When you're
vetting editors for your book, perhaps the most important step is to find out what their previous clients have to say.
Not exact matches
A new platform called Reedsy.com,
for example, lets authors search profiles of 500
vetted freelance
editors and
book - cover designers and then manage proposals, bids, payment, and vendor reviews and ratings.
Reedsy didn't exist when we posted this, but it's a wonderful new resource where you can find
vetted editors, designers and other
book professionals that indie authors are looking
for.
If he and I were both
editors vetting this content like you describe, it would be a coin toss as to which of us received the
book for submission and the
book's publication may or may not happen based solely on the literary tastes of the
editor.
Second, if you think the cat can't be put back in the bag, let's see what happens when Amazon and the other retailers institute a «service / administrative fee»
for uploading a
book, so they can hire screeners (=
editors) to
vet manuscripts before offering them on their website.