by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Jan 28, 2015 | Contributing Writers, Editorial
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Recently, New York Times bestselling author Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Work Week) put out a call for a managing editor. Curious, we decided to see what kind of editorial help he was looking for, to determine if there might be...
by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Aug 6, 2014 | Contributing Writers, Editorial, Self-Publishing
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Many of us look on a trip to the dentist with a mixture of guilt and dread: we know we need it, but it’s going to hurt. The sight of the needles, the sound of the drill and the thought of the final bill are enough to induce...
by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Apr 23, 2014 | Contributing Writers, Editorial, Self-Publishing
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas In our last article, 5 Things You Should Know about Working with Beta Readers, we discussed how you can work with beta readers to enhance the self-editing process. Self-editing, or revision, as we call it, is the furthest you...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 1, 2013 | Editorial, Guest Posts
by David Carr David Carr is a book editor from the San Francisco Bay Area here in California. His last article for TheBookDesigner was Dear Author: Deciding on a Voice. Today he turns to a problem that many authors confront when they decide to self-publish: how do you...
by David Kudler | Feb 15, 2013 | Editorial, Guest Posts, Self-Publishing
by David Kudler (@StillpointDigPr) I met David at the meetings of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association, (BAIPA) and I was impressed with his passion for editing and helping authors get their books done properly. I asked him if he would write an article...
