Yesterday, I wrote about my struggles with getting approval from RPGNow, but that may be a good thing in the end. While I am still struggling to find out what's wrong with my file, I don't understand the message they sent, and there have been a few very cool OSRians like +Joseph Bloch, +Rob Conley and +Pete Spahn have been helpful.
While the process is frustrating, RPGNow has always been fantastic to deal with and I've shot an email to Chuck, who apparently is the gatekeeper.
While I was frustrated, after looking it over...again...I found more small things I wanted to tweak. A stat block shifted a few lines. Another block cut off the last sentence in an entry and their are a few orphans I want to find homes. Orphans are a single word of a sentence that has its own line. So there is some cosmetic things I want to tweak and make it the best I can. But its about as good as I can make it now so I need to get it out there or I'll start messing with it and screw it all up.
I write theses posts as I go through the publishing process to share with others. I always enjoy reading these posts from others. Because if I can get through this stuff it should be fairly easy for the rest of you.
Tonight I'll tweak the mistakes I found, shouldn't take too long and then get some assistance with the other problems. It's a learning process.
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It is, indeed, much better to make any changes now rather than after you receive your proof. If you make any changes after that you have to order and approve another proof regardless of how minor the change, which means waiting a few more weeks before your product will be good to go.
ReplyDeleteI've found One Bookshelf wonderful to deal with and I'm sure they'll help get your sorted out in no time.
Wish I could be of help, Tim. But you're in a new realm of mystery and wonder!
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