Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:58:56 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Another Tom Clancy novel coming soon
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>twhite8 at cox.net 07/03/03 06:14PM
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ronkean at juno.com>
>To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
>Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 4:17 PM
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: Another Tom Clancy novel coming soon
>
>>
>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 00:10:06 -0400 (EDT) "Keith F. Lynch"
>> <kfl at KeithLynch.net> writes:
>>
>> > I was just remarking on how short a time it was from submission to
>> > being in bookstores.
>> >
>>
>> The reported 'submission' date might actually have been the date on =
which
>> corrections were finalized.  The manuscript might already have been
>> converted to a data file and formatted for printing and proofread, and
>> gone thru one or more rounds of galley proofing, so the last minute
>> changes might be doable in less than a day, and printing out final =
galley
>> proofs might take only a couple of hours with a computer and a fast
>> printer.  The proofs could be checked by a team.  Perhaps Clancy's =
books
>> are so important that printing and binding schedules are pre-empted to
>> rush the books to market.
>
>"Manuscript"?  Are you saying Clancy *doesn't* supply a data file =
directly
>from his computer?

I really liked his [control]F4 novel: Jack Ryan Defeats Terrorist Macros

mjw