She has worked as a reporter and
copyeditor for publications such as the Baylor Lariat, Focus Magazine, WACOAN Magazine and AVID Golfer.
I work as a developmental and
copyeditor for other authors, ensuring that their manuscripts are thorough within their subject matter and well - written.
She's known Mickey Mouse from the «inside,» has been
a copyeditor for her tiny town's newspaper, and a bookseller.
Bucholz taught English before working as
a copyeditor for a book publisher.
As the freelance
copyeditor for Serenade Press, she has the privilege of working with exceptionally talented romance authors.
If your book has been copyedited, ask
your copyeditor for the style sheet so you can use it to guide you while proofreading.
Not exact matches
(Note that by now the editor has taken off her
copyeditor's hat — she's not quite ready
for it!)
It takes an entire team of people to publish a book — an agent, an editor,
copyeditors, and artists,
for starters — and the same is true
for promoting one.
Depending on the package you choose, your production editor will select the perfect writer, image researcher, cover designer, interior designer, web designer, developmental editor,
copyeditor, proofreader, and marketing strategist
for you.
In the course of editing the manuscript, most
copyeditors will also produce a style sheet
for the book listing the correct spellings of any unusual names, the proper format
for each element in the manuscript, and any other usage or style guidelines that will be useful to other people reviewing the book farther down the production line.
Hire a professional editor and
copyeditor if you can before you start looking
for an agent.
So the range is $ 500 to $ 1,000
for a long novel to get a good freelance
copyeditor.
If you get a
copyeditor who wants to be a writer and has no respect
for your writing, you will find yourself in a hell you can't even begin to imagine.
By the way, most freelance
copyeditors also work
for traditional publishers.
What's more, it's not possible
for a
copyeditor to correct errors that haven't yet been made.
I trade cover art and formatting
for their time, as well as that of my
copyeditors, who according to your definitions, do line editing too.
For Pentecost, I used five different editors [multiple structural editors, a line - editor and a
copyeditor], so that cost the most of all the books.
Our
copyeditor will review your content
for proper punctuation, usage and syntax; create and apply style rules; fine - tune structure, tone, and voice; and make sure everything flows well.
I think maybe the fact that self - published authors need to spend more time on the stories rather than market is perhaps to balance out the fact that under traditional publishing, there'd be a team of editor /
copyeditor / agent / etc helping with the writing bit, but self - published authors, unless they outsource, are on their own
for all of that.
You may want to enlist a content editor as well as a
copyeditor (they serve different purposes), but my budget does not allow
for that.
For novels, I highly recommend hiring a
copyeditor.
For my novellas, I have not used a
copyeditor, mostly because of the economics, but also because I tend to write clean — I know that the finished product will still be relatively typo - free even without copyediting.
But much earlier in the process, it's just as important to have a
copyeditor, or a developmental editor if you can swing it (the fee will be a little higher than
for a
copyeditor.)
For that reason, when submitting a book for publication, I would recommend utilizing the services of a human copyeditor and not relying solely on a computer's functionali
For that reason, when submitting a book
for publication, I would recommend utilizing the services of a human copyeditor and not relying solely on a computer's functionali
for publication, I would recommend utilizing the services of a human
copyeditor and not relying solely on a computer's functionality.
I've been told by my attorney that I need one
for the person who is laying out the book and the cover, the
copyeditor, website designer and artists.
(Note that
for some non-fiction books, acceptance is also contingent upon legal review of the manuscript) and it moves on to be the
copyeditor, to be copyedited.
Looking
for a professional
copyeditor or proofreader?
With my work in indie publishing, I hire and pay
for copyediting of my work through WMG Publishing and I like the
copyeditors working there.
Or if our developmental editor also touches on line editing aspects, we may want to look
for a
copyeditor who overlaps with line editing and skip a dedicated line editor.
In addition, professional
copyeditors check
for issues like consistency and continuity beyond just grammar issues.
Time
for an indie writer to layout a book, do their own cover, look at copyedits from a hired
copyeditor or friend... Ten hours to a few days.
The designer will likely have questions
for the
copyeditor, and the proofreader will want a copy of the
copyeditor's style sheet.
This is a very common concern
for authors, but rest assured that a good
copyeditor will not alter the plot of your novel or your writing style.
Get a final proofread of it, if you can afford this step, or perhaps you've made arrangements
for your
copyeditor to do another, final pass to go over your revisions, looking
for any new errors that may have cropped up as a result of the revisions.
You can pay an
copyeditor to clean up the writing
for you, but that can easily cost $ 300 to a couple thousand dollars.
I am a
copyeditor and a typesetter of print books, and have been editing and typesetting (using InDesign)
for more than six years.
I've been a professional manuscript evaluator, in - depth critiquer,
copyeditor and book reviewer
for over six years now.
Photographers, illustrators,
copyeditors — the fees paid to book development contractors are tax deductible, as are the costs of outside services, such as a freelance publicist, a website developer
for your author website or a video producer
for your online book trailer.
While much depends on what level of editing your manuscript has already undergone,
for most authors, I recommend seeking a formal copyedit: you send the manuscript to a professional freelance
copyeditor, who will focus on style, grammar, and consistency issues — and might possibly do light fact - checking if needed (very useful
for nonfiction).
This isn't just
for court; this is when you've submitted a rough draft to a
copyeditor and found out they only did the first third of the book and the last chapter, or when you paid a cover artist $ 500 and they returned one proof of concept, then stopped answering emails.
It's true that publishing houses will have their own
copyeditors and proofreaders that'll comb through your book
for the mechanical errors.
If you want to write
for a living, not as a hobby, that's why Self - publishing is death, quite apart from the resulting almost always lower quality (remember, no editor, no
copyeditor, no proofreader...) and attendant lack of success.
This can be tough
for a
copyeditor to catch but it's easy
for a computer program to flag.
Third, although traditional publishing houses have editors and you have already paid
for one, the prestige of being accepted by them, with the orchestra of
copyeditors, cover artists, and marketing experts behind them to help you, will relieve you of a lot of the work
for your next big project.
I'm working like mad to incorporate last - minute critiques and get the manuscript ready
for the
copyeditor.
This calls
for a third - party
copyeditor, someone who not only knows all those rules but is willing to grind through the story, reading not
for pleasure, but with a pen poised to drip blood over every little slip - up, from that first quotation mark to the final period.
C.S. Plocher has been part of the publishing world
for the past decade as a
copyeditor, proofreader, grant writer, developmental editor, researcher, beta reader, and writer.
And if I'm going to pay a premium, I'd like that entire premium to be
for the copyediting rather than split between the
copyeditor and the connecting service.
A
copyeditor takes little
for granted.
We work in conjunction with the editorial director and managing editor to carefully select the developmental editor,
copyeditor, and proofreader who will work on your project, making sure they are well matched to your material and that their personal style will make
for a good working relationship with you.