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Originally Posted by Sam Landstrom
Although I spent a solid week making changes with the editor, I'd say it changed no more than 5%.
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Lest anyone think 5% changes "aren't worth it":
5% is actually quite a lot of changes- 1 word out of 20. When editing anything, especially novels, editing and rewriting a small portion can make a huge difference, as far as making the story more streamlined, more easily understood, eliminating duplicate characters, making high points higher and low points lower (which increases tension and hence entertainment value).
Even if seemingly little is changed, a great editor can work wonders with a manuscript.
Also, congrats to the author on making the leap to for-pay writing. I downloaded this book a while ago (2nd day after the iPad was released, IIRC), along with several other Smashwords books. Haven't read it yet (sorry, man), but I plan to.
Good luck with sales, and with the next book.