But equally important are the style things (the stuff your publishing house would have a layout person rather
than a proof editor look at).
Not exact matches
DIGITAL
EDITOR ANDREW STOY: If you need further
proof that a turbodiesel is the ideal powerplant for a big luxury car, look no further
than the E350 Bluetec.
«Eco-minded drivers looking for a new «green» vehicle with low CO2 emissions don't have to look further
than the fun - to - drive and fuel - efficient Accord Hybrid,» said Steven Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «Recognition from the trusted
editors at Kelley Blue Book is
proof positive of the progress Honda has made developing increasingly cleaner vehicles over the last 40 years.»
Find a professional
editor and
proof - reader: Professional editing is something I've been doing for more
than 22 years, but you need someone else to go over your book because I can tell you from experience — you'll always miss something (or lots!).
In traditional I spent far more time
than that looking at copyedits and then page
proofs and mailing both back to
editors and letters to get things fixed in my traditional days.
In fact, given that indy authors tend to pay
editors and
proof readers, and want value for money, whereas
editors in traditional houses are involved in a large number of projects, and are well - known to spend the bulk of their time in meetings rather
than editing, and
proofing is contracted out - often to the same
proof - readers as many indies use (and some
editors care how good it is, and some don't) the standards may well be higher in indy bestsellers.
Some companies are automatically providing access to
editors, copy -
editor,
proof - readers and self - publishing (for a price, often through an outfit linked to self - publishing), and this may work well for many — but for TLC, it's important to keep being honest with people about what we really think of the work, rather
than just immediately saying «oh why not self - publish it's so easy now.»