Sentences with phrase «of hiring an editor»

She talks about the importance of hiring an editor, how writers can find and work with print designers and ebook developers, the annoyances InDesign users endure cleaning up Word files, and more.

Secondly, I believe that there is a lot of crap in self - publishing, due to lazy, sloppy writers who want to call themselves an author but don't bother to learn the craft first and don't begin to understand the marketing value of hiring an editor before you subject the world to your tome.

Therefore, it is best to lay out the benefits of hiring an editor for a new book.

In this episode, we sit down with Morgan Gist Macdonald to highlight the importance of hiring an editor for your self - published book — even if you've got an excellent command over the English language!

First off, if you're already reading this blog you know the importance of hiring an editor to go over your manuscript.

However, if this is not what you're looking for, the benefits of hiring an editor might not outweigh the financial cost.

One of the purposes of hiring an editor is to turn out the best book possible so that your readers will keep coming back for more.

How to Hire an Editor lets new authors in on everything about the process of hiring an editor, from prepping a manuscript to finding someone with the right experience to maneuvering contracts and tracked changes.

(I hope readers won't mind that I added my own book to the mix: I was inspired to write the book when I realized how many of the same questions I was answering about the writing process, and I wanted to put something together that addressed questions and concerns about all aspects of hiring an editor.)

Do some research and gauge the cost of hiring editors and illustrators.

Not exact matches

Along with Harris, the two pitched the idea of a standalone political news and commentary site to the Washington Post in 2006 but were ultimately disillusioned with the response, so they took the idea to Allbritton — and eventually hired more than a few senior reporters and editors away from both the Washington Post and other newspapers.

Instead of getting rid of people whose hiring was a mistake, they offered packages to people like the most talented copy editor I have ever worked with.

Rather than train her team to think like journalists, Wilsher went out and hired one — a former digital editor of The Wall Street Journal.

Tumblr took a step in this direction in February when it hired its own editors, while LinkedIn (LNKD) continued to aggregate and build out original content as part of an effort it launched in 2011.

Reuters tried to create a web - based media operation too, spending millions to hire writers and editors and investing tens of millions in a new content system — and then a new CEO pulled the plug, saying the returns didn't justify the investment.

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?»

As someone who's hired and managed writers and editors, I heartily support this line of reasoning.

If you have your story written out, but are not confident in the quality of the content, you may want to look into hiring an editor or even a ghostwriter to help enhance your story.

The channel has spent substantial sums hiring a number of star journalists, including former Atlantic editor Alexis Madrigal.

Late last year, Fusion seemed full of promise: the company was hiring a number of leading writers and editors, such as former Atlantic editor Alexis Madrigal and former Reuters writer Felix Salmon, and was spending fairly large sums of money in order to do so.

We also speak to Harris's editor, Wirecutter editor - at - large Glenn Fleishman, about the potential perils of doing journalism for hire.

Benjamin Snyder, the leadership editor at CNBC Make It, has been hired by LinkedIn to oversee coverage of careers and recruiting.

Within three weeks after hiring Hutchinson, Morrison left for two months in Europe, leaving the magazine in the hands of his new managing editor.

For example, it maintained a respectable record of placing women on the editorial staff; when Margaret Frakes was hired in 1949 she was the publication's fourth female editor.

Jeffery Goldberg, editor - in - chief at The Atlantic, says the publication is committed to having a diverse stable of writers (part of what motivated him to hire Williamson), but Williamson's remarks were «callous and violent.

While SI did not go out and hire a new picture editor to commemorate anything in particular, it does seem like a fitting moment to introduce John Dominis, once a famous LIFE photographer and most recently picture editor of our sister publication PEOPLE, from whom we obtained him for an unspecified amount of cash and a 1,000 mm.

Then in the mid-1990s, I hired a couple of editors who were different than our traditional readership — they were athletes, really into fitness, and they found that natural parenting worked well with their lifestyle.

For the Conservatives are about to admit that Neil Wallis, the former News of the World former deputy editor, was hired by David Cameron's communications chief Andy Coulson in the run - up to the general election on a consultancy basis, the BBC are reporting.

The Met had begun the process which could have led to his departure over his decision to hire former News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis» company Chamy Media for consultancy work.

Persuading my editor to let me hire a vintage VW camper for a week to tour some of the most marginal (and beautiful) seats in the West Country seemed like quite a coup at the time.

His hiring of former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as director of communications was also, in part, a strategic move to gain an inside track into News Corporation's workings.

He had faced criticism for hiring former News of the World executive editor Neil Wallis as an advisor and for having received free hospitality at a luxury health spa owned by a company for which Wallis also worked.

All of this extraordinary and well - publicised activity around the News of the World nevertheless apparently escaped the attention of Andy Coulson, even though he had been hired early in 2000 to be deputy editor of the paper under his close friend, Rebekah Wade.

Weber Shandwick has hired the highly regarded former Sky News deputy political editor Joey Jones as its new head of public affairs.

News UK has also hired Tony Gallagher, the deputy editor of the Daily Mail, as editor - in - chief of the Sun.

Because he had unwisely hired one of the men at the centre of that scandal: the paper's former editor, Andy Coulson.

The Chancellor has a new Parliamentary Private Secretary, the Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore, and has hired the political editor of the Daily Mail, James Chapman, as his new director of communications.

Former News of the World editor Mr Coulson quit his Downing Street job on January 21st, prompting questions about Mr Cameron's judgment in hiring him at No 10.

George Osborne has boosted his entourage by hiring the political editor of the Daily Mail as his director of communications.

Cuomo has hired Jamie Malanowski, a veteran author and former editor at Esquire, Time and Playboy, to be a speechwriter, one of a series of promotions and moves announced Friday.

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The company shook up its editorial leadership last month with the hiring of The Economist's Editor John Micklethwait to replace Matt Winkler, who was just shy of 25 years at the helm of former Mayor Mike Bloomberg's company.

Firstly comes the phone - hacking scandal, linked to the prime minister by his decision to hire News of the World's former editor Andy Coulson as his director of communications.

Council Delays New Sewer Hire, Setting Meeting Dates BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Confusion appeared to be the over-arching theme of Tuesday night's meeting of the Orangetown Town Board, as the council tried vainly but fruitlessly to clear its calendar at the last scheduled gathering of the year.

Edmondson was hired by Neil Wallis, then Coulson's deputy editor at the paper, in November 2004 as a news executive although, according to the former News of the World source, «Edmondson reported directly to Andy because he was the editor.

Unsatisfied, McBride and other executives decided to hire armed guards to protect their property, causing an uproar due to the perceived hypocrisy of the avowed anti-gun editors hiring gun - toting men.

The Rockland County Times confirms that guards were hired and remain posted in front of the homes of Journal News President Janet Hasson and Journal News Executive Editor Cynthia Lambert, alias CynDee Royle.

Ben Max, a pioneer of digital politics and founder of Decide NYC, was recently hired as Executive Editor at the Gotham Gazette.

In his most difficult day since becoming Conservative leader, Mr Cameron repeatedly refused to apologise for hiring as his media chief ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson, who was arrested yesterday and held for ten hours.

Cable has made a string of hires in recent weeks, including a new chief of staff, Fiona Cookson, who was Cable's head of press in government, and press secretary Mark Leftly, the ex-deputy political editor of the Independent on Sunday.