Finding
the right editor for your book can be challenging, but if you approach it from a professional mindset and follow the suggestions in this article, you should be able to find someone who can make your book shine.
In a previous post titled, Six tips for finding
the right editor for your book, I outlined some ideas on how to find the best editor for your book, but in this post I want to identify and explain the different type of editing you might need for your book.
How to select
the right editor for your book?
How to Hire an Editor: The Indie Author's Guide to Finding and Working with
the Right Editor for Your Book shows authors new to the publishing process how to make sure their manuscripts receive the editorial attention they deserve, even with a self - publisher's unique production schedule, budget constraints, and publishing goals.
There is some great info here, including a list of different types of editing and how to find
the right editor for your book.
How to Hire an Editor: The Indie Author's Guide to Finding and Working with
the Right Editor for Your Book
Not exact matches
Right - wing media has also succeeded in baiting the former New York Times public
editor into reprimanding a reporter
for a harmless joke, broken major stories about the administration, and continued to harass Clinton on her
book tour.
Recently retired Christianity Today
editor Harold Lindsell, in his much publicized
book The Battle
for the Bible, chronicles certain of the tensions presently shaking the evangelical world.1 He would have us know that many «evangelicals» have forfeited their
right to use that title any longer.
Shortt, the religion
editor of the Times Literary Supplement, has written an important and powerful
book which coincides with the Catholic Church's increasing and necessary push
for a greater protection of the
rights of Christians.
Your first step in connecting with an
editor is to find the
right editor for you and the
book you've written.
Peer review, critique groups, freelance
book doctors, etc., can all help if you're lucky enough to find the
right people, but I don't think there's any substitute
for what an in - house
editor with a vested interest in your project can bring to the table.
I tell people there are two ways to design a
book editor, which
for objectivity sake I'll call the
right way and the wrong way.
Literary Agent Undercover is only
for authors who understand the benefits of traditional publishing: no financial risk because someone else is paying
for the privilege of publishing your
book; a higher quality product thanks to a top - notch
editor and cover designer; more profit due to better sales, distribution, and publicity; subsidiary
rights opportunities like merchandising, translations, TV, feature film, etc; increased credibility and more
book reviews; and the ability to spend more time writing, promoting, and doing what you love.
But by having a shorter portion edited first, you will get a decent feel
for whether someone is the
right editor for you, and will be able to be confident in his or her work on your entire
book.
I know it would make the Guide longer, but there must be a way to show readers that a listing appears elsewhere in the
book, or could appear elsewhere (and in what chapters) but
editors decided to list each resource only once
for space reasons,
right?
We have a level of trust and confidence between our companies that should allow us to overcome the inevitable language barrier by letting Rosinante's
editors select, present, and recommend the
right books for these non-Danish speaking agents to work with.
A good
editor will be able to guide you to choose which editing services are
right for your
book.
Finding the
right nonfiction
editor for your
book isn't as simple as going to a website with a list of names and picking one out of a hat.
They think an
editor will work
for a share of their royalties, because their
book is such a wonder, movie producers will be lining up
for the
rights, and publishers will be printing hundreds of thousands of hardbacks
for the first print run
for an unknown novelist.
So, before you start looking
for that stellar
editor with just the
right price, let your
book sit.
She self - published her first
book, Mousetrapped: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida, after feedback from agents and
editors suggested that while it was an enjoyable read, there was just no market
for a tale involving a twenty - something Irish girl, Walt Disney World, Space Shuttle launches, Bruce Willis and the Ebola virus — and at the time, they were
right.
That grammar slip
right there is EXACTLY why I use two
editors for all my
books.
Great discounts with self - publishing services, printers, designers,
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rights managers and also
for key literary and publishing events like London
Book Fair and
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Are you looking
for the
right editor or designer
for your
book?
For instance, with a young adult or children's book, the editor would help to ensure that the vocabulary is at the right level for the age of the reade
For instance, with a young adult or children's
book, the
editor would help to ensure that the vocabulary is at the
right level
for the age of the reade
for the age of the readers.
For authors who plan to hire a freelance editor, there are some important tips to learn about selecting the right editor for you and your bo
For authors who plan to hire a freelance
editor, there are some important tips to learn about selecting the
right editor for you and your bo
for you and your
book.
This includes finding and submitting to the
right agent, editing, how the agent determines the best houses to submit work to, what the
editors look
for when they receive a submission, how the process of contracting
for a
book works, basic information on royalties, who has the responsibility
for different parts of the process, time frames, the non-writing parts authors will deal with, marketing, and many other aspects of being traditionally published.
But I'd like to ask you how do we find the
right editor for the kind of
book we're doing.
Part three covered how to select the
right editor, how to ensure you remain consistent throughout your manuscript and the importance of indexing
for a nonfiction
book.
Long - term, one - on - one work with an experienced writer and
editor to plan
book concept and focus, with the
right measure of market strategy; writing and editing of several drafts with a final manuscript prepared
for publication.
