Writing is an art. Book publishing is a business, and one that finds success on collaboration. While the term self-publishing implies doing everything yourself, that shouldn’t be the case. There are self-publishing options that offer nearly comprehensive and adaptive professional service and support to help authors acheive the business side of success for their writing.
Why isn’t actually writing one of them? There are ghostwriting services and editing services. What about content quantity writing services?
Is that a valuable service to writers? Share your thoughts.
How about a research editor for the time period if it’s a historical book? I don’t know how popular it would be but if someone is lazy and wants someone else to do the hard work of making the book historically accurate, it might be a good option.
I do think the services are good if the writer has no clue as to what he/she is doing. I have been appalled by self-published authors who don’t know that a dialogue needs a new paragraph each time a new person talks. Some authors who boast that good grammar is not important is fooling themselves. I think this hurts a writer’s credibility.
On the lines of research editor, it could also be research on a particular topic. For instance, if someone wrote a novel with a large science base, etc. That researcher or expert could help with some of those details as well.
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How about a research editor for the time period if it’s a historical book? I don’t know how popular it would be but if someone is lazy and wants someone else to do the hard work of making the book historically accurate, it might be a good option.
I do think the services are good if the writer has no clue as to what he/she is doing. I have been appalled by self-published authors who don’t know that a dialogue needs a new paragraph each time a new person talks. Some authors who boast that good grammar is not important is fooling themselves. I think this hurts a writer’s credibility.
On the lines of research editor, it could also be research on a particular topic. For instance, if someone wrote a novel with a large science base, etc. That researcher or expert could help with some of those details as well.
K.C.D
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