Any overcharge on this estimated payment will be refunded to the author within thirty days of the ship date. The contract is signed and the first payment is made. We edit the first draft of the manuscript while the artist is designing the cover. You approve the initial editing work and the typesetting begins. Page proofs and a color proof of the cover design are sent to you for your approval.
Second payment is made.
Corrections are made to the page proofs and any adjustments are made to the cover design. These are sent for your approval and the third payment is made. Now the book is ready to go to press. The printer makes a final set of blue lines and cover proofs that are sent to you for approval. Avoid any significant changes at this juncture.