Do you ever wonder what is going on inside those oh-so-secretive publishing houses or why it's taking your favorite author so long to publish their second, third, fourth, fifth... book? Well, every publisher has their own process (especially smaller ones), but for the most part, the steps are all the same. The following infographic, created by Floris Books, is a wonderful, comprehensive flow chart of the process. Keep in mind, this doesn't even include the long process of actually writing the manuscript.