You have to purchase special software like Scrivener, buy professional cover designs and formatting templates,
pay line editors, structural editors and beta readers, and then pay for advertising on platforms like Bookbub.
Not exact matches
Bottom
Line: CNN.com is a good choice for use in the classroom because all of its content comes from
paid reporters working with top - notch
editors.
I'm guessing that this is going to make not one iota of difference in the way Samhain
pays the authors that it promotes to Samhain Gold; Samhain then gets to send
editors to conference (comped)(provided that they take pitches only for the Samhain Gold
line), and we have a very simple test for allowing e-publishers: If you believe you can guarantee decent royalties for a good number of authors (although not for all of them), you're in.
I know that my
paid editor — ESPECIALLY my copy
editor, ohmyword — catches things that I never would, no matter how many times I read the MS.. So I'm always going to shell out the extra for both, a
line editor and a copy
editor, in addition to my fabulous critique partners.
I'd like to add to the appreciative notes on this inspiring article and to add one note of caution regarding the earnings figures: remember to consider your upfront costs as a self - publisher, which ought to include a developmental
editor, a
line editor, a proofreader, and a designer (most of which a traditional publisher
pays for).
But this is the bottom
line for me: If I couldn't afford to
pay for both the print publishing and the editing, I would hire a professional
editor and publish the book electronically instead.
Many
editors offer outline or synopsis reviews, story critiques,
paid beta reading services, hourly coaching, and other services that'll get you across the finish
line with as polished a manuscript as your budget permits.
Outside of snotty bragging rights «I
paid xyz to a top
editor», in what way exactly does a $ 2,500 copyedit increase my bottom
line?
This cuts down a significant part of the cost, but by the time it goes to an actual
editor, I'm only
paying for
line editing.
If you hire a freelance
editor to do the
line editing for your book, expect to
pay approximately $ 50 - $ 60 an hour.
When I read between the
lines of his reviews, I often sense Schiesel pleading with his readers (and perhaps his
editors) to
pay attention, abandon preconceived notions, and give these ambitious games the respect they deserve.
On the occasion of the current exhibit The Drawing Show:
Lines in Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor, Galvanized Iron and Black Rubber (January 3 — June 30, 2012), the sculptor Alain Kirili and Contributing
Editor Robert Morgan
paid a visit to the Rail's headquarters to talk about his life and work.
Heck, the very first
line of the entire SourceWatch entry lists being said Technical
Editor as your job, with the first paragraph making clear how you are a bought and
paid for lapdog servant of Big Coal.
Paying a professional proofreader or copy
editor for a review is not out of the question when your career is on the
line.