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The publishing job
An author's job is a finished manuscript that reads as one book — coherent from the first chapter to the last — and files a retailer accepts on the first upload.
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A workflow that fits
Plan the whole structure before drafting, draft one chapter at a time, and revise the weak chapters without touching the strong ones. Export EPUB for the ebook edition, and keep the DOCX as the working file for your own editing pass.
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A useful first project
A single-problem nonfiction guide of about ten thousand words: long enough to be a real book, short enough to finish, revise and publish while the idea is still sharp.
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