But professionals like ourselves can help – check out more information on book layout here. It can be a daunting process for authors who have correctly been focused, until this point, on making the words perfect. Typesetting is about choosing the correct fonts, checking that all parts of are present and correct, and making sure that the book looks great in all formats – that’s ebook as well as print. Your text is beginning to read like a book, so now is the time for your edited manuscript to be formatted so that it looks like a book, too. Just send us an email to learn what we can do for you! Layout If the idea of editing is stressing you out, we can help with that, too. ![]() Copyediting makes sure your language works, is consistent and readable, and follows an appropriate style. It’s about making sure your book does what you want it to do – whether that’s telling a powerful story or advising someone on how get-rich-quick. This stage, as the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading describes, is about making your text “accurate, clear and fit for purpose”. When you’ve got your final draft you might, if your budget allows, bring in the professionals to help you publish your book. But remember to use their feedback constructively to help you get to a final draft – and don’t edit by committee! It’s your voice that matters most – stay true to it. This might also be a good time to get trusted friends or beta-readers involved. Then you can revise and re-read until you’re sure your manuscript is at its best. If your tub floated all the way to a finished manuscript, enjoy that moment. Stephen King, quoted in the New York Times “Look, writing a novel is like paddling from Boston to London in a bathtub … Sometimes the damn tub sinks. When your first draft is done, the first thing you do is celebrate! Many of writers don’t get this far… We’re going to run through the stages of publishing for you now. ![]() So grab a cup of tea and a biscuit, and breathe. It can be a steep learning curve, and we totally get that it can all feel a bit overwhelming. We’ve been working with authors for a long time now – well over a decade, in fact! The most common questions that crop up again and again are around the publishing process: “when do I edit…get a cover…get an ISBN…etc?” So, you’ve decided to publish your book – congratulations! We’re excited for you…but what happens now?
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