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Proofreading For Indie Authors:

How to find the appropriate editor for his book every reader has his own way of working, its own principles. Accordingly, the lektorierte manuscript looks different after the correction. Just authors who publish on your own the new buzzword indie author”, are not always aware of this. What should look when searching for a lecturer? The website the website of a lecturer is a first impression, whether it is or not feel comfortable at this lecturer. “Some teachers present discrete competent”, other flaky loose “. Some provide various information text author, others list their services only briefly and succinctly. Some teachers offer individual sample editing, others present preferably references and again others give insight into their way of working through sample editing. The first communication (often by E-Mail) shows then Lektor strives to the author, appropriately detailed questions or just keep.

The value for money in addition to the Feel-good factor is of course about the price. Many indie authors can afford no lecturers, who work for 45 euros per hour. On the other hand, a lecturer is difficult for 9 euro per hour (or less) can plow. How much you look at it and applies, also a cheaper editing costs a few hundred dollars or larger manuscripts about thousand euro (at least if one assumes from books). When comparing price, one should consider the following.

Suppose an editor proposes to you a cost of 2.00 euro per page. “You check there: how to define the lecturer a page”? How much is the lecturer for this fee do? Secondly, you can gain clarity by the request to a detailed description of the services or by a sample editing. “Sometimes the difference can be between 2.00 and 5.00 euros simply that of a lecturer makes less than the other although both their performance editing” call. There is also the other way around: some editors are working basically at a fee level higher than others, because even a minimal editing can cost 5,00 euro per page.

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