This week's Indie
Author Series is all about editing. Most indie authors are desperate to find (and keep) someone who can get the job done effectively and efficiently.
I'm sharing with you the types of services offered, the price for each version, and places (or people) where you can go to get what you need.
Editing services as offered by Createspace (Amazon)... and independent editors:
✧ Basic Copyediting is
the most popular and least expensive option and should be used if you only need
someone to read your book and identify the most obvious issues, ones you will
not see because - as the writer - you
see the words the way they appear in your head and not in the document.
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Createspace's
pricing: $120.00 up to 10,000 words or $0.012/word for 10,000+ (independent
editors prices usually begin @ $0.003/word)
· Grammar
· Spelling
· Punctuation
· Consistency
✧ Comprehensive Copyediting will help you
identify plot holes, character inconsistencies, fact errors, or syntactical
issues.
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Createspace's
pricing: $160.00 up to 10,000 words
$0.016/word for 10,000+ (independent editors up to $0.025/word)
$0.016/word for 10,000+ (independent editors up to $0.025/word)
Stylistic elements
·
Concept
·
Intended word use
·
Organization
·
Tone
·
Characterization
·
Genre-specific
writing conventions
Technical elements
·
Grammar
·
Spelling
·
Punctuation
·
Consistency
✧ Comprehensive Copyediting
Plus will help you identify plot holes, character inconsistencies, fact errors
or syntactical issues.
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Createspace's
pricing: $220.00 up to 10,000 words
$0.022/word for 10,000+ (independent editors ??)
$0.022/word for 10,000+ (independent editors ??)
Composition
·
Sentence structure
·
Possible
reorganization of the manuscript
·
Rephrasing text for
smoothness and clarity
Stylistic elements
·
Concept
·
Intended word use
·
Tone
Technical elements
·
Grammar
·
Spelling
·
Punctuation
·
Consistency
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Comprehensive Copyediting Plus is not a ghostwriting service.
I've had the opportunity
to work with two great editors: Cassie McCown (of gathering leaves has lots of best selling authors on her client list) &
Ashley's
Freelance Editing (Ashley has several New York Times Bestsellers List Authors).
Cassie's Affordable Pricing:
Standard Pricing for Proofing and Copy Editing: $0.003 - $0.009 per word
Standard Pricing for Content Editing: $0.008 - $0.025 per word
Rates are determined with a sample edit of 7-10 pages.
Standard Pricing for Proofing and Copy Editing: $0.003 - $0.009 per word
Standard Pricing for Content Editing: $0.008 - $0.025 per word
Rates are determined with a sample edit of 7-10 pages.
