ACQUISITIONS
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Assess a book proposal to determine its potential as a signing (areas of experience: environmental science, modern languages, and psychology textbooks; mass market fiction)
Prepare the strategic plan for a successful signing: outline of steps, timeline for the steps, and special recommendations
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Rate: $125 / hour
PRODUCT DESIGN
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Prepare the strategic plan for successful book development: outline of steps, timeline for the steps, costs, and special recommendations
Prepare the chapter template in a user-friendly chart with features, specs, and special instructions
Set up a step-by-step chapter development process
Prepare a detailed schedule for the project
Prepare writing guidelines for the project and select style conventions
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Rate: $100 / hour
WRITING
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Co-author your fiction or non-fiction work
Provide instruction for writing fiction (novels and short stories) and non-fiction (trade or textbooks, journal or academic articles)
Help with blog development and writing
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Rate: by negotiation
MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
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Assess chapter manuscript for story, flow, and organization, and make recommendations if the manuscript is missing any of these important aspects
Implement chapter template
Develop manuscript to ensure a good story, flow, and organization
Perform competitive benchmarking
Line edit manuscript to check that critical information is present and claims are supported; ensure uniformity of level, tone, and style; achieve clarity
Follow schedule
Repeat process with review results in hand for second and subsequent drafts
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Rate: $65 / hour
ART DEVELOPMENT
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Develop art manuscript with figure samples and captions to complement text, and achieve a good balance between text and images
Check art manuscript against budgeted art counts
Perform competitive benchmarking
Ensure that art manuscript "tells a story"
Revise art manuscript with review results in hand for second and subsequent drafts
Work with style sheets from art house to provide detailed instructions on each piece of art
Include hand-drawn sketches whenever appropriate
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Rate: $65 / hour
COPYEDITING & PROOFREADING
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Edit manuscript to eliminate redundancies and inconsistencies
Correct grammar or usage errors, and punctuation
Follow style conventions for project
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Rate: $50 / hour
