The words of my running buddy, when I told him I'd finished the last edit.
Um, no...
Still to do (at that point) and in no particular order:
- register the ISBN
- draw up a cover brief
- send the cover brief to cover designer
- sort out keywords for the metadata
- sort out the blurb for the back of the paperback and the sales page
- send book to beta readers
- incorporate any feedback from beta readers
- run the book through ProWritingAid (again)
- proofread
- finalise the paperback interior
- finalise the Kindle version
- write a short-story to give away to people joining my mailing list
- sign off on the cover
- set up the sales page
- update the back matter of all my other books to include new one
- set up an auto ad on Amazon
- set up category ads on Amazon
- sort out keywords for KW ads on Amazon
- update social media accounts with new cover
- update website
- create promo images
- sign up on book promotion sites
- remind my ARC readers to post a review once the book is live
- claim the book on Goodreads, BookBub, Amazon etc., once it's live
and I'm sure I've missed plenty off that list!
But yeah... I've "almost finished with the book"
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