Author's Quick Guide to Editing Your Book

by Kristen Eckstein

In this fast-paced publishing world, many aspiring authors get excited in the early stages of book publishing, jump the gun, and gloss over the editing process or skip it entirely. Their reasons could be budget, time constraints, or they think they're good enough they don't need editing.

Here's the truth: No one's writing is good enough to not need another set of eyes looking it over. No one's, so I highly recommend you have at least one more set of eyes look over your manuscript before sending it to print.



This e-book will help you discover:

How to self-edit your manuscript  How to find free editors to help your budget  What type of professional editor to hire and where exactly to find your perfect match  How to format your manuscript for editing 
By the end of this Author's Quick Guide, you'll have everything you need to polish your words and have a book you're proud to show off!



Disclaimer: For those of you collecting all my Author's Quick Guide e-books, some of the material in this e-book can also be found in the editing section of Author's Quick Guide to Turning Your Speech into a Book.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

36 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2013

Reviews

[Heather Hart · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of the material in this book can be found free online in author blogs, but having it altogether in one place is nice. I loved that Kristen mentioned that even professional publishing houses that have manuscripts seen by 4-5 editors still have typos – because they do. It’s not okay to publish a book without editing it, but if you wait for perfection it will never happen.

Ms. Eckstein also shared some great tips on how to prepare your manuscript before sending it to a professional editor. These formatting tips are great even if you’re self-editing. Even if you know you aren't going to hire (or can’t afford) a professional editor, you’ll still benefit from the content in that section.

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent advice on what to look for in my writing. I liked that Kristen warned that parts of this book is also in her Quick Guide to Turning Your Speech into a Book. There were parts of this book I already knew but enjoyed the review. Gave great tips on how to format my book before submitting it to the format team. This is a keeper on my reference shelf.

[Steven Atwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great editing book

Kristen laid out some great tips and most importantly, she went through the proper usage of the common misused words, such as lie example is like and lay.

[Esther · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was indeed a quick, helpful guide to the editing process. It was clear, concise, and easy to read as well. Although it wasn't quite what I was looking for, I found it to be a good resource for beginning writers. :)

[Tracey Pedersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very short editing guide but the information inside is incredibly useful. The section on actual things to look out for in your writing was helpful, but I always cringe that some people would even need to look for some of those mistakes. I wish I could say that didn't need to be included but I'd be wrong. The section on how to format your manuscript before sending to your editor is something I hadn't considered. Since many editors want to see a sample of the work they'll be working on, the easier you can make the process for your editor, the less it should cost you, so this is a great tip.

[Gina Briganti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kristen Eckstein clearly knows a lot about publishing. She shares snippets of useful information, like finding inexpensive editors and a checklist of common grammar errors, in this book. I consider this a basic primer to editing your book.

If you're wondering how quick it is to read, it took me an hour.

I've read a few of Eckstein's quick guides, and I look forward to reading any she writes on subjects that I'm interested in.

[PollyAnna Joy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh. It is exactly what the title says it is....a "quick" guide. I didn't learn anything new, but it certainly didn't hurt for me to be reminded of the information provided in Kristen Eckstein's quick guide. If you're just starting out and/or haven't studied editing much, this is certainly very helpful. And, as I said, even though I didn't learn anything new, it's still worth being reminded.

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[Stella · Rating 1 out of 5]

This booklet was written in less than few hours I think and it shows. Nothing useful here, bit it was quick and it was free.

[Faith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introduction:
When I started reading this book, I had just started one of my final edits for a novel and I picked up this one so I could hopefully find some tips. I'm glad I did, too.

Clarity: 1/1
Kristen Eckstein did a very good job making her book short, easy to read, and straight to the point. I had not problem following along with the book. Each point was explained well and concisely.

Usability: .75/1
I'm not sure how many points to give this one. Much of what I read I already knew, especially regarding formatting (at the end of the book), but I also found a few things I didn't know, so in that regard it was very helpful and useful. This would be a great book for someone who is just starting out in the writing and publishing world.

Readability: 1/1
The book was formatted well, the words easy to read, and the sentences well put together. I loved how she set the book up to be easy to follow.

Overall writing quality: 1/1
I didn't come across a single, glaring error. Which is good since this is a book on editing. Although, the author also said she wrote the book in one day, edited it the next, and published it a day or two later, so there was the possibility of errors.

That being said, it was well written and all explanations were good.

Un-put-down-ability: .5/1
As I mentioned earlier, the last part of this book was about formatting. A lot of the things she said in there were things I knew, so I actually put the book down and didn't pick it up for another week or more until I decided I really needed to actually finish the book. Other than that little fact, this book is short and could easily be read in about an hour.

Conclusion: 4.25/5
All authors should read this book even if they don't think they need to. If for nothing else, she explains what each type of editor is out there and has a list of resources to find some of those types of editors. And it's only $0.99 on Amazon.