I'm sure there is a very thought out reason, but why are books given far off release dates if they're written, edited, and bound well beforehand, such as A Curious Tale of the In-Between. It's release date is 6 months away. Are they still producing enough

I can understand how it feels, from a reader’s perspective, like publishers are taking time to build suspense, but that’s really not a factor.

When publishers acquire a book, there is already a publication schedule for their other titles. My publisher Bloomsbury acquired CURIOUS TALE in December of 2013. By then, there was already a full schedule of titles that would be published in 2014 and some in 2015.

After the book is acquired, there’s a lot of rewriting and editing to do. Even though...