"So, that's you almost finished with the book, then?"

The words of my running buddy, when I told him I'd finished the last edit.

Um, no...

Still to do (at that point) and in no particular order:

register the ISBNdraw up a cover briefsend the cover brief to cover designersort out keywords for the metadatasort out the blurb for the back of the paperback and the sales pagesend book to beta readersincorporate any feedback from beta readersrun the book through ProWritingAid (again)proofreadfinalise the paperback interiorfinalise the Kindle versionwrite a short-story to give away to people joining my mailing listsign off on the coverset up the sales pageupdate the back matter of all my other books to include new oneset up an auto ad on Amazonset up category ads on Amazonsort out keywords for KW ads on Amazonupdate social media accounts with new coverupdate websitecreate promo imagessign up on book promotion sitesremind my ARC readers to post a review once the book is liveclaim the book on Goodreads, BookBub, Amazon etc., once it's live

and I'm sure I've missed plenty off that list!

But yeah... I've "almost finished with the book"