If you Google something like «
book editing copy line structural» (and you really shouldn't) then you'll soon be sucked into a swirl of fuzzy definitions and conflicting concepts.
Not exact matches
So it is that people like Heaven Sent BELIEVE the «word of god» is a
book edited in the 17th century from 16th century translations of 8,000 contradictory
copies of 4th century scrolls that claim to be
copies of LOST letters from the 1st century?
mp4 video files (
edited to approximately 3 hours, 30 minutes) Also included as a bonus will be a
copy of Rachel's widely - acclaimed
book, Adventures in Parenting.
I received an early
copy of the
book, Finding Your Inner Mama: Women Reflect on the Challenges and Rewards of Motherhood,
edited by Eden Steinberg, which is available this week.
As a
book trundles through the production process, from
copy -
editing to type - setting and finally printing and binding, it is up to the editor to keep an eye on the process and smooth out any difficulties which arise.
There is still plenty of time — the
book is planned for November, and
copy editing will continue right up to July.
During his tenure at The Onion, Thompson
edited the 2002
book The Tenacity Of The Cockroach: Conversations With Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders (Crown) and
copy -
edited six best - selling comedy
books.
Those looking for advice on how to bring disaffected Trump voters back into the fold — or the economically disconnected in for a landing — might wish to start with a
copy of Education for Upward Mobility, a new
book edited by my Fordham Institute colleague Mike Petrilli.
Many new writers don't fully appreciate the difference between
copy editing and line
editing, let alone the effect an editor can have on a
book's success.
Copy edits of
books of high complexity (e.g. nonfiction
books with extensive footnotes) may cost more.
I work one - on - one with authors, offering professional
book publication services, including
copy editing,
book formatting and cover design.
book publishing: story and
copy editing, author photos and press releases,
book cover design and interior formatting, CreateSpace consulting, Kindle and ebook conversions
The
book then needs to be
copy -
edited and / or proofread (in English), the cover needs to be modified (or redesigned), and the launch has to be accompanied by a marketing effort (in English).
Rebecca, I just finished
editing my inspirational
book, and hired professional
editing services, and though they are not
copy editors, he did question the content of several paragraphs and made suggestions as to the changes that were needed for more clarity.
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.
For an insight into the deeper mysteries of
copy -
editing, get yourself a copy of The Frugal Editor by Carolyn Howard - Johnson or, if you're in a hurry, try Author's Quick Guide To Editing Your Book by Kristen Ec
editing, get yourself a
copy of The Frugal Editor by Carolyn Howard - Johnson or, if you're in a hurry, try Author's Quick Guide To
Editing Your Book by Kristen Ec
Editing Your
Book by Kristen Eckstein.
We're offering an introductory rate of $ 1,500 per
book for
copy editing and proofing (
books exceeding 50,000 words will have a scaled additional fee).
It also includes complete creative development, including
editing and design, softcover, hardcover and ebook, 60 % author royalties, all ISBNs, 20
copies of your
book, high - quality printed
books by LSI, a marketing program, as well as coaching and training of the author in a collaborative manner.
Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just
editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review services that will send out
copies of an author's
book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.
We're giving away autographed
copies of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter and The Best American Noir of the Century
edited by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler, which includes stories by Harlan Ellison, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard... and Tom Franklin, who signed the
book.
You can then find a few people to check sections of the
book for
copy editing.
For a standard 35,000 - word
book (around 170 pages), that means $ 175 for developmental
editing and $ 350 for
copy editing.
Quiethouse
Copy Editing has a Beta Reader Network, where for $ 25 you can get criticism of your
book.
Copyediting, line
editing, proofreading, formatting for publishing, formatting for print, cover art, copyright registration, ISBN's, review
copies, shipping and research costs can all be budgeted on a per
book basis.
But the author can, in theory, make more per
copy on that «cheaper»
book than he might have in a legacy publishing structure... even after overhead costs of
editing, design and promotion are taken into account.
• Self - published
books will receive a single
copy edit or proofread, unless otherwise stipulated in the publishing contract.
