I've never had substantive edits (major re-writes) from an epublisher, but then I've never published with Dreamspinner. I've only ever heard good things about them and know people who've published with them for years.
They'll use track changes and embedded comments and you'll go through, read them, resent them. Close the document. Think about them. Re-open the document a day or so later, then just click "Accept" for those you like, and add your own comment for those you don't want to make explaining why not. It's really rather painless. Usually my edits take me a single evening and it's not because I'm such a great writer.
After I get over my initial resentment (yes, every time) I usually just his "Accept all" then read through and see if anything strikes me as out of place after that. I think I'm the only person who does that, though.
OTOH, if they do ask you for a re-write, I suspect you will get more time if you choose to go forward with it. Or pull your story.
I turned out to be pretty unhappy with my recent publishing experience so I'm going to try self-publishing next. You certainly could, too!
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Date: 2013-09-18 06:24 pm (UTC)They'll use track changes and embedded comments and you'll go through, read them, resent them. Close the document. Think about them. Re-open the document a day or so later, then just click "Accept" for those you like, and add your own comment for those you don't want to make explaining why not. It's really rather painless. Usually my edits take me a single evening and it's not because I'm such a great writer.
After I get over my initial resentment (yes, every time) I usually just his "Accept all" then read through and see if anything strikes me as out of place after that. I think I'm the only person who does that, though.
OTOH, if they do ask you for a re-write, I suspect you will get more time if you choose to go forward with it. Or pull your story.
I turned out to be pretty unhappy with my recent publishing experience so I'm going to try self-publishing next. You certainly could, too!