§ How close do you think the book is to completion?
What do you need to add?
§ What obvious changes would you like us to make,
regarding structure, length, or style?
§ Who is the audience that you have in mind? Who would buy the
book?
§ What are the essential characteristics that would
you like us to improve or preserve?
§ What’s the main story, and what are the
subsidiary stories?
§ When do you intend to publish it?
§ How much time do you have available to work on
it, and how quickly could you respond to our queries?
§ What do you especially want to avoid in this
book? What alternatives did you have in mind?
§ What basic rules should we observe, regarding
privacy, terminology, rights and acknowledgments?
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How many revisions have you done?
§ Did you consider using some other arrangement
of sections and chapters?