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Well from a purely monetary standpoint, if you make 4x more money when publishing yourself you can afford to sell 4 times fewer books to make the same amount, s
by belval 5y ago
Well from a purely monetary standpoint, if you make 4x more money when publishing yourself you can afford to sell 4 times fewer books to make the same amount, so the real question is: can the editor impact my book so much that it will increase sales 4 times?
Not saying that you are wrong, more that there are legitimate reasons why an editor might not be the right way forward.
- ska 5y ago> more that there are legitimate reasons why and editor might not be the right way forward. I think this is true, and certainly didn't mean to suggest otherwise. It's just that "a (good) editor wouldn't improve my output" is approximately never true. Whether that improvement is worth whatever it costs you to get it is a separable question.
- quickthrower2 5y agoAlso what is the cost of hiring an editor if you are self publishing? That’s another route and I bet you could find a good one at a more reasonable cost.
- snowyrue58 5y agoFor fiction editing (developmental and copy) I've spent around 550-700 USD for 80k words. Not sure how that converts for a programming book but the editing was well done and really improved the manuscript which resulted in a big increase in sales for follow up books.
- chrisweekly 5y agoSelf-publishing and use of a professional editor are not mutually exclusive!