Arzooman Editorial Services

“Book publishers used to struggle mightily to conceal an author’s errors; publishers existed to hide those mistakes, some might say. But lately the vigilance of even the great houses has flagged, and typos are everywhere. Even the best, most careful writer needs someone else to take a look at the finished product. As a writer myself, I know the importance of working with a good editor, one who wants your voice and your story to come through while fixing what needs to be fixed.” (Source: Virginia Heffernan, NY Times)

“I paid a subsidy press to do the editing, and then after I was told the editing was done, (my)  book was published. Not long after, as my book started to gain attention, I was contacted by a major newspaper reviewer who told me she would have written a story about my book for her newspaper but she couldn’t because she found major editing issues. Consequently, I halted sales of my book. Later after I found a traditional publisher and an editor I could trust to do a professional job, I released a revised edition. (Source: Irene Watson, “Typos in published books: Who’s to blame?” EzineArticles.com)

“Anyone being printed by a vanity press is unlikely to have an editor– in fact, with many vanity presses, editing costs extra. MS Word’s Spellcheck feature isn’t an adequate substitute. And writers who are self-published may have to hire editors, which is an additional cost. As a result, many self-published or vanity-printed books are released with errors in them.” (Source: Marian Perera, “Errors in books and manuscripts,” from the blog Flights of Fancy)

Is it important to you to have a mistake-free book? If you are a writer and you care about words, I’m assuming it is. That’s my job–to correct mistakes before the book goes to an agent, before it goes to a publisher, or before it goes to the public. With 25 years in publishing, as both an editor and a writer, I will work with you on making your book as good as it can be.

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