Sentences with phrase «badly edited books»

I know few writers who could pay that, which is why Amazon is flooded with poorly written and badly edited books.

So we should now see a whole bunch of badly edited books either disappear or become well edited books?

Not exact matches

Self - published books were stigmatized for being unvetted and poorly edited — in short, bad.

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I guess it could be argued that the market will weed out the bad stuff, but really, self - published books that haven't been edited, fact checked, or proofed give this entire industry a bad reputation.

- Badly edited, error - filled, overpriced books.

In the excitement of getting the written word published, new authors sometimes don't edit their book, and if they do work hard to get people to buy the book, they end up getting bad reviews because of the lack of editing.

I've seen people declare they are giving up on epubs, or ebooks, because of one or two badly edited or written books by small epresses.

I've read a few that were far, far worse than any traditional book I've seen, at least in terms of the writing and editing.

Many a great book has been killed by bad editing.

Poorly edited books make us all look bad.

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Sure many self - published books are badly written, or badly edited, or both.

The majority of book editors are great at editing but bad at business.

Unless your book is badly edited, most blog hosts will post their reviews as soon as they finish.

EDIT: I don't mean that your book is «bad» — just that it may not have a story that appeals and satisfies enough readers to have it earn money.

It's the self - publishers who rush a book onto the market with typos and bad editing that make customers think twice before buying a self - pubbed book.

At worst, you'll get negative feedback which you can use to edit and improve your book, and at best you could get lots of positive reviews that will spur on book sales.

If you receive a bad review on Amazon or Goodreads etc for formatting, editing or proofing errors it can look really bad to other readers wanting to read your book!

The artwork of the book was haphazard, the paper was cheap and the editing was often shockingly bad.

I've read Harper novels that are badly in need of decent editors who know how to edit properly, and worse, many Harper books are riddled with bad grammar, numerous typos and misused words.

But that's because I've read Harper novels and many other books published by the Big 6 that are badly in need of decent editors who know how to edit properly, and worse, many Harper books are riddled with bad grammar, numerous typos and misused words.

Many bad self - published books abound because it's so easy for authors to click the «publish» button without proper proofreading, editing or formatting — but I endorsed Becky's call for authors to polish their manuscripts to the highest degree before launching them on the world.

That is a bad idea, and I can assure you every reader knows you skipped out on professional editing while reading your books.

I only see it used for the truly profit - mongering parasites that still charge thousands to bring a badly formatted and edited overpriced book to the market (why, yes, PublishAmerica, I'm looking at you).

Finding the right freelance book editor isn't easy, but if you're self - publishing, having your book professionally edited can make the difference between positive reviews and good sales — or bad word of mouth and lackluster sales results.

The books don't measure up, for whatever reason — be it the cover that looks like a bad cartoon, the editing that isn't there, or the writing itself that just doesn't hold a reader.

It's far worse when it assumes the role of publisher even when a book is being written, edited and published by others.

The digital revolution may have produced some bad books but it also produced more opportunities for everyone who reads books, writes books, edits books or sells books.

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Hiring a freelance editor can be expensive, but having your book professionally edited can make the difference between positive reviews and bad word of mouth — and between good and lackluster sales.

Having your book edited postpublication won't erase any bad reviews that are already there, but it will show readers that you are willing to respond to their concerns.

What doesn't change is that badly edited and produced books don't get a second chance.

But it is based upon the personal and professional experience of reviewers, editors, and publishers having waded through a great deal of self - published books that are poorly written and badly in need of even the most basic editing.

I've lost count as to how many legacy published books in my genre that I've abandoned reading in disgust because of bad plotting and shallow characters, sometimes written in mangled English and with poor editing.

What they get to edit and have to be tactful about is going to include what is worst about slush, with little redeeming pleasure from polishing books that start not needing much.

It is the over-eager writer who publishes those badly edited or not edited first draft - stage books that give self - published authors a bad image to overcome.

(EDIT: hmmm... maybe my creating and ordering dummy books that include different samples of font sizes, line spacing, margins, etc. isn't such a bad idea after all.

My point is that editing alone doesn't imply that a book is bad.

Peer review may be harder to satisfy; traditionally - published authors are, of course, «reviewed» by agents and editors before the book is released, but self - published works aren't necessarily seen (or screened) by professional eyes before the book is published (which is one reason why some of them are so badly written, copy - edited, and / or proofread.)

Madison's final editing words to live by, «it's worst to not get published than cut things out of your book».

But it's true that to many people self - publishing means bad quality books with no editing published by one of the vanity presses and the main concern is that this crap is flooding the world and readers can't find quality in the mass of rubbish.

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But before I download even a free book, I check page numbering to rule out novellas and read reviews to see if anything rules out this book, i.e. bad proof - reading / editing, poor grammar, predictable plots.

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I'll probably edit it down some, but right out of the starting gate a very famous graphic designer gave it a bad review because he totally misunderstood the book.

Half the time the books on these lists are garbage, leaving me to wonder how on earth they made these lists with such terrible, badly edited writing and plot-less stories.

As indie self - published writers, we get a bad rap about this issue, but every single indie author that I know goes to great length and expense to have their manuscripts not only edited but proofread (and usually several proofreading passes) and yet a reader will find errors / typos in our published books.

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