One of my clients has won an IPPY award! Ahmad Hassan’s book, The Science of the Quran (Lido Horizons Publishing), earned a silver in the religion category. The 2012 awards had 5,200 entries, and only 372 books came away with medals. Congratulations, Ahmad!
September is the fifteenth anniversary of Williams Writing, Editing & Design. When I first started out, I had just left federal employment and a 50-minute commute morning and night. I worked from the family computer in the kitchen for five years until my daughter went to college and I commandeered her bedroom for my office.
I love working from my home office. The time I spent preparing for work and commuting is now spent working on projects, my own and those of my clients.
And I’ve worked with some wonderful people on great projects. My clients are enthusiastic about their books and websites; they’re not just ticking off a requirement on a checklist. It makes me feel that the work I do for them is important and needs my best effort.
Part 4 of a series first written in 2003 and updated for 2011. Although I make my living by copyediting (and designing books and websites), often a writer will approach me for services they just don’t need yet. The manuscript has to be ready for copyediting before I can take it on.
The “self” in self-publishing means it’s all — production, distribution, marketing — on the self-publisher’s shoulders.
In traditional publishing, the publisher who purchases your manuscript arranges for copyediting, cover design, and typesetting. When you self-publish — and using a print-on-demand (POD) service essentially is self-publishing, even though your book will come out with the service’s ISBN — these tasks are among the many functions that become your responsibility.
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