<p>High quality production and rapid publication are important components of the value proposition ACM and Morgan & Claypool offer to those wishing to publish their manuscripts with ACM Books. One way to insure this for multiple-authored books is for co-authors to select a “responsible author” who will be responsible as the main point of contact for ACM Books staff and volunteer editors from the very beginning stages of the proposal through final manuscript delivery. </p><p>Once final manuscript files are received from the "responsible author", production will start immediately, sometimes even the same day as files are received. </p><p>For LaTeX files, this includes <strong>final formatting of the manuscript and tables</strong>, <strong>re-drawing line illustrations</strong>, if needed, and <strong>copy editing</strong>. 
Once those three initial tasks are complete, authors will receive formatted, copy edited page proofs for review and approval. This final review should be brief, with a quick check to insure that the author's previously requested changes were made correctly.  It is expected that unless there is a serious issue prohibiting a fast 
turnaround, authors will provide this final sign-off within approximately 10 
days or less. </p><p>When author approval is received, final files will be prepared for publication, including relinking any broken links, adding DOIs to references, and preparing various ebook and print publication files. At that point, publication is just a day or two away. </p><p>Once published, authors will be alerted and given the published file link, so that they can download and advise students and colleagues to do the same. </p><p>At that time author’s print copies are ordered, and the marketing manager and author will start to discuss promotional plans for their book, if they have not already been in communication up to that point. </p><p>Authors generally ask how long this production process takes. For ACM Books, the following is our targeted goal:</p><ul><li>For shorter books, up to 150 or so pages, from receipt of final files to online publication can take less than a month. </li><li>For longer books, up to 350 pages, the goal is to publish online within two months. </li><li>Print-on-Demand takes approximately two weeks for set up, printing, and delivery, which means that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="">Amazon.com </a>or <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/" target="">Barnes & Noble</a> will publish print copies within a couple weeks, and Kindle or Nook versions within a month.</li></ul>