I guess if every
book was available in electronic format with no DRM [Digital
Rights Management; the ability to choose on which devices you can read and share a
book —
Books Editor]
for reasonable prices ($ 10 max
for new / bestseller / omnibus, scaling downwards
for popularity and value) it just wouldn't be worth the time, effort and risk to find, download, convert and load the
book when the same thing could be accomplished with a single click on your Kindle.
Stay tuned
for the next half of self - publishing tips, including finding the
right editor,
book designer, formatter, and marketing that
book!
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1 Structure, Plan and Write 1.1 Turning Real Life Into Fiction 1.2 Kurt Vonnegut on the The Shapes of Stories 1.3 The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction 1.4 Plot Worksheets to Help You Organize Your Thoughts 1.5 The Snowflake Method
For Designing A Novel 1.6 Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction 1.7 Study the Writing Habits of Ernest Hemingway 1.8 Making Your Characters Come Alive 1.9 Vision, Voice and Vulnerability 1.10 10 Points on Craft by Barry Eisler 1.11 Coming up with Character Names 1.12 Using the Right «Camera Angle» for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Spa
For Designing A Novel 1.6 Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction 1.7 Study the Writing Habits of Ernest Hemingway 1.8 Making Your Characters Come Alive 1.9 Vision, Voice and Vulnerability 1.10 10 Points on Craft by Barry Eisler 1.11 Coming up with Character Names 1.12 Using the
Right «Camera Angle»
for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Spa
for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your
Book 3.1 Find an
Editor 3.2 Directory of
Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing
for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Spa
for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten
Book Self Editing Tips 3.5 Advice
for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book Cover 4.2 Design Your Book Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Spa
for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a
Book 4 Format and Package Your
Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a
Book Cover 4.2 Design Your
Book Cover 4.3 Format Your
Book 4.4 Choosing a Title
for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Spa
for Your Fiction
Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Space?
The Frankfurt
Book Fair New York Inc. is a business office of the Frankfurt
Book Fair as well as a liaison office
for American
editors, German
rights directors,
editors, and translators.
For the American book publishing industry, the Frankfurt Book Fair is predominantly a trade fair, that is, a professional meeting place for publishers, editors, librarians, book subsidiary rights managers, publishers international sales representatives, booksellers, agents, film, television and video game producers, publishing technology experts, authors and many others who are involved in the creation and sale of books and the licensing of book content in all its many for
For the American
book publishing industry, the Frankfurt Book Fair is predominantly a trade fair, that is, a professional meeting place for publishers, editors, librarians, book subsidiary rights managers, publishers international sales representatives, booksellers, agents, film, television and video game producers, publishing technology experts, authors and many others who are involved in the creation and sale of books and the licensing of book content in all its many fo
book publishing industry, the Frankfurt
Book Fair is predominantly a trade fair, that is, a professional meeting place for publishers, editors, librarians, book subsidiary rights managers, publishers international sales representatives, booksellers, agents, film, television and video game producers, publishing technology experts, authors and many others who are involved in the creation and sale of books and the licensing of book content in all its many fo
Book Fair is predominantly a trade fair, that is, a professional meeting place
for publishers, editors, librarians, book subsidiary rights managers, publishers international sales representatives, booksellers, agents, film, television and video game producers, publishing technology experts, authors and many others who are involved in the creation and sale of books and the licensing of book content in all its many for
for publishers,
editors, librarians,
book subsidiary rights managers, publishers international sales representatives, booksellers, agents, film, television and video game producers, publishing technology experts, authors and many others who are involved in the creation and sale of books and the licensing of book content in all its many fo
book subsidiary
rights managers, publishers international sales representatives, booksellers, agents, film, television and video game producers, publishing technology experts, authors and many others who are involved in the creation and sale of
books and the licensing of
book content in all its many fo
book content in all its many forms.
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Alan, I agree, my
editor is a copy
editor, and again, I think he was the
right choice
for me
for this
book, so no regrets.
And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great
books (so all the rejecting
editors told me) and yes, you are
right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer of trad pub — with their power to splash your name around established circles of readers, and their ability to secure a great number of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise
for the trade off of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think of packing it all in, and going to work
for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.
Since the production
editor has worked side by side with the author to produce the
book, that person is perfect
for helping to convey the
right vision to the designers and strategists working on the various elements that will help deliver your
book to market.
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The Children's
Books Salon was devised as a way
for the visiting international publishing professionals to meet their counterparts in the United States, to learn about new authors, and to find out more about what the Stateside
editors are looking
for in buying
rights.
The issue I see plenty of authors run into is
booking all these services
right up front, because they don't want to be waiting
for an
editor when they are ready to move forward.
The Frankfurt
Book Fair New York Inc. is a business office of the Frankfurter Buchmesse as well as a liaison office
for American
editors, German
rights directors,
editors, and translators.
«If we do everything
right, it becomes very easy
for the
book to soar — and it becomes easy
for me as an
editor to point to that success.»
Ms. Gima has served as a writer and
editor for Nolo.com and
for the legal publisher, Matthew Bender, editing numerous titles from fighting your traffic ticket to knowing your
rights as a tenant, and co-authoring three
books, including Nolo's Pocket Guide to California Law, The Trademark Registration Kit and Domain Names: How to Choose & Protect a Great Name
for Your Website.