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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
IMHO, the world of writing, editing, and publishing books are changing - and very rapidly. I believe that every writer needs a copyeditor for everything. This includes bloggers (because just because you can write it doesn't mean I can read it) and so, in my belief, this would make James Wilde's business idea very possible. If authors are self publishing with places like Amazon, why not use this business model as well? There are several companies for computer tech (one of which I have used) which have a similar model. The customer pays for a specific service and the rate is smaller than normal.
I know several people who are very good copyeditors who have never wanted to do it as a profession but would gladly use their talents in a part time position that may allow them to make additional money or even possibly stay home.
I can see that this would be a great business model and I can think of several places where James can begin to farm talent.
At the end of the day, the copyeditor can decide to either stay employed by the business (or take her/his newly gained experience elsewhere) and the author will have the benefit of a copyeditor (and now Harry can read their books  ) win-win |
Such part-time positions already exist. Some pay pitifully, but they still pay more than a percentage of indie authors' profits. There are Web sites where you can bid for jobs, for instance. Again, there's a distinction between someone doing something as a hobby vs. as a living. You can pay hobbyists next to nothing, because they've got something else paying their bills.