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Why Publishing A Book Takes Longer Than You Think
You can do everything “right” and still miss your dream launch date and it has nothing to do with motivation. We’re talking about time, the sneakiest force in book publishing, and why writers routinely underestimate how long self-publishing actually takes. From the outside, editing, cover design, interior formatting, and uploading to Amazon KDP can look like a simple checklist. In real life, each step includes review cycles, waiting in someone else’s queue, and tiny changes that quietly snowball into weeks.
We walk through the major phases that stretch a schedule: finishing the manuscript…
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