” by Susan Dennard




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Track Changes is produced by Hayley Hershman. Zan Romanoff is the
story editor. The music was composed by Dan Bailey, and the logo
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