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What is camera ready work?

Why do I have to pay for my own camera ready work?

Why does my software have to be converted to WordPerfect?

Why do my tables and lists have to re-typed?

Why do some books take longer than others to prepare?

Do I choose my own style of page layout?

What is the most important thing about style?

Why replace the spaces at the beginning of each paragraph with tabs?

Why do the spaces in lists have to replaced with tabs?

Why does the underlining have to be changed to italics?

Why do hyphens [ - - ] have to be changed into dashes [ — ]?

Why do spaces that center titles have to be replaced with centering
codes?

Can I have photographs?

What about artwork?

What about graphics?

Do you scan photographs and artwork?

What kind of cover do I get?

Can I make changes after the first draft?

Can I make changes to the galley proofs?

When do I prepare the index?

Why do I have to wait so long to prepare the index?

Can I get a head start on my index?

Why can't I search for index entries using the "find and replace" feature?

Why don't you send me an electronic copy of my book for editing?

What about replacement pages after the first printing?