After developmental / substantive editing, one
round of copy editing before typesetting and one after.
Our highest price is «The Perfect Murder» at 6cents per word, which has three rounds — a manuscript review for feedback, followed by a close
round of copy editing, followed by a final proofread.
I provided the the last
round of copy editing / proofreading, as well as getting the cover design done, doing the interior layout, helping him through the entire self - publishing process.
I worked with the author / publisher, Peter Engler, to get his publishing company set up and get this first book designed and available in both paperback and Kindle editions, providing the last
round of copy editing / proofreading, as well as getting the cover design done, doing the interior layout and helping him all along the self - publishing path to birth his «baby» with ease.
Not exact matches
Yes, they do light
editing (but expect the author to have a
round already completed before submission); yes they do the cover design and back cover
copy (it doesn't mean that you will like, much less love it); yes, they do the interior design (ditto here); and no, they don't do much in marketing (they expect you be the lead and underwriter
of any campaign).
As a publisher, you'll likely spend more money marketing your book than to have the book
edited, and ideally, a book will go through
rounds of editing, be it content, line,
copy, and proofreading.
I recommend that authors do three
rounds of editing: critique (beta reading),
edit (line
editing), and proofreading (
copy editing).
Copy editing: $ 1.85 a page includes one beta read and two
rounds of edits.
They should have gone through another
round or two
of developmental
editing, line
editing,
copy editing, all
of the above.
Then I do another
round of editing,
copy editing this time, and then your manuscript is good to go.
If, on the other hand, your idea is likely to stick around for a while — like the ideas
of, I du n no, Orwell or Postman or Keynes or, well, any
of a hundred thousand other authors whose ideas are still relevant today, then maybe it's worth taking the time — and the multiple
rounds of copy -
editing and revising and proof - reading and checking and double checking that causes publishing to the so slow — just to make sure you get it right before you publish.
An honest vanity publisher will team you up with a competent team
of editors to do a macro
edit, line
edit,
copy edit, and several
rounds of proofreading.
Do a few
rounds of edits yourself, and always invest the time and money into finding some excellent
copy editors and proofreaders.
Then another 4 - 5 month to complete another two
rounds of structural and
copy edits.
Instead, we carry out proper
copy editing that follows a final
round of proofreading.
When the developmental editor at Writer's Digest got her hands on the manuscript, which was after I'd done one
round of editing and revising, she found one or two pieces
of copy that needed to be moved.