The results of two surveys of astronomers concerning preprint formats are presented. The consensus is that the default format should be single column text, with the text either double spaced or single spaced as the author prefers. The placing of page breaks between title, abstract, and main text should be at the author's discretion. A macro is needed to place the date and publication status of the preprint in the upper right hand corner of the title page. It may be useful for the preprint formatter to output an estimate of the number of pages of ApJ Letters format text that the preprint will produce. While placing the figures at the end of the preprint should be the default, the preprint format also provides an opportunity for authors to experiment with including figures in the text. This might be done with a command which in manuscript style acts as a comment to the journal on figure placement, but which in preprint style acts to include a Postscript file containing the figure in the output.
This wonderful document was prepared at the instigation of Caty Pilachowski.