Savvy authors hire editors to make their eBook… (and them) look good.
ALL MY BEST Business and Nonfiction Copyediting, Lynette M. Smith, 5852 Oak Meadow Drive, Yorba Linda, CA 92886-5930 Tel: 714-777-1238; e-mail:AllMyBest@earthlink.net.http://AllMyBest.net
David B. Schlosser, Writer, communications strategist, 143 Timberside Dr., Davidson, NC 28036 Tel: 704-660-5482; e-mail: dbschlosser@analects-ink.com. www.analects-ink.com
Kleine Editorial Services, Walter L. Kleine, PO Box 8207, Berkeley, CA 94707-8207 Tel: 510-654-8406; Fax: 510-654-8406; e-mail: wkleine@netwiz.net. http://www.KleineEdit.com
PenUltimate Editorial Services, Arlene E. Prunkl, #10 – 3950 Gallagher’s Boulevard South, Kelowna, British Columbia, CANADA V1W 4V2 Tel: 778-478-0877; e-mail:info@penultimateword.com. http://www.penultimateword.com
Quinn’s Word For Word, Robin Quinn, 10573 West Pico Blvd. #345, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tel: (310) 838-7098; Fax: (same); e-mail: quinnrobin@aol.com. www.writingandediting.biz
Zebra Communications, Bobbie Christmas, 230 Deerchase Dr., Ste. B, Woodstock, GA 30188-4434 Tel: 770-924-0528; Fax: 770-592-7362; e-mail: bzebra@aol.com.http://www.zebraeditor.com
At one time during my early writing career I worked with a married couple and their two very literate kids.
Each one had a specific colored marking pen, and they passed my manuscript from one family member to the other. (they had their own contest going)
I paid them a standard ‘reading’ fee, plus an additional amount for each typo they found.
It took me only three books to be ‘scared straight’ by high fees and forcing myself to re-read each finished manuscript several times before passing it off to them.
As a result, I’ve taught myself how to read like I used to in high school – without understanding – and only look for the typos. After authoring almost 40 books, I’m now a human spell-check robot.
The upside is that I save a lot of proof-reading expense. The downside is that even when I read the New York Times, I have a red pencil in my hand and am constantly ‘on the hunt.’
Gene Grossman – http://www.LegalMystery.com
who like to read (my friend’s children) just about to start high school, and assigned 10 pages to each of them, with a reward offer of one ‘big mac’ for each flagrant typo they found.