Thursday, March 5, 2015

Home Based Business

You know you have a good eye for grammar and style. Misplaced apostrophes make you uncomfortable. Perfection is important to you. Perhaps you are born editor and can develop these skills and tendencies to make money for you.

The work can be divided into two main areas in the publishing business.


First, there is a mounting official copy and proofreading, as he did in the publishing industry.

While it is certainly possible to make a living with them, it is a difficult area for a newcomer to break into if they do not have close contacts in the industry. Much of this work by former employees of publishing houses, who took a break to bring the family or who wish to supplement pension. Former colleagues tend to give them preference.

Second, this work requires knowledge of the conventions used in the publishing industry. Unfortunately, despite the fact that it is one of the areas in which training courses abound, and many are of very questionable quality. A quick Internet search will find many examples of disappointment.

If you plan to invest money in the context editing / proofreading, please be very careful to avoid getting scammed. Do not be fooled by promises of huge profits. You can change to keep you food and shelter, but it is not the road to riches. Also, I do not believe the promises of guaranteed work. As mentioned above, no contacts, you will find that getting that first publishing industry committee requires a lot of perseverance.

The second type of mounting is correct more casual or polishing written texts. Many people find it difficult to write and are grateful to have someone to check the grammar and style. In my opinion, this is the area where you should look to you if you are attracted by the editing.

There are a number of sites on the Internet freelancers allows you to advertise services and try to employment opportunities. With the recent heavy campaign by Google for duplicate content and weave, many homeowners will be a website in search of someone to write or edit articles for them. Unfortunately, the rates offered on these sites usually pay a pittance. You may want to consider doing something like this work in the beginning, to get a feel for it and a bit of experience. However, working through these sites will put you in competition with people who offer their services for almost nothing.

Instead of selling your business for pennies on the Internet, and try to make yourself known in the local community. If you see a local business to have a website or publications or other information of the bad writing content, user-friendly and tactful approach can land you with a committee to correct it.

Rate in colleges and / or local universities. Many students, not just those from abroad, are in urgent need of help with their theses. Researchers are also looking for someone to improve the quality of written publications.

When the provision of services liberalization in academia, mark you really if you have at least a bachelor's degree in the subject matter or closely related. This gives potential customers the confidence that they can trust you to know the terms of their field and the tone of writing used in the literature.

You can also develop your relationships with university, you may well find that some of the production of manuals and books to colleagues in their field. At this point, you may want to consider investing in learning index books. There are a number of publishing houses, leaving the owners to provide indicators of their books. Many writers do not want to spend time on it, or do not have the skills to do it. It may surprise you, but there are many people make their living by indexing books. Of course, you will become a indexed book gives you the second series useful addition to your editing work.

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