Advice on self-publishing, part 2: Beta reading and editing

[annathepiper]

Apologies for being a bit late in getting this posted, folks–I’ve been fighting a head cold this week, so I’m not entirely up to speed. Nevertheless, here you go, part 2 of my thoughts on self-publishing. Hope y’all find this helpful! This post focuses in particular on beta reading and editing, things that, in my opinion, are things that need to happen to your book once you’re done with it.

Now, beta reading is not the same thing as editing, so I’m going to talk about each in turn.

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Mirrored from angelahighland.com.

Comments

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

Asking for beta readers is easy.

Actually -getting- anyone to read it, that's hard.

I've just about given up on my novel because while I've handed it to trusted people, they haven't bothered to read it or get back to me.