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Originally Posted by Fbone
It's nice to hear that not all authors purchase the $100 "editorial service."
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To be fair, the first two anthos and first two books I put out did not have any editors. This is probably true of a lot of indies getting started. For one, there is a learning curve, but back when I started out, finding an editor was a lot more difficult (one who was good/understood plotting and one who was good at copy editing--not always the same person). The anthos were actually clean and one of the books had about 5 copy edit problems. The other book needed tightening and additional copy editing other than my own eyes. The four "free" copy editing passes that were done by various people didn't catch all the typos.
Now it's easier to find editors, but it's still difficult to find GOOD and GREAT editors for a reasonable price (especially for plotting/characterization/pacing). A lot of trad publishers outsource various pieces of the editing. I've worked with one lady who did contract work for a trad publisher, and I know another editor who has turned down trad editing jobs because they do not pay enough (both did copy editing, not storyline type things). Right now it's quite possible to hire an editor who works for both trad publishers and indies.