Aside
from editing costs, formatting and professional cover design (I would do all these things with or without a print edition), my costs are very small.
Not exact matches
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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.
Authors on a budget need to trim
costs where they can, but trimming it
from the
editing, which is arguably the most critical outsourced service next to a cover design, is unwise at best.
As you can guess
from my numbers, I made enough for that and covered the full
editing, cover art, and formatting
costs for EE5 as well.
Most
editing costs are going to run anywhere
from $ 500 - $ 1,200 or even more; it depends on the length of your manuscript and how professional or in demand the editor is
That difference shifts the
cost balance towards development (writing,
editing, etc.) and away
from production and distribution.
Costs: Novella: Manuscripts
from 0 — 20,000 words: Developmental
Edit: $ 350 Copyedit: $ 300 Book: Manuscripts
from 20,000 — 60,000 words: Developmental
Edit: $ 600 Copyedit: $ 500
There is no getting away
from the fact that
editing, design, print and e-conversion (not to mention distribution)
cost money, but be wary if you are being pushed to cough up more than a couple of thousand pounds and are not sure what you'll be getting for it.
The Plot Accelerator is designed for authors seeking a
cost - effective way to make sure their stories «work»; authors who want story
editing but don't have the budget or time for a developmental
edit; and authors who want the faster writing times that come
from well - developed story foundations.
I haven't mentioned
editing, because again that is a must have for any author and the
cost can have a wide range, depending on services needed
from line
edits to book doctoring.
In that system, proofreading can
cost anything
from 2 Euro per page, and copy
editing from 4 Euro per page and up.
It hasn't been a quick road to riches by any means, but I have paid for all my initial
costs (cover art,
editing, etc.), and I'm making a decent part time income
from the endeavor now (about to publish my third novel).
Any later changes that you request will have to be done through the rewriting or
editing services which you will have t pay for, albeit at a lower
cost than writing
from scratch.
While your budget may still be stinging
from editing — it's one of the biggest
costs of your Read more about 3 ways to waste good writing and
editing -LSB-...]
Quality
editing costs money, so definitely I would urge writers to investigate and ask for personal recommendations
from authors who have successful indie books in the market.
If a writer is able to attract the support of a publisher, then those
costs - of design,
editing, marketing and, perhaps, printing - are paid for in return for a slice of the profit
from their books.
In this show I talk again to Emmanuel Nataf
from Reedsy about a blog post he wrote about how much self - publishing
costs, in terms of
editing, cover design and interior layout.
From a business perspective, I've been able to gather up enough donations and other funds to pay for most of the production
costs for the ebook version (
editing, cover, etc.).
Sales revenue
from the book needs to exceed the cash
costs of
editing, cover design, layout, conversion for print book and ebook presentation, and author website development.
If you do everything yourself (aside
from editing), it will
cost nothing.
I think she might have been referring to the
costs to the author of providing the cover when submitting, plus
from the authors I've spoken with, Scout's
editing is minimal, so to be considered, authors are likely paying an editor as well before submitting.
Editing costs run the gamut
from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars.
Most of the packages we've built for you involve «Manuscript
Editing» to help create a professional book, the kind that would
cost you $ 10 / page
from a pro outside our system.
Of course, some authors choose to simply roll the dice, use stock images to design their cover, skip
editing or get a friend to do it
from them, and be careful with their marketing
costs, there are others who recognise that this is not enough and want to go the extra mile to create an experience as opposed to just a book.
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He also links to an amazing book, Stop the Five Gallon Flush, «the classic 1973 guide
from McGill University's Minimum
Cost Housing Group»,
edited by a certain Witold Rybczynski.
By the time an attorney has spent a few hours writing about a topic, and the article has been reviewed,
edited and finalized, the
cost - in terms of billable hours invested and out - of - pocket expenses incurred (e.g., ghostwriter)- can run anywhere
from several hundreds to several thousands of dollars per article.
Proofreading,
editing and printing of these materials would
cost you anywhere
from $ 45 to $ 135.
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The
cost of producing a video may run
from $ 500 - $ 1,500, depending on the experience of the film crew, your
editing needs, and whether you can shoot /
edit things yourself, but the
cost is «so worth it.»