Sentences with phrase «of hiring a professional editor»

This means taking the time to learn about writing and self - editing, and realizing the importance of hiring a professional editor to edit the book before giving it to the world.

Instead, these examples show the importance of hiring a professional editor to review your manuscript before you publish it.

After you read this book you'll understand the importance of hiring a professional editor.

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This instance does show us that because of community bias, the community may not be a perfect tool for editorial control, but does this allow us to make the case for having professional (hired) editors / moderators on socially driven news sites?»

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.

Create a realistic budget for the production of your book, which includes the hiring of a professional cover designer and professional editors (developmental editor, line editor, proofreader, etc.) so that you can produce a professional product readers will love.

Do not make the mistake of many self - publishing authors who hire a professional editor but then have their book designed by a family member with little or no book experience.

From a cover artist, to editors, the Indie Author team is often made up of hired professionals, networked and bartered services, or some combination of those.

But still they prefer to take the help of a friend or a relative, rather then hiring a professional editor.

Aside from promotion, hiring the right team of editors, artists, marketing, whatever you need to put out a professional product, is very important.

I would recommend using at least one of these, especially if you have friends and family do your editing, but even if you hire a professional editor.

Best tips for self - publishing: Join a lot of FB groups, start a FB group, get a professional cover artist, hire an editor and proofreader, upload to Amazon.

One of the challenges about editing yourself (and one reason it's worth it to hire professional editors for your book) is that you're so close to your work.

Also, hiring professionals, such as editors and proofreaders, to assist in the self publishing process can be a significant investment, sometimes running into the hundreds or thousands of dollars.

I hired a professional editor and a publisher that cost quite a bit of money.

(Of course, another good option to hire a professional editor — but do your due diligence first.)

Common mistakes include not researching your audience ahead of time, underestimating your publishing expenses, and not hiring a professional editor.

Since our self - published anthology was written by multiple authors, we knew it was important to hire a professional editor to ensure consistency in the style, format, structure, and language of the story.

Editors and artists can be hired at very reasonable fees, and services like Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing and Lightning Source make it easy to produce a professional product in weeks instead of years.

For How To Find Your Vital Vocation, I hired a professional editor — Hayley Sherman of Whoosh!

Anyone familiar with me or the Wordy Speculations blog knows I am 100 % behind multiple rounds of self - editing and hiring a professional editor.

And that's pretty much how the rest of my night goes, with me lying in bed, challenging imaginary authors everywhere who don't see the need to hire a professional editor, asking them more questions than you'd like to hear.

«Critics forget that not all authors have the capability, inclination or time to take on the responsibility to vet and hire editors and cover designers, or to take the time to format, produce, distribute and manage their ebook, or to engage with marketing professionals, or manage the back office duties of accounts receivables.

But I and many of my other author friends treat this professionally and hire a reputable cover artist (mine is used by traditional houses); hire a developmental / content editor AND a copyeditor AND one or more proofreaders (many of whom are from traditional houses and are working on the side); and hire a professional formatter.

There's tons of crap, but also amazing work where authors hire professional editors, cover artists, even marketing people.

Hiring a professional editor can help, but I've read some books that are nothing short of one sales letter after another trying to get me to purchase the author's or the authors» friends» stuff.

The final and necessary stage of editing is to hire a professional editor to evaluate and correct your work.

I see hundreds of self - published books a year, and my # 1 suggestion for improving these books is to hire a professional editor.

Authors just aren't capable of analyzing their own work; that's why even professional editors who write a book hire someone else to proofread it.

You revise and edit your book to the best of your ability or some authors do hire a professional editor beforehand.

In fact, the largest number of editorial horror stories I've heard have come from not from writers at big and medium - sized publishers, but from unpublished or self - published writers who hired less - than - qualified independent editors (there are a lot of them out there), or from small press authors whose inexperienced publishers employed editors without the proper professional skills.

From the type of work you choose to write to the cover you choose for your eBook, from hiring a professional editor to proofreading and mechanically editing the eBook to ensure the highest quality, you will not succeed in the industry, even in these trending niches, if you don't put forth your best effort.

If I ever finish my draft, then my revisions, then my fine toothed combings, I plan to hire a professional editor, not because I expect the professional editing is going to make me famous and sell lots of copies, it's because I don't want the embarrassment of putting out a crappy product.

Given the rates of professional editors, it may be tempting to just hire anybody with an English degree.

Advice for self - editing your novel If you have the means then it makes sense to hire a professional editor to go over your work with a fresh set of eyes.

posted at The Indie Author, saying, «A questioning of the standard wisdom that self - publishing authors must hire a professional editor, along with practical advice for working with, and without, one of these professionals.»

However, if you are going to work with traditional publishers or if you are going to hire a professional editor, Word is still easier and often the preferred software because of its review function.

Sandy — exactly, which is why I formed my own publishing company, hired a professional book designer, editors, and a PR firm — all of which led to a good Kirkus review, «free» book reviews in two major newspapers, two front - page newspaper articles, book signings at prominent book sellers, the book becoming a «Hot New Release» on Amazon, and the book enjoying best - seller status on Amazon going on four months.

The truth is authors just aren't capable of analyzing their own work, which is why even seasoned authors like James Patterson and even professional editors who write a book, hire someone else to edit and proofread it.

Thanks... i need to ask that if I use any of these apps / programs would I still need to hire a professional editor?

More and more writers are learning the business of publishing from the ground up, fine - tuning their skills, and hiring professional editors, cover artists, printers, etc., to ensure the finished product can stand side by side with traditionally published books.

Of course, hiring a professional editor does come with a price tag, and most freelancers calculate their costs based on the number of wordOf course, hiring a professional editor does come with a price tag, and most freelancers calculate their costs based on the number of wordof words.

You can have a professional proofread your manuscript; you can hire an editor; you can use a predesigned book cover; you can even get help every step of the way.

Hiring professional editors and cover designers is a must but it's all part of the adventure.

There are many good reasons to hire a professional editor, but also a number of compelling reasons to hold off and save your money.

Why don't they realize that when people feel that the price of an ebook is too high that they will buy a used print book instead? I suspect that very soon most authors will self - publish ebooks and hire the professionals they need, like editors, to help them.

I joined Reedsy months before out of curiosity, though because I'd already hired a professional editor and cover artist, I wasn't sure if I would ever use the site.

I'll do it for large sums of money, though I think Anthony would be better advised to hire a very old - fashioned professional editor.

Interesting to see, via Romenesko, that Thomson Reuters has hired Eric Effron as editor for law of the new Thomson Reuters Professional News Center.

Effron was hired by Stephen Adler, the editorial director of Thomson Reuters Professional Division, who was formerly editor - in - chief of The American Lawyer magazine, which is also owned by ALM.