Rivera
recommended hiring an editor but the client refused.
If you can afford it,
I recommend hiring an editor to critique your book after your second draft, giving a high level overview of your major problems.
Not exact matches
I also
recommend hiring a professional
editor to make your book shine!
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.
Technically, an indie can put a book out without spending a dime (though
hiring an
editor, at the least, is
recommended), meaning that even 99 - cent ebooks can result in tidy profits, whereas traditional publishers must put a lot more money into the process and can't afford price points like that, at least not in the long run.
You can easily
hire an
editor on Fiverr or SEOClerks, but it was
recommended to me that you find a published book in the same genre as yours and look at the Acknowledgements to see if you can inquire to that
editor.
First, ask yourself: Do I know anyone who has
hired an
editor recently and might be able to
recommend one?
Ch 5.2
Hiring Your Team (
Editors, Cover Artists) While you can go DIY on everything for your indie publishing business, I don't
recommend it, especially once you start to make money and can afford to reinvest in your growing business.
But from what your agent has requested I'd
recommend that before sending anything back to him, you consider
hiring a professional developmental
editor to help you put together a proper proposal and, most importantly, to work with you on revising the manuscript to develop the narrative arc, your character and other elements as necessary to bring it to the level an agent and publisher would expect.
If you are looking for a grammar check, I
recommend hiring a copy
editor.
While it is not
recommended that you skip
hiring one or more
editors, reading your manuscript through 3 times using these angles will greatly improve your writing and make professional editing even more effective.
Your final option, and the one that almost all experienced authors
recommend, is to
hire a professional copy
editor.
Also, I
recommend using Grammarly.com and / or
hiring an
editor to proofread your book.
«I
recommend you always
hire a high - level
editor first,» I said.