Let's face it. It is scary to give your ebook to a stranger to review. What if they change things too much? What if they find it boring? What if they aren't good at what they do? This is your little one. You put everything you have into your book. It's just right. Not a single word would be changed. No way are you going to give it to someone you don't even know to change! Are you crazy? No. We aren't. We're here to tell you that you're crazy if you don't have your book edited. Why? Because even the best writers, even those with degrees in English, make mistakes or miss clear ones. That's why there are editors—so they can see the things you miss. But figuring out who you can trust? That's something else. Authors who get published the old-fashioned way tend to believe their editors, for better or worse, because they think the publishing company did their research and only hired the best. But what about the author who puts out their own book? The fact is that you won't know until you try them. That's why it's so important to hire someone who will just polish your ebook without making any changes. You see, there are different kinds of editing. Most e-book writers only need a simple copyedit, which is much cheaper than a full edit. Yes, you should hire an editor if you can afford it and think you need a complete edit. But if you are sure of your story, love your book, and are ready to click the "publish" button, an easy copy edit might help. Copyediting services for e-books are cheap, and some of them are set up to help you make your book look good and get it ready to be published. Thanks to how easy it is in the digital world, anyone can now get their book released. And, to be honest, we think that some of these books should have never been published. The stories in these books are great, but the editing is so bad that they are almost impossible to read. You owe it to your readers, who will pay for your book, to make the best book you can. You owe it to the self-publishing business and to people who are putting out great books to make yours the best it can be. You put a lot of work into your book. You lived with it for hours, thought about it, and typed your heart out on that computer screen until your fingers hurt. You want it to be read and loved by people. If it's a good book, they will read it no matter what. But they might love it even more if it wasn't full of mistakes.
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