| Description |
xv, 223 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Home-based business series |
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Home-based business series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Making the decision -- Envisioning the business -- Setting up your home office -- Getting started -- Managing finances -- Keeping records and paying taxes -- Connecting with clients -- Using the internet -- Working with clients -- Sizing up legal and ethical issues -- Balancing business and family -- Developing and expanding your business. |
| Summary |
"Freelance editors with the right skills are in demand throughout the publishing industry, for other types of businesses, and for independent authors with publishing projects. This book guides the reader through the steps needed to set up a home-based business, from determining which services to offer to marketing and developing a fee structure. Chapters cover the different types of editorial services (including developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, and indexing) and offer valuable insight to the business end of working from a home office, addressing overhead concerns, money matters, the advantages and disadvantages of freelance editing, and more. The book also explores strategies for working successfully with clients. How to Start a Home-based Editorial Services Business is the one complete resource for this line of work"--The publisher. |
| Subject |
Editing -- Management.
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Authorship -- Management.
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New business enterprises -- Management.
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Home-based businesses -- Management.
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| Added Title |
Editorial services business |
| ISBN |
9780762778829 (pbk.) |
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0762778822 (pbk.) |
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