Use these proven techniques to save yourself time and
money on editing costs and end up with a cleaner manuscript in the process.
Traditional publishers spend a lot of
money on editing, cover design, vetting, printing, distribution, payrolls, and marketing.
Effective ways to save
money on editing are well within your reach at every stage of your writing career, which helps you afford the editorial services that benefit you the most.
You can save a lot of
money on editing costs by doing a thorough revision and edit yourself first (See my step - by - step tips for revision, Revise for Success, James Scott Bell's excellent guide, Revision & Self - Editing, and my Fire up Your Fiction).
As an emerging author, you may be frustrated to discover that you shouldn't follow the lead of experienced authors when it comes to your editing budget and saving
money on editing.
You can save a lot of
money on editing costs by doing a thorough revision and edit yourself first.
vs. a couple thousand indie books making something, and hundreds of thousands with the writer out significant
money on editing, covers, etc..
So... write a great book (and get that confirmed by objective beta readers) and spend
money on editing and packaging.
It's actually competitive out there now, and yet these authors are competing successfully without spending much
money on editing services.
Go through all the free steps in my Indie Author Guide to Saving
Money on Editing series before you hit publish.
Instead of chasing the Hollywood dream by spending thousands on a treatment or spec screenplay, spend
your money on editing, designing, producing and selling the best book possible.
So far in this series on saving
money on editing, I've covered patience, self - editing, using readers, and using editing tools.
Welcome to the first part of my new weekly series on methods that indie authors can use to save
money on editing.
At the end of my previous series on saving
money on editing, I mentioned cheap editing and why I am against it.
A paperback version of Saving
Money on Editing will also be available soon.
On July 1, my first Indie Author Guide, Saving
Money on Editing & Choosing the Best Editor, will be published on Amazon in ebook format.
So how, you might ask, will patience save
me money on editing?
Saving
Money on Editing, ebook edition, is now only 99 cents on Amazon and at most of your favorite ebook retailers!
In this experiment, I went from one extreme to another — from spending way too much time and
money on editing and no time on marketability to spending no time on editing and all my time on marketability.
I only spent
money on editing and cover design.
The consensus seems to be: Don't spend
money on editing your manuscript before shopping it to agents and editors.
I've mentioned before that I write very «clean,» which saves
me money on editing.
You can spend
the money on editing, cover design, marketing, and anything else related to the book.
If you're a serious writer, be prepared to spend serious
money on editing — perhaps the most expensive part of your entire publishing adventure.
You might well already spend money on writing - related things you enjoy — like attending festivals or workshops — and there's nothing wrong in spending
your money on editing or cover design, so long as you can fit it into your budget.
Not exact matches
In this
edited excerpt, the author offers tips
on deciding exactly how much
money you should try to raise.
This
Edit Your Life episode
on women, networking, and
money really drove home the importance of getting active in your community — the local level is where everything starts.
I did a post
on how stay at home moms can use blogging to make a bit of extra
money that did really well a few years ago (http://www.blogtyrant.com/stay-home-moms-make-good-
money-blogs-online-business/) and I think I might
edit that post to include a link to this case study.
Besides the video, with its tight
editing and dramatic score, Tarkanian's site does a good job
on the conversion front as well, giving people plenty of opportunities to give
money, join the campaign email list or follow it through the usual social media channels.
Besides the video, with its tight
editing and dramatic score, Tarkanian's site does an excellent job
on the conversion front as well, giving people plenty of opportunities to give
money, join the campaign email list or follow him through the usual social media channels.
Will the 2 hours I spent watching youtube videos
on editing help my unemployment or my blog that does not make
money?
I love this
edit, you are so
on the
money with the red as well!
Full HTML and content
editing facilities give you flexibility to optimize your site and make
money without spending a fortune
on marketing.
After spending more than a decade writing about relationships and yacking about them
on the radio, I've decided to try and make
money doing something I've been doing for friends for years: writing and
editing online dating profiles!
It wasn't great, but I liked the idea of a brainless studio spending millions of dollars
on a cult show from»60s England, dump it after severe
editing and bad test numbers without even a premiere, and then wonder why it didn't make any
money.
Filming scenes all over again required not just having him around so computers could play magic, co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams had to return to the set,
money to the reported tune of $ 10 million dollars, was spent
on the re-shoots,
editing and revamping of the PR campaign.
On a filmmaking level, it's top - notch all the way with superb cinematography from Janusz Kaminski, on - the - money production design from Rick Carter, costumes by the legendary Ann Roth, music from Spielberg regular John Williams and great editing from Sarah Broshar and Michael Kah
On a filmmaking level, it's top - notch all the way with superb cinematography from Janusz Kaminski,
on - the - money production design from Rick Carter, costumes by the legendary Ann Roth, music from Spielberg regular John Williams and great editing from Sarah Broshar and Michael Kah
on - the -
money production design from Rick Carter, costumes by the legendary Ann Roth, music from Spielberg regular John Williams and great
editing from Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn.
The disc also features six different radio spots, a single TV spot, and a theatrical trailer (2 mins., HD) consisting mainly of the film's
money shots
edited together, tail to head, with The Car's signature horn blaring
on the soundtrack: BEEP!
To be honest, they could have made a few
edits, not wasted the
money on 3D, and changed the rating to PG - 13 to broaden the audience and made up the
money.
He also wrote,
edited and did the special effects in Monsters, bringing the movie in at a budget of $ 15 000, usually the amount of
money they spend
on toilet paper during your average Tom Cruise flick.
Being involved in every stage of putting together a non-fiction book proposal, offering substantial
editing on fiction manuscripts, and coming up with book ideas for authors looking for their next project is as much a part of the work at DGLM as selling, negotiating contracts, and collecting
monies for their clients.
Most of the companies that offer self - publishing platforms make their
money on offering services such as
editing, design, and marketing.
Hi, I learnt my lesson with Xibris who is under the wing of Penguin House they were over the top with praises but got nothing right they didn't follow any of my instructions for my artwork or cover the did nt
edit my manuscript as I paid $ 3500 for and received delay after delay after 8 months which they promised 6 weeks and my book would be in my hand and
on shelves, I pulled the plug and cancelled payments through my bank and received all my
money back I sent all 9 consultants emails
on my termination of our contract due to their unprofessional ism and prying
on new authors Plus I sent 9 written termination letters as stated in their contract I now have learnt research every publisher outlet in legitimacy saves
on the heartache
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With a positive and open attitude, you'll not only get a better book, you'll save
money on your next
editing project with what you've learned from this one.
I did spend
money on professional cover design and professional
editing, but that's because I want to make a career out of my writing.
On that short story, I paid for
editing, cover design, and formatting, and now that Amazon has caught up with the freebie price in all their stores (except for Germany, Mexico, and Japan — the slackers), I'm not making any
money to recoup those costs.
Spend the
money on a developmental
edit to ensure your manuscript is sound of structure.
Hell's bells, if we have to make sure we send an
edited manuscript to our agents and editors before they «
edit» it — and yes, there are a number of authors who pay freelance editors to go over their work before submitting it because they know there will be no real
editing done by their editors at certain legacy publishers — and we have to do our own marketing and promotion and do it
on our own dime, why are we giving legacy publishers the majority of
money earned by our hard work?
I did spent some
money on my first book — to have it
edited, and for a crowd - sourcing website to do a cover.