Kindle Services Recommendation List
This probably requires a little explanation.
I wrote an article for Sarah Hoyt on the Economics of Indie Publishing. A number of people asked me for contact details for editors and cover designers I had used myself (and could therefore vouch for). I drew up a list of everyone I had worked with over the years, then asked if they wanted to be included. Everyone listed below is definitely worth the money I paid them.
I’m not going to include anyone I cannot vouch for, so please don’t ask to be included (but I’m always happy to make new contacts.)
Editors -
Cover Designers/Artists
Name: Brad Fraunfelter (Brad Fraunfelter Illustration)
Website: www.BFillustration.com
Email: brademail99@TAKETHISOUTyahoo.com
Directory of Illustration Page: https://www.directoryofillustration.com/artist.aspx?AID=15606
Payment: PayPal
Speciality (In Own Words): I specialize in Fantasy and Science Fiction illustration, but I have also done cover work for Romance, War, and a number of other genres.
Rates: $900 to $1000 for full cover spread, including titles, but if the client has budgetary constraints I try to work with them if I can, to accommodate their needs.
Name: Justin Adams
Website: www.variastudios.com
Email: variastudios@TAKETHISOUTgmail.com
Payment: PayPal
Speciality (In Own Words): Concept Design/Illustration
Rates: $700-$2000
Name: Jeremy Taylor
Website: http://www.jeremytaylor.eu/books/e-book-cover-designs-introduction/
Payment: PayPal
Speciality: Adding cover details to stock image photo from ISTOCKPHOTO and other stock image sites.
Rates: $58 (if you provide your own image). Can pay for image directly and add to the bill.
Name: Alexander Chau
Website:
Email: alexanderchau92TAKETHISOUT@gmail.com
Payment: Paypal (or other)
Speciality (In Own Words): Personalised, hand-painted illustrations. My aim is always to capture the essence of a book, a feeling, a style and to help it stand out amongst photoshopped/photomanipulated imagery.
Rates:
Name: Rebecca Hall
Website:
https://rjhediting.wordpress.com/
Payment: Online Transfer
Speciality (In Own Words): Copy editing/proofreading, identification of inconsistencies. Through a combination of track changes and comments I correct typos and erroneous auto-completes and use comments to note inconsistencies in the plot, characterisation and setting. I also point out anything that is awkward to read and sentences/concepts that I love. Fantasy is my preferred genre. I can work in others but I won't be able to verify your originality.
Rates: £3
per 1000 words for the first 150k, by negotiation for longer works.
Name: Barb Caffrey
Website: http://elfyverse.wordpress.com
Email: barbcaffrey@TAKETHISOUTyahoo.com
Payment: PayPal
Speciality (In Own Words): I do conceptual editing (also known as developmental editing), copy-editing, proofreading and continuity reading. Usually I'm called upon to do more than one of these at a time; most of the time I get called upon to do conceptual editing and copy-editing/continuity reading. If you hire me, I'll give you a five-page sample copy-edit, just so you can see what I do and whether or not you think we can work together.
Rates:
.01/word for copy-editing and/or continuity reading, .01/word plus negotiated
fee for conceptual editing (I need to see what you have before we can discuss
it), .0075/word for proofreading.
(Some sort of start fee is required before I start to work for you.)
Name: Christine Amsden
Website:
http://christineamsden.com/wordpress/?page_id=1445
Payment: PayPal
Speciality (In Own Words): conceptual editing, developmental editing, mentoring
Rates: $20
per hour (flat rate bids are available based on type of editing desired and the
state of the manuscript)
Name: Robert Goerlich
Website:
Email: robert@TAKETHISOUTseniorproofreader.com
Payment: PayPal
Speciality (In Own Words): I specialize in science fiction, historical fiction, alternate history, fantasy, history, biographies, adventure, thrillers and popular science. I will check spelling, punctuation, grammar, usage, awkward or inappropriate wording, redundancies, confusing terms, readability, consistency and tense issues. On request, I will translate British English to American English. Correction notes can be returned in a separate document or I will return your eBook commented and marked up with Microsoft Word tracking or Google Docs suggesting.
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Website:
www.lancebuckley.com
Speciality (In Own Words): Former Amazon/KDP book cover and
interior designer with over 8 years of experience working with independent
authors and publishers.
Rates: $250-500 depending on complexity
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