Delivery dates require publishable manuscripts for trade contracts.

Evidence

The delivery date that you are proposing is not the date of a first draft. It is the date by which you will deliver a publishable manuscript. — Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, 427

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, 427