Not exact matches
In this
edited excerpt, the author reveals why
paying close attention to a job candidate's LinkedIn recommendations can
help you land a great employee.
In this series of posts, we're hoping to
help authors to see what
editing entails so they can decide what they'd like to do themselves and whether they'd like to
pay an editor to
help them.
I've found that authors are often willing to
pay good money for a developmental editor, someone who walks by their side and
helps to shape the book, but when it comes to copyediting and proofreading, especially if and when an author has had a developmental editor, suspicion arises as to the value or merit of these more drilled - down types of
edits.
Make them simple, in a simple font, and small, but find a way to fit them in (and get them
edited —
pay someone on fiverr.com to
help you brainstorm.
You
pay them to
help you
edit, design, sell, print, and market your book.
Beware of self publishing without having your book properly
edited, and don't
pay large sums to people who claim they will publish and
help sell your books without a clause that allows for a refund if the final product is not professionally finished.
However, if you feel like your prose could use some work, or if you're just starting out, I would recommend going to a critique group and have them
help pinpoint places for improvement, rather than
pay for line
editing.
My
editing, design and consulting services are
paid for by clients, but affiliate links
help me to provide free blog content, videos, and writing and self - publishing resources for all of my readers.
Someone posts on a forum they need
help with a query / synopsis / first chapter that they've
paid three different professionals to
edit and they're still not getting results with.
A non-profit, it operates on a
Pay It Forward system where the last author published in a certain genre
helps to
edit the next author in the same genre.
A publisher generally
pays printing expenses,
helps edit and design the book, and markets or distributes the book, recouping the investment by taking a sizeable portion of profits.
I didn't mention issue that because some publishers are better at
editing than others and self - publishers can always
pay someone to
help edit.
Also, raising funds can
help improve the quality of self - published books, allowing writers to afford services that were too costly for them to
pay by themselves, such as professional
editing, book cover design, marketing programs, etc..
Penny also stresses the importance of good
editing and suggests that this is the one place that authors should
pay for and get professional
help since
editing can make the difference between a great book and a missed opportunity.
You can purchase a PayPal gift certificate to
help pay for the
editing and design fees involved in the project.
of the authors who self publish may not have the
editing / presentation / formatting skills that a professional team has, and those will get ejected out of the market unless they learn to do or find out people to
help them do it (either for free as an exchange or by
paying).
I feel that books that have been read and
edited by an agent and publisher, in addition to the author, are so much more refined and polished, verses authors who publish their books without bothering to
pay for an editor to
help them clean up their work.
In a previous post, I reviewed some robust
editing tools worth
paying for that also
help you become a better...
If you need
help in
editing or designing your book you
pay for the individual services you choose to avail from us.
Authors who tick none of these boxes would be well advised to spend time and money on making a title look professional, the survey found: self - publishers who received
help (
paid or unpaid) with story
editing, copy
editing and proofreading made 13 % more than the average;
help with cover design upped earnings by a further 34 %.
Most self - published books are vanity projects, which means, the author
paid for the privilege of having them published, and spent money getting professionals to
help them
edit, design and produce it, but they earn less than they cost.
To
help avoid this, I've included a sample
pay for deletion letter template to the right in MS Word Format that you can download and
edit as needed.