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If I have any editor touching one of my books again, I want one that knows more than I do, and only makes suggestions, not changes. Last edited by Marj; 03-12-2012 at 09:24 PM. |
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I recently read a just-published Harper Collins paperback. It had 'here' and 'hear' confused, and several times used 'diffused' when it should have been 'defused.' I wasn't entirely sure about 'diffused' as it could have been American usage, but hear/here is basic. I thought someone should have been fired for that.
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03-13-2012, 06:59 AM | #49 | |
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Repeated phrases and plot problems are editorial, not proofreading, problems. (BTW, by province, I mean primary responsibility. A proofreader should not focus on what are the editor's responsibility. This is not to say that if somethine as glaring as the the ??? is spotted during proofreading that it shouldn't be noted, just that the fixing of the problem should have been done by the editor.) As for charge per 1000 words, I have no idea. I don't work on fiction and I don't charge by the 1000 words criterion for the work that I do. I would think that the amount to be charged depends on many factors, not least of which is exactly what the editor or proofreader is being hired to do and how experienced the editor/proofreader is? Last edited by rhadin; 03-14-2012 at 11:40 AM. Reason: correct misspelling |
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03-13-2012, 08:36 PM | #50 |
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I personally use both a proof reader and an editor now, but only could afford that since my 2nd book had time to rack up sales. I find the proof reader makes the editors job possible. I see them as stages of the process....
in overly simple terms that are not all inclusive... Write trash... proof reader makes legible... editor makes it flow Parallel to editing that I also use pre-readers. IMO at least. |
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Once you've gone through that process, do you then sell your work for less than a dollar?
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03-14-2012, 06:56 AM | #53 |
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This has been my point throughout this thread. I think (and this is only my point of view before Robert Jordan kicks in again) that $2.99 is a fair price for someone who isn't Robert Jordan.
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It's funny that we are debating $.99 prices at the same time Apple is being sued for colluding with publishers in a major price-fixing scheme--the benevolent Steve Jobs' underhanded attempt to lop the Kindle off at the knees.
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VydorScope's books are not the only ones that have followed this pattern with me. Shayne Parkinson and Tracy Falbe are two other examples. The first books were free and I tried them. I got hooked and have bought every novel they've written since at prices as high as $4.95. So, yes, $2.99 is a fair price for an author I am familiar with; not with an author with whom I am unfamiliar and thus have no certainty that they know how to construct a sentence, let alone a paragraph and a book. |
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It's only really a shot in the dark if you don't make use of these resources. The instant we see that a book has 100 reviews and a four star average, though, we can't claim to be unfamiliar anymore. It makes some sense that a book with no ratings and a low sales rank, or a book that is poorly written, would be priced at $.99. But in my opinion, no book with a bunch of positive ratings should ever dip below $2.99. Taking things in perspective, it is absolutely absurd that $2.99 is high for a book when people are paying nearly twice that for a latte. Experience a book that someone probably slaved over for an extended period of time--or buy a bag of Doritos? |
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Most seem to have less than 10. If I'm just cruising Amazon following the 'Customers who bought this also...' links, and I come across an interesting blurb on a 99c book, I'll buy it. I might get around to reading it, I might not. If I do read it, I might like it, I might not, but at 99c that is worth the gamble. At 2.99 it isn't. (For me) If I like the first book, I'll probably pay 2.99 for the next one. But if the first one is 2.99, chances are I'll never try it, not as long as there is a more-than-sufficient supply of free and 99c books available. Ultimately it is a free market, and you are competing with all the other authors for the pool of customers. If they are willing to sell at 99c, you better have something extra to offer to charge significantly more. |
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And even after all that, if this really is a book truly loved by a lot of people, does that mean I'll like it? I've tried to read Dan Brown, Stephanie Meyer and James Patterson and given up. But I enjoy authors that other people might hate. So the info that's available is a hint, a small clue but we're still really not "familiar" with that author's work. Not that I'm arguing for 99c prices. I'm arguing we need better ways to find out about new books than "try it out because it's cheap and got some good reviews" |
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03-14-2012, 06:10 PM | #60 |
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I can buy a movie that a few hundred people spent millions of dollars making over more than a year for about the price of a paperback. Pretending that there is some intrinsic worth of a thing - that the price you charge is related to its inherent artistic merit - is a total fallacy. Stop worrying about it.
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