From Submission to Publication • Reedsy

📚 Overview

Have you ever wondered what really happens after your book gets picked up by a publisher? In this exclusive session, we’ll draw back the curtain on the journey from submission to publication. Alongside author Noah Charney and Deborah Gershenowitz, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at what happens inside a publishing house once an editor says yes.

Through presentations, discussions, and live Q&As, you’ll learn how a manuscript moves through each stage of the publishing process. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions directly to an editorial director at a major publishing house and come away with a clearer sense of how to navigate from draft to published book.

🎓 What You’ll Learn

How acquisitions, editing, cover design, and marketing actually work

What timelines to expect before your book is on the shelf

Who makes the decisions (and when)

How to advocate for your book at key moments

Schedule

EVENT

11:00 - 11:45 EDT

Going from Submission to Publication with Noah Charney

What happens after you type “The End”? In this session, Noah Charney will walk you through the key stages that take a manuscript from finished draft to published book. Drawing on his own experience as a published author, he’ll show you what to expect and how you can navigate the journey with confidence.

EVENT

12:00 - 12:45 EDT

Ask a Publisher with Deborah Gershenowitz

Deborah Gershenowitz from Bloomsbury joins Noah to talk about what it takes to bring a book to print. You’ll hear how publishers think about submissions, acquisitions, and the publishing market — and have plenty of time to ask your own questions and get insight straight from someone on the inside.

Speakers

Noah Charney

Reedsy Professor of Writing

Dr Noah Charney is the best-selling author of more than 30 of his own books, including a Pulitzer finalist. His latest book is The 12-Hour Author: Everything You Need to Know to Get Published and Become a Successful Writer (Bloomsbury). A professor of art history, he teaches online for the Smithsonian, the National Gallery (UK), and Yale. Noah has ghostwritten and edited books for Reedsy clients, and is Professor of Writing at Reedsy Learning.

Debbie Gershenowitz

Editorial Director at Bloomsbury Academic

Debbie Gershenowitz is an editor at Bloomsbury with a long track record of shaping thoughtful, idea-driven nonfiction for a broad readership. Over the course of her publishing career, she has worked with leading journalists, historians, scientists, and cultural critics, helping them translate rigorous research into compelling trade books. At Bloomsbury, she continues to develop works that bridge scholarship and the general reader, championing authors with distinctive voices and ambitious subjects.