Firstly, you must have your reason or the “why” for writing very clear in your head.
Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Picture books and biography / autobiography are the main broad genres.
All genres are of almost equal demand. However, the recent trend shows an inclination towards spirituality and Biographies / Autobiographies.
Medium.com and Quora.com are two blogging free platforms. Apart from that there is Reedsy, Goodreads, WordPress and the websites of some eminent authors who invite blogs are one of the best methods to enhance visibility.
Amazon of course is the leader. However, there are a few others too who have a niche for themselves like Kobo, iBooks, Camel, Barnes and Noble, Crossword etc…
The ideal size of a paperback should be between 120-180 pages. The ideal word count is 17000-45000 nos.
The concept of an authorpreneur has evolved in a big way. An authorpreneur is not dependent on the sales royalties from the books but looks to build a business around the book. It may be in the form of video courses or training sessions etc. For earning through royalty one has to do a lot of marketing to gather organic and inorganic audience.
E-Books are generally preferred in the Western countries. However, the E-readership in India is on the rise. In 2021 the E-book readership has grown 234% in comparison to 2019.
Traditional publishing is too restrictive and very difficult to get to by first time publishers. The time required to get published is more and the royalty is also less. Whereas, Self-publishing gives freedom and flexibility to the author. In self-publishing, the royalty is more and the process time is also less.
The two basic forms are:
i) Mechanical Editing and ii) Content Editing.
In mechanical editing, online tools are used to point out and rectify the mistakes in grammar, spellings, punctuation and upper/lower case. In content editing, the whole manuscript is taken up for study. The content and the context is matched. Each sentence and syntax is checked for “glue words”, “wordy texts”, “parallel Syntaxing”, “ornamental vocabulary”, and addition of “content” for impact.
For mechanical editing: 3 days; and
For Content Editing: 7 days.
Ghost writers are people who write content for someone else. People who are busy or who are not confident on their writing skills hire ghost writers to write for themselves.
Writing assistances range from composing the synopsis to the whole manuscript. A writer many a times faces the writer’s block syndrome or is not confident whether the composition of the manuscript is having the proper pitch. The assistance is given to BETA read the writer’s text and guide him/her to with the correct flow and correct segmentation of the content to make it appealing. Sometimes, the author may have nuggets which has to be expanded as texts. There again, assistance is given to elaborate and articulate upon each point.
Proofreading is basically to point out and identify the various mistakes in the content. Editing is identifying and rectifying the same.
For every literary work there is a sequence of events which are needed to be followed. The training sessions are meant to keep the writer focussed and follow the pertinent steps to bring out with a quality creation.
Book reviews, if done at the right platform can spread the message about the far and wide. Any book that is taken up for review automatically becomes a subject of curiosity.
There are many platforms for book review available in social media. However, a reviewer should ideally be someone who should be an experiences author/ critic with renowned media houses and the literary world. Critics from the renowned libraries and printing houses can also be counted amongst the best reviewers.
Most authors in regional languages and Hindi do not find world wide audience. Translation in the correct context attracts readers from various corners to the readers.
I will be the sole person doing all the editing/proofreading work.
No, we never outsource any work.
Yes, absolutely. All data of our clients are treated strictly confidential. Also, we maintain highest level of confidentiality and your data files will be permanently deleted from my local drives immediately after 24 hours of completion of your work.
We accept payments through different channels like Cash, Checks (Cheques), NEFT, IMPS, PayTM, PhonePe, and G-Pay (Google Pay).
The biggest advantage is that I am a writer of all genres.
Secondly, I know the areas the crics or audiences get hooked onto for the book’s overall success.
Thirdly, I treat all the manuscripts to be my own and pour my total passion and knowledge into it for development of the content.
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