And having slogged my way through the “Look Inside,” I think it’s safe to say that the author didn’t get any value for editing either. I’ve seen the first draft of seventh grade essays, and they were more coherent than this!
“..provide accurate information IN regard to…” not “with regard to…”
In reviewing the LITB, I suspect the “editor” was more like your basic proofreader. There are certainly things that I’d have recommended, from an editing viewpoint.
Me, too. I’ve had a few of our customers, go out into the wild, after their print books and ebooks are done, and fall for this nonsense, because this so-called “publisher” claism that they offer “marketing.”
Of course, that’s utter bollocks and invariably, a year or two later, sure enough, the customer reappears on our doorstep and has another book and I get to listen to their sad tale of woe about how thousands of collars later, their book still hasn’t sold. (sigh). And equally invariably, they say “Oh, Hitch, I shoulda listened to you!” (but…they didn’t.)
“Published in the Canada, Shannonville, Ontario, Canada.”
No, come on, say you made that up.
The ones that clearly declare themselves as early as the copyright page are my favorite.
Presumably published by the Canadian Department of Redundancy, Department of Repetitiveness, Canadian Division, who published this book.
Now do it in French.
they charge $500 to do a cover
Syd: you mean these guys ^ or that other firm we were discussing, wooze books or whatever?
these guys, Tellwell
https://www.tellwell.ca/price-list
Are those the service providers that did this cover, ^ Syd? Is that right?
They also charge $500 to do interior layout. Based on the “Look Inside,” I don’t think the author got her money’s worth on that, either.
And having slogged my way through the “Look Inside,” I think it’s safe to say that the author didn’t get any value for editing either. I’ve seen the first draft of seventh grade essays, and they were more coherent than this!
“..provide accurate information IN regard to…” not “with regard to…”
In reviewing the LITB, I suspect the “editor” was more like your basic proofreader. There are certainly things that I’d have recommended, from an editing viewpoint.
hopefully they made up for it in marketing!
BWAHAHAHAHA
I feel sorry for authors who fall for these “publishers”
Me, too. I’ve had a few of our customers, go out into the wild, after their print books and ebooks are done, and fall for this nonsense, because this so-called “publisher” claism that they offer “marketing.”
Of course, that’s utter bollocks and invariably, a year or two later, sure enough, the customer reappears on our doorstep and has another book and I get to listen to their sad tale of woe about how thousands of collars later, their book still hasn’t sold. (sigh). And equally invariably, they say “Oh, Hitch, I shoulda listened to you!” (but…they didn’t.)