Book Publishing Timeline

A question I get asked often is "When will InsertBookHere be done?" This tool is my answer, and is meant to help new authors and readers get insight into the timeline for self-publishing processes, and understand which steps can be skipped or hired out, and how long each step takes. This list is by no means comprehensive. All that to say, if I could get books out faster, I would, but writing and editing a book is just step 1 in the publishing process.