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Pre-Publication Readiness

Reference Materials & Templates · 2 min · Updated 3 September 2026

Everything that has to be true before you press publish, in six groups. Tick as you go — your ticks are saved in this browser, so you can work through this over several weeks and come back to where you were.

If a line here is unfamiliar, it links to the lesson that covers it.

Manuscript readiness

Cover design validation

Formatting and technical

Business and legal

Metadata

Launch readiness

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