This page contains some useful advice by others in the writing world as well as links to others who provide associated services.
Writing support
Getting your text ready
Copy Editing
Copy Editing vs Proof Reading
Developmental Editing
Editing your own work before sending it to your editor
Options for Fiction Manuscript evaluation
Working with illustrators
Author-Editor relationships
Images in e-books
Why book covers are rejected
ISBN FAQs
Almost everything you need to know about ISBNs
New ISBN required?
Copyright
Want to use something by a famous author? check the copyright at The WATCH File
The UK Copyright legislation is a useful detailed document.
The UK Copyright Service provides a good overview.
IGLC has more detailed guidance/information.
Using real people in your fiction writing
The right of publicity
Invasion of privacy
Defamation
Aspects of writing
How strong is your dialogue?
Grammar mistakes?
Endings
Best cliffhanger endings
Next steps for your published book
Getting your book translated
Writing in multiple genres
Helpful people
Agent
Blackbird Literary Agency
Proofreading
Alison Gilbert
Lynne Baybut
Cover designer
Colin Rowe designed the cover for Battle for Hurungwe
Duncan Bourne designed the cover for Archibald’s Aunt
Ben Baldwin designed the cover for This and That
Xuni.com designed the cover and flyer for The Celebration Husband
Prodeepta Das designed the cover/poster for When Chaplin met Gandhi
Pauline Grande Lopez designed the cover for When Rhys fell out a tree
Copyright free images available from the New York Metropolitan Museum and Second Wind, Pixabay
Indexing
Kirsty Adegboro, KAD Indexing and Translation Services
Catalogues
TSL children/young people authors available through Peters
So I’ve seen a few tweets lately about the opaqueness of the publishing sector, which is completely fair. And some of them emphasised the difficulty in getting up to date sales figures, and that’s rather more… complicated.
So here’s a brief 🧵 on book sales and accounting>>
— David ‘is the Real Monster Here’ Moore (@dtmooreeditor) September 29, 2021