Book printing turnaround time(Canada) and general sharpening question

Hi,
I am nearly finished a book in Aperture and have a couple of questions, one specific to Canada and another, more general question.
For those in Canada(or anybody else's experiences), how long does it take for the book to be published and sent out to you? My book project is to be a christmas gift and I would like to order one copy to proof, but if the turnaround is really long, then I would just order all the copies I need and hope everything turns out satisfactory.
The second concerns sharpening. Since the images are resized for the individual use on a page, how do you optimize the sharpening? Is it better to oversharpen, or resize and sharpen each image prior to placing in the book?
Thanks for any and all help. This is a first book so any other comments or suggestions would be appreciated!
Scott

Perhaps I can help with the first question. I tried the same approach and was quite happy with the first book quality; however, when I ordered several of the same book a few weeks later, I was very unhappy with the color casts and how they differed from the original book I had printed. The moral of the story is that the print quality is highly variable between printings.
Aves

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