When should you start your POD and eBook preparation?

After having half dozen traditional books published and doing it myself and equal number of times – my opinion is that the minute you’ve sent out that first rush of queries and sample chapters should be the moment a writer should start formatting their manuscript for POD and/or eBook upload ( and preparing additional support material) Publishers are under siege, not just from self-published authors, other aggressive publishers, but also because the economy stinks, fewer people are reading fiction and the incredible completion from free reading options, from the Huffington post to those often visited sites that cannot be mentioned.
Even if your book is accepted by a traditional publisher, and you get that (incredibly small) advance, you’ll still have to get out from behind that desk and promote your product. The days of walking to the mailbox and collecting your six figure royalty check never existed and certainly aren’t going to start any time soon.
The great news is that there are free resoureces books on how to upload your eBooks to the Nook and Kindle. There are also free guides offered from Print on Demand companies.
Check out this link for POD advice – http://www.booksandtales.com/pod/
May you win at the bank of book, no matter what path you end up taking.