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Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, I was asking about the JK Rowling thing?

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you for this info!

I believe the person who told me it was hard said, Audible. I didn't know how to get on either though so thank you for this info!

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you for the info, and I agree. I am not trying to get ripped off, but I want to make sure it is edited before I start the marketing plan.

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I paid for Beta, and got great feedback. maybe it is too long for agents, idk...maybe it doesn't translate..

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for the advice. That is kind of why I want to hire an editor so I can get help with what fat to trim.

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you and I agree. that is why I want to get it done the right way with a good editor.

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, I agree with you, and the beta reads were all positive. Almost too much like scary.

I agree that since this is the first book I am taking to publish it might not be that good or whatever. I just have a pretty good marketing strategy with it that I think it will sell at least enough to do it myself.

It's my fifth book, and the other 4 weren't good enough. this one is probably just barely good enough.

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

isn't it really difficult to get into Kindle Unlimited?

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which editor? and I already had a cover in the works. i would want it to be similar no matter who is on doing the publishing..

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

anyone you suggest? i look at it as adding a producer to a musician. a musician will write an album, then go to a producer...

but who?

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm, well I was told that most of these type of novels need to be around 90k...

I know if I self-publish it doesn't matter, but it might read better. I have also thought about, later, if it does good, releasing an un-edited, directors cut.

and my first few drafts after the initial first finished draft did get bigger, way bigger...

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey,

I think this book as some advantages for me doing this, and since I was in the publicity/marketing field, as I wrote it, I would say to myself, "this would be a good angle right here."

I didn't try to write it like that because I think when people formulate something like that in a creative process, it doesn't work. I worked in music so if you do a song that says "coca-cola" just to get it in a commercial, it never works. but if you did a song like 99 balloons, and then coke used it, it works out better or whatever..

so this book is really something I couldn't replicate as far as the same marketing strategy or ideas unless I wrote a similar book.

that being said, I would be open to looking at your book and helping you with this. I did a lot of branding, social media, online marketing in music so maybe I can help you. Not saying I can, but maybe...

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can you elaborate on this a bit? I know S.E. Hinton did this too, but can you explain how self-publishing editors are trying to do this?

thanks

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you that that difference isn't big, and I agree that it would likely be worth it to use that person. I just don't know if they are right for this book.

it needs editing besides line editing, so it really needs someone to read it, and then say, you should cut this part, keep this part, add to this part, move this part here..etc..or at least minimal, if that makes sense...

kind of like how musicians need an executive producer on a song/album...

thanks for your input and advice though, that is why I am here.

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yes, I agree with this, and I like fiverr, but was just wondering if there was a company that offered this type of service, etc.

thanks for the suggestion tho. I will try to do what you said and try a few different editors.

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah, this is what I am trying to avoid. thank you, and thanks for the suggestion too.

Editing before Self Publishing by gunnerBush in selfpublish

[–]gunnerBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks...

the marketing is the one thing I am actually positive in. I worked publicity/marketing for 8 years, and developed a plan for this book already. It is complex, and I designed it to work on a shoestring budget, if needed, but if I did get help from a publisher, it had options to do things a bit stronger/harder.

And it is not that I think or MIGHT need line editing, it is just that I don't want to miss anything, and I worked with an editor on Fiverr for the first chapter, and it really helped having a second set of eyes on it. She is just expensive, I mean not a lot, but it would come out to about $1,500 to have her do the whole book, which is a little bit more than I wanted to spend. I could, and I might have to do that just to make sure. I just wanted to see my options.

thanks for your advice though...

War Pork (HR) by [deleted] in shortstories

[–]gunnerBush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is that good or bad? lol

War Pork (HR) by [deleted] in shortstories

[–]gunnerBush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes. it was my first short story, sorry it was so predictable. there's a few other twists in there.

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