“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur.” Most of us have heard this saying before, but until we experience it for ourselves, we don’t truly understand what it means. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve had my own experiences with giving in to the…
The Cost of Editing
This afternoon, I received an invitation to submit a proposal for a job posted on Elance, one of the freelancer sites where I sometimes bid for editorial work. Here’s the job description: I have a 35,000 word eBook that needs to be proofread for grammatical errors, spelling errors, edited and copy edited…