This reminds me of the corporate world, and when organizations restructure to make things better. Always intrigued by the thought and effort spent on restructuring leadership karma. From the Bible:
“No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an old garment; if he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.37)And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.38)But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.39)And no one after drinking old wine desires new; for he says, ‘The old is good.’
The pressure to do things well tempts us to not. At a certain point a startup (or anyone) has to make decisions that what they have is good enough to ship.
Because shipping eventually becomes more important than perfection.
With yesterday’s manuscript review in hand, Xulon Press made an offer for a copyediting service (for an additional fee).
The choice is have a book in hand (for sale to the world) by Thanksgiving but with potential errors. Or have a flawless book that might not be for sale until the end of the year.