The amount they would have made just wasn't high enough to justify taking that editor off that
book and having her
edit books that would go on to sell
copies all over the globe for Harlequin instead.
Six months out from publication date, I was grappling with
copy edits and ARCs and cover reveals and it was suddenly very easy not to work on either my second
book OR that new WIP that I really wanted to finish because I wanted to be a full - time writer.
As a publisher, you'll likely spend more money marketing your
book than to have the
book edited, and ideally, a
book will go through rounds of
editing, be it content, line,
copy, and proofreading.
So I'm already sick of the
book by the first
copy -
editing pass.
And by the time I get to the
copy -
editing / proofing stage, I have already read the
book 10 - 20 times, depending on the scene.
Beta reading / substantive
editing /
copy and line
editing: Hire out / friends / writing peers (aprox $ 1300 /
book)
As an indie author, it's significantly cheaper to pay for
copy -
editing of a shorter novel, and the production costs of printing the final
books are also more affordable.
Jefferson Smith's Immerse or Die study of story openings found that only 25 % of the «strikes» that get him to close a
book fall under
copy editing.
Available services include
copy editing, proofreading, interior
book design, ebook file creation, and cover design.
I worked with the author / publisher, Peter Engler, to get his publishing company set up and get this first
book designed and available in both paperback and Kindle editions, providing the last round of
copy editing / proofreading, as well as getting the cover design done, doing the interior layout and helping him all along the self - publishing path to birth his «baby» with ease.
One of my
books is currently in
copy -
editing and I've already told that editor that, when it comes back, I'll only be halfway through the process of producing a professional ebook.
High quality
copy editing and proofreading, which is probably a good idea if this is your first
book, will probably cost at least $ 1000.
If you look at the average pirated version, it is not some scanned
copy that is hard to read but very slick and professional
book editing to make it seem like the real deal.
The online marketplace is a creative hotbed of industry professionals with expertise in
copy editing, developmental
editing,
book design, art direction, illustration, photography, cover design, ghostwriting, ebook conversion, and more.
► Structural
editing focuses on the whole
book level ► Line
editing focuses on the paragraph and sentence level ►
Copy editing focuses on the word and punctuation level ► Proofreading focuses on the accuracy of all
edits
So in order to get an attractively priced,
copy -
edited book, available to bookstores for a standard 40 % discount, with full returnability with the copyright registered, an ISBN provided... and all the physical elements of a standard paperback
book — cover
copy, cover art, etc, it will cost you $ 4539 at HHorizons.
My reasoning is that I spend a fair amount on
editing,
copy editing, proofreading and covers, so the finished product is a higher quality offering than many largely unedited or marginally
edited book at $ 2.99.
Allows to
editing the EPUB -
book, using only a mouse (allocating,
copying, moving text fragments) and without going into details code XML.
A final major benefit of traditional publishing, and what I believe to be the most important, is the fact that, with a publisher, a writer has a team of experts in every aspect of
book production — i.e.,
editing,
copy editing, legal review, when necessary, cover design, formatting, marketing, and publicity — who work together with a common, vested interest in making a
book the best representation of the author and the publishing house that it can be.
Writerful
Books provides
book editing services for authors looking to hire an editor for structural
editing, line
editing,
copy editing or proofreading a manuscript.
If you get a contract, work with the publisher to
edit and proofread your manuscript, then accept their choice of title,
book cover, back - cover
copy, etc..
An ARC (Advanced Review
Copy) reader is a person who receives a pre-published copy of your book (usually after final editing, but before proofreadi
Copy) reader is a person who receives a pre-published
copy of your book (usually after final editing, but before proofreadi
copy of your
book (usually after final
editing, but before proofreading).
But having written what you want, revise and
edit and polish and scour, and then package in a gorgeous cover and clean
copy -
editing and crisp layout, and put out a
book which is utterly indistinguishable from a traditionally published
book.
The thing is, I completely get it, for all the reasons you listed — I've read enough self - published
books that obviously weren't
copy edited (or were really, really poorly
copy edited) that I don't buy them anymore unless they were recommended to me or I've already read by that author, so as a blogger, I certainly wouldn't put in the time without being sure!