After you contact us, we will send you a Publishing Agreement. Review the agreement. Call us if you have any questions.
Sign both copies and return one to Westview with your check.
Either e-mail your finished files or enclose a CD with your return mailing.
We’ll put your manuscript into the queue. It will take 2-3 weeks before you get a draft of your layout.
We will undoubtedly be communicating several times during this period regarding photos, cover design, and other issues.
We’ll prepare an author’s proof (printed double-sided on 8.5 x 11 inch paper) for your review and upon which you can make corrections. Please remember that corrections to the layout are made at our expense; if you request corrections to your text block, those corrections and any necessary adjustments to the layout will be made at your expense, as detailed in the Book Publishing Agreement.
After you correct the author’s proof, mail it back to us and we’ll make the corrections on the computer file.
Once any corrections are made, we’ll submit the manuscript to our printer and they will print an advance copy that will look exactly like a bookstore quality book, completely bound. This will take approximately five to ten days from the point at which we submit the manuscript to the printer.
After we examine the advance copy to make sure it meets our specifications, it will be mailed to you for your review. You will either send us a letter or e-mail approving the advance copy, or you may send additional changes which will be made at your expense. Charges will include the additional fees required for resubmission to the printer as detailed in the Book Publishing Agreement.
Upon your approval of the advance copy, we’ll be ready to print however many copies you need. It will take one to two weeks after an order is placed for the books to be shipped to your home address.
Published by Westview, Inc. 8120 Sawyer Brown Road, Suite 107 P.O. Box 210183 Nashville, Tennessee 37221 phone 615.646.6134 fax 615.662.0946