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5 Tips for Editing within a Budget (Before Design and Layout Begins)

The word editing can mean different things to different people. Recently we’ve had several projects where the authors used terms like proofing, copyediting and “light edit” to describe that final...

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Author Stephen Prosapio Talks about What It Takes to Succeed as a Writer in 2011

Hard work and dedication have always been necessary. But it’s harnessing the new tools of publishing and marketing that are enabling authors like Stephen Prosapio to find their audience. In less than...

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Does a print book make an eBook publisher legitimate?

I want to share one finding I neglected to include in our 2013 eBook Self-Publisher Survey: In what format/formats have you published your books? My assumption was that most of the people taking the...

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Book Editing and Self-Publishers—Fewer Than 50% Hire a Professional Editor

If quality sells books why do fewer than 50% of self-published authors hire a professional editor? As you can see in this slide from our 2013 eBook Self-Publisher Survey most authors edit their own...

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5 Golden Rules for Writing Book Descriptions that Sell More Books

How much time do you spend crafting and testing your book’s description? If you are like most publishers (especially indie publishers) it’s probably an afterthought and something composed on-the-fly...

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Is Your Book Ready To Self-Publish?

There is no step in the self-publishing process more important than writing a book worthy of reading. It’s the “product”, of course, and all other steps in the publishing journey begin with your words....

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Copyright, Fair Use, and the Publishing of The Lost Chapters by Leslie Schwartz

Three years ago, I attended a music copyright panel discussion with my son, a music technology major. In a discussion about what constitutes “fair use,” a copyright lawyer sang 5 notes. All 40 people...

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How I Start a Book Edit

One of the most essential steps in publishing any book is editing. What does this mean to the average self-publishing author? If you are a writer, you know that editing is a collective term referring...

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Proofreading May Not Be What You Think It Is: The 3 Stages of Book Editing

Before I became a copy editor, the term proofreading to me meant a final review of written work to make sure it made sense and had no errors. “Hey, would you mind proofreading my (fill in the...

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Authors Write a Better Novel

Technology-assisted writing has been steadily progressing in sophistication since the introduction of personal computers in the 1980s. Writing tools were first, quickly followed by editing tools. More...

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