Book Design Made Simple

You can do it yourself.

  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • BOOK
  • VIDEOS
  • BLOG
  • READERS’ BOOKS
  • MEDIA
    • About the book
    • Resources
  • SHOP
You are here: Home / 2016 / Archives for May 2016

Archives for May 2016

The value of an editor

May 8, 2016 By Glenna Collett 4 Comments

red pencil sharpener to be used by an editorDear reader, let me repeat something that you’ve probably heard before: Nobody likes a poorly written book. It doesn’t matter if the message of the book is valid or even excellent or groundbreaking. If it is not well written and constructed, people will not read it.

So please get yourself an editor. Try to find one who has experience in your general topic (science or romance, for instance), or in your form of writing (short stories, screenplay, novel). Ask for samples of work they have edited. Naturally the pieces should be readable and error-free. You’ll find editorial resources at the end of this article. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: editing

Connect with us online

  • Amazon
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

  • A style sheet template for your book November 11, 2023
  • Writing your back cover copy September 11, 2023
  • Our 10-year adventure in self publishing July 10, 2023
  • InDesign book template by Book Design Made Simple April 19, 2023
  • Self-publishing and book marketing: A success story March 12, 2023
  • Crop marks and other printer’s marks January 8, 2023
  • Advanced live index features in InDesign November 7, 2022

Categories

  • Book Design (25)
    • Book Cover Design (7)
    • Book Page Design (11)
  • InDesign (19)
  • Publishing (28)

Tags

Amazon book binding Book feature book marketing book printing children's books color contents copyright ebooks editing footnotes/endnotes images InDesign updates index ISBN paragraph styles Photoshop tables text frames typesetting

Blog awards

Join our book design community! Download chapters 1 to 9 of the book for free and receive book design updates via email.

Buy the book

Book Design Made Simple, paperback edition.
Paperback: Amazon
ePDF: ebooks.com
eBook: Kindle, Apple Books

Buy the template

Book Design Made Simple, template.
Template: via PayPal
for immediate download

Copyright © 2023 - Fiona Raven and Glenna Collett

Read our privacy policy here.