<div dir="auto">I hired an Amazon editor. She said, I say boastfully, "There were virtually no spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors so let's talk about structural issues..."<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 4, 2020, 3:05 PM Jacqueline Kazil <<a href="mailto:jackiekazil@gmail.com">jackiekazil@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I wrote a book with a major publisher and got 15% (if memory serves me right). <div><br>If I did it again, I would self publish and pay for a freelance editor. <br><br>The value really depends on your intended audience. My guess is your book niche and you will be able to navigate distribution better than a publisher. <br><br>I would double down on the investment in a freelance editor to help you polish and pull it together. (My guess is that while you might write well, you are not a professional editor.) <br><br><br></div></div>
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