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Old 07-28-2012, 06:32 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The gentleman who wrote that interesting article (and thank you for posting the link!) is clearly a professional who's doing things the right way; he stresses how absolutely essential it is to employ a good copy editor. The problem is that the overwhelming majority of independent authors' books have never gone near an editor - and it shows.
Professional? His article is appalling from a professional standard - full of very basic errors. He can't write - he couldn't survive without the services of a very good editor. His suggested procedure is not the norm for most publishing houses in my experience. Certainly not in any that I have worked for.

His writing standard is High School drop-out. (One who didn't pay very much attention during English before he dropped out.) He might or might not be a good story-teller, I assume that as he has been published, he has skill in that area.

His suggested $10,000 dollar edit would be the sort of money that a publisher might spend on well established author who requires for a full structural edit - effectively a re-write. It would not be remotely close to the fee for a simple copy edit.
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