A good publishing pro is worth his or her weight in gold. In other words, valuable, rare, not easy to find.
What is a publishing pro? Any individual who does any of the following (and does it well!):
- Editing or proofreading (any stage)
- Book cover design (e-book or print)
- Document formatting (e-book)
- Book interior design (print)
- Book shepherding
If you know of or have worked with any individual who does a great job with any of these, please contact me. Keep in mind I’m looking for individual freelancers only (vs. collective studio teams). I’ll be featuring and promoting the folks who get multiple recommendations.
Why am I doing this? Because great work is hard to come by, and I want to recognize and reward those who do it.
So send in your recommendation now! Contact me here
Remember, my list of pros is recommendation only! The only rule is that you can’t recommend yourself.
Thank you! And once again, you may contact me here.
~Tim
What Inspires Your Writing? 
Reblogged this on bears goats and strawberries and commented:
I only self-publish. Editors screw things up royally. Blurb.com and magcloud.com
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Editors: those who come to the battlefield after the battle–to kill the wounded.
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True.
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Rob- guessing you’ve been carted off said battlefield a few times?
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I’ve had good and bad experiences with editors. Most lightly edit, but some feel the need to co-author a piece, which leads me to wonder why they want to publish a piece that, in their opinion, needed so much work. I’ve never gotten too upset over real editing, most of my eff you conversations were over business practices: getting paid, response times, them expecting me to write exclusively for them without being under contract. I’ve learned a lot from editors though, about structure and how to write short.
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I don’t know any professionals, but just wanted to say thank you for doing this!
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My pleasure, Lori! Someone had to do it – but check back often for the results. You may just find gold!
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I sure will Timothy! Finding a spot of gold these days is a blessing!
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Good question, Sir. I’m all about DIY, so I publish at Smashwords, do my own cover art from public domain, free or CC images. I prefer Free and Open Source software, too. Sometimes I get help from one or more faithful blog readers on editing, but not much more than catching typical errors. Then again, all but one of my books are free. I write mostly for a pretty narrow audience. Aside from a few computer and fiction books, it’s esoteric religious material. I’m glad to help out other writers when I have time.
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Hey Ed, it’s great you’ve found a system that works for you. And very nice of you to lend a helping hand to folks who need it!
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What a great idea! How many of us need access to these resources. And how many of these resources need a connection to us. Thank you.
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Just doing my part!
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