April 29, 2009

Ask The Expert For April 29th

Do you have a list of publishing professionals you refer authors to?

Yes, and we're always happy to share it! If you hire one of these professionals, you will need to pay them directly. We are only referring you to them. We do not hire them for you. We do not earn any referral fees or anything whatsoever for referring you to these professionals.

This is our list.

FREELANCE EDITORS WE RECOMMEND
Please see below freelance editors who you can
contact for a quote.

Rickey Pittman - http://www.rickeypittman.com

Lynda Lottman
http://www.ManuscriptEditing.com
http://www.book-editing.com

BOOK DOCTOR
Robyn Conley
bookdoctor (at) earthlink.net
http://robynconley.com

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FREELANCE WORD PROCESSOR/TYPIST/TRANSCRIBER
Dale Quimby - daquimby (at) yahoo.com
Need someone to convert your print book into electronic format or to transcribe for you? Contact Dale.

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FREELANCE INDEXER
If you need a professional indexer, try:
Ray Davis Curry MLIS
Curry Thought Solutions
rdcurry (at) earthlink.net

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FREELANCE WEBSITE DESIGNERS

If you want to create your own website for a small price using templates, choose:
http://www.godaddy.com

If you want to hire someone else to design your website -

Millrace Design
http://millracedesign.com

Carlos A Villalba OCP CEH CISSP - cavallal (at) uc.syr.edu
http://www.webportalsolution.com

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DO YOU WANT YOUR AUTHOR PHOTO SKETCHED?

This artist's prices are extremely reasonable. She sketched Angela Hoy's portrait for her book covers. You need to indicate you want to purchase all rights to the artwork so you can use it on your website, book covers, etc.

Cindy Lambert - http://www.cindylambert.com/

Prices: http://www.cindylambert.com/Commissions.html

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NEED SOMEONE TO SCAN YOUR BOOK?
http://www.discountdocumentscanning.com

And, they can then turn the text into a word processing file for a very reasonable fee.

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FREELANCE ILLUSTRATORS WE RECOMMEND

Abby Perry
http://www.cutelucca.com

Kim Sponaugle
http://clearblogs.com/kimsponaugle64

Brooke Scudder
http://www.brookescudder.com/

Jeffrey Maraska
http://home.earthlink.net/~jeffreypm/

Gary Watashe
Samples: http://www.100megsfree.com/painkiller71
Fees: Charges $20/hour, but will negotiate a flat fee per illustration.

John Casteele
http://www.geocities.com/kilroy144/enter/
http://wave.prohosting.com/rostlyn/
Rates: $10-$15 per individual illustration, or $150-$200
for a complete project of reasonable size

Jennifer Rodgers
http://www.jenniferrodgers.com
Rates "vary depending on size. To give you a general idea, a full-color
8.5 x11 illustration costs $200."

Adrian Hofman
http://www.dis-online.pl/portfolio/DIS_2D_Illustrations.jpg
Rates: $30-$60 per illustration

Gary Watashe
http://www.watashe.100megsfree5.com/watashe_illustration.htm
Rates: $20/hour or charges per illustration

S.C. Watson
http://www.oreganoproductions.com
Interior illustrations: $75-$1000 each
Original cover design: $1200-$3000

Najah Clemmons
http://www.kevahcreations.com

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BOOK PUBLICISTS

There are many book publicists available. Three we know are:

Skye Wentworth
Skye Wentworth Public Relations
http://www.skyewentworth.org

Gwen Gawlick
PR Diva
http://www.prdiva.com

Steve O'Keefe
Patron Saint Productions, Inc.
http://www.patronsaintpr.com