Should you use KDP or IngramSpark for print? Use both: KDP for Amazon, and IngramSpark set up on its own for everywhere else. Here’s why.

IngramSpark title setup is free now, but revisions after eproof approval, market access fees, and printing still cost money. Here’s the breakdown.

Comprehensive editing and rewriting cost the most and are the hardest to judge. Here are four questions to ask an editor before you pay.

A fast, cheap edit can look like a deal until the typos show up. Here are the red flags that an editing service has cut corners, and one nuance.

Editors aren’t licensed, so price and a sample edit only go so far. Here