Publishing is complicated, and explaining it to authors—especially first-time and self-publishing authors—can take up hours of your valuable time. Some editors have said that the problem can be intense enough that they actually avoid working with inexperienced author clients, because the sheer amount of time required is too hard on their profit margins.
In this presentation, editor MC Calvi talks about a powerful solution to this problem, showing how preexisting resources can be leveraged to support authors, save time, and enhance a freelance editor’s chances of scoring future clients. MC will also be introducing their new pay-what-you-want resource, The Big Little Booklet of Publishing Resource Links, so editors and authors can immediately begin implementing these strategies themselves.
Save hours of your valuable time by using these vetted resources to help explain:
- How to get a book published
- How to self-publish
- What type of editing a book needs
- What different types of editing entail
- How to submit a proposal
- How to write with sensitivity
- How to navigate rights and permissions issues
- and more!
MC Calvi (they/them) is a freelance editor with eight years’ and hundreds of books’ worth of publishing experience. They have worked for publishers including New Harbinger, North Atlantic Books, Counterpoint Press, Insight Editions, and Weldon Owen International, and specialize in self-help, psychology, spirituality, New Age, and LGBTQ books. When they’re not editing, they enjoy reading, writing, tea, flannel, road tripping, interior decorating, and hanging out with animals of all kinds. They live in Los Angeles, California.
