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You Have a Friend in the Business!
Before you wander into the jungle alone, know the facts:
- Successful writers do not final-edit their own material. Writers cannot read their own material objectively. Check acknowledgments. You will usually see a "thank-you" to an editor.
- Your manuscript must be devoid of flaws before publishers will consider it.
- Warning to self-publishers: The biggest problem with self-published books is the lack of professional editing, which makes the book look unprofessional.
- Publishers rarely read a manuscript beyond a technical or grammatical error, and readers find errors and typos annoying as well.
- Book publishers prefer Chicago Style, which differs from business English. Do you know the difference?
Zebra Communications edits fiction, nonfiction, short stories, book-length manuscripts, essays, reports, magazine articles, business materials, and more. Click here to see what our clients say about us.
Our mission is to help you find publishing success in whatever approach you take, so we look for ways to make your manuscript more marketable.
If you plan to seek a traditional publisher, we make sure your manuscript stands head and shoulders above the competition, if at all possible. If you plan to self-publish, we make sure you produce the finest quality book, to ensure your success.
We address both the nitpicky details of a manuscript as well as the broad issues such as plot, character development, organization, clarity of information, creative-writing issues, and other details that make a manuscript publishable.
We offer two levels of service (See the Editing Request information for levels and prices), and we offer electronic editing or hard-copy editing.
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