From the course: Sell Your Novel to a Major Publisher

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Your last revision

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- [Instructor] Congratulations. Hopefully by now you followed all the steps and tips outlined in this course and you sold your first novel. Although this course is designed specifically to teach you how to sell your novel to a publisher, I didn't want to end it without giving you a sneak peek into the rest of the publishing process. Selling your novel is just the first step in a long and exciting road down the path towards seeing your book on a bookstore shelf. I'll give you a quick glance at what this path looks like and point out a few things that I think every author should know about what happens behind the scenes at a publishing house as your book is published. So let's get started. As we discussed before, the first thing that will happen after you've signed your book contract is you'll most likely to do more revisions on your manuscript. Yes, that's right, more rewriting and more edits. An author's work is never done especially when it comes to revising. Your new editor may have…

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