Sentences with phrase «about copy editing»

They're talking about copy editing.

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According to its news release, Knowingly offers a number of online services, including one called iForetold — which allows people to post their predictions about the future — and a tool called Correctica that does copy - editing for websites.

Kregel sent me a copy of What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus» Bible, edited by Jason DeRouchie.

Some universities have writing centers that offer editing services, or you can also hire someone to do a copy editing polish on your thesis if you are concerned about your writing style.

FREE SAMPLE: I will edit a sample of up to 1000 words from the beginning of your book (about four pages, double - spaced) for free before both parties commit to a full edit, to ensure you will get what you need from a copy edit.

I will be covering the basic process of writing a novel, proofreading, copy editing, developmental editing, cover design, formatting for paperbacks and the various ebook formats, ebook and paperback distribution and all sorts of good stuff I've learned about marketing — including how to use Amazon categories to increase your visibility, how to to build your mailing list, how to get reviews, how to use Facebook ads, running giveaways and contests, and much more.

A step - by - step guide to the editing process and everything you need to know about self - editing, beta readers, developmental editors, copy editors, proofreaders.

Copy edit is all about grammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage.

You're still responsible for most of your marketing, have to deal with your agent / editor about stuff, have edits, copy - edits, galleys, have to write blog posts for publisher - set - up tours (not always to the most highly trafficked blogs), deal with tracking down missing royalty statements, etc..

You may happen to notice copy editing issues while doing a substantive edit (and vice versa), and it's fine to make notes about them when you see them, but be sure go through the entire manuscript, from start to finish, in each mode.

Learn more about the differences between developmental editing, copy editing and editorial assessments through these links.

Think about writing, edit and publish the book and then use these simple strategies that will help you in selling the first 1000 copies of your book in a few weeks.

CKBooks Publishing offers: editing - developmental and copy editing print book design and formatting for print - ready pdfs ebook design and formatting for any online retailer cover design - print and ebook publishing services - print and ebook consulting - answering any questions you might have about the process.

Out of that gross revenue, the publisher pays about 50 cents to convert the text to a digital file, typeset it in digital form and copy - edit it.

Editing costs would be about the same for e-books and hard copy books.

CAPTION: (If you are unsure about what developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading and editorial assessment are, we are defining them here).

Except for every author that is Type A obsessive about presenting a perfect copy there are three that throw their stories up without editing much at all because they were too easily disillusioned by the process of COMPLETING a story.

Baen fans knew this and backed Jim into a corner at a con once upon a time and badgered him about getting their hands on these early, not fully edited, copies of their favorite authors» newest releases.

I've discussed before the difference between editing, copy editing and proofing, but judging by the fact that someone over at ATH asked about how writers were going to get the excellent editing and other services that traditional publishers provide in the new indie publishing, I'm going to presume that I either haven't gotten through or that I need a boomier amplifier.

Kate is about to do an editorial assessment of the fifth novel in the series and I am about to begin rewrites on book four, for which she did everything — from an editorial assessment to a full and substantial copy edit.

The part about no indie book can have the quality copy - editing and proof - reading of a «published» work set me to giggling.

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But marketing occupies about three months of each year, and so by the time I get started on the next book, which has to be written, edited a couple of times, copy edited, read by early readers — a year soon disappears.

Since several major writers have said they have to hire a copy - editor because [big house] doesn't do it right (or at all) anymore, that should also raise eyebrows about using editing as a criteria for «real» writers.

Proof - reading by my formatter and me before release and copy - editing on the MS I send to the formatter catches 99 % of silly stuff, and I do content editing as I write (if someone sees problems beyond punctuation and grammar issues, I'm almost positive that they're complaining about stylistic concerns and choices, so I don't care).

I pay about $ 1,200 for a copy edit on a 100,000 - word novel, which my editor typically turns around in five days or so.

They talk about editing here, but I believe they mean the high - level editing, which is great and very valuable, but the task of arranging cover design, copy - editing, etc. is still in the author's hands.

Assuming the author puts together a quality work — including editing, cover design & proper E book formatting, at a cost of about $ 1200 (cheaper minus the edit — not recommended): The book goes online within 3 days, print version — using a POD, about 3 weeks after sign off on a galley copy (Lightning Source).

Don't forget about our proof reading and copy editing services and, if you write progressive fiction, keep an eye out for our next call for submissions!

And I probably should talk to Jason about proof reading / copy editing.

Having also been a technical writer who had to pass out copies of the manuals I wrote to the entire programming team and seen every programmer want to impose a different editorial style and graphic design on the manuscript without having a clue what they were talking about, I really, seriously, don't want 100,000 people editing my manuscript.

This takes the form of either copy - editing or proofreading, and if you're unsure about the difference between the two, don't worry — you're not alone.

I'm perfectly happy with the fact that we are offering quality copy editing and that we are totally transparent about the cost.

For a 100k - word manuscript that needs heavy copy editing, it would take me about two weeks from the starting date.

While developmental editing is about the story and characters and copy editing is about grammar rules and sentence - level issues, line editing skills are all about our writing — as a whole:

Copy / Line Editing: This usually takes about two weeks.

-- Joe Z., Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey «After reading a post about your programs on the Editorial Freelancer Association's list serv, I downloaded an evaluation copy of Editor's Toolkit Plus, and ran a few tests with it on some files I'm getting ready to edit.

Extensive Copy Edit — a basic copy edit but including some constructive criticism about plot and characters, but kept to a miniCopy Edit — a basic copy edit but including some constructive criticism about plot and characters, but kept to a miniEdit — a basic copy edit but including some constructive criticism about plot and characters, but kept to a minicopy edit but including some constructive criticism about plot and characters, but kept to a miniedit but including some constructive criticism about plot and characters, but kept to a minimum.

Demons Age does a great job explaining everything while you wander about these screens, but you'll have to mind the misspellings and grammar inconsistencies, much like this site (I depend on copy edit just as much as the next guy).

As you can see I did edit my words a little regarding it as they were too strong, but at the end of the day we've had people asking about a Witcher review and the reasons for not doing one, so we said it straight: we haven't gotten a copy.

Unless we're missing something, the deals this week are pretty much a carbon copy of last week (with Walmart swapping places with TRU's deals in many cases), so in a lightly edited, but no less blatant, copy - paste: No gimmicks to get excited about this week.

Available until May 15 are a selection of pre-released copies of A Book About Colab (and Related Activities), edited by Max Schumann, Director of Printed Matter.

Because of an editing error, an obituary in some copies on Monday about the artist Ellsworth Kelly misstated the surname of his husband, who survives him.

The news posts end up taking about 15 - 30 minutes to put together, since they mostly consist of finding a story elsewhere, copying it / editing it into my blog and then maybe adding a bit of commentary / analysis.

That's data about how closely they copy edit important documents before they go out the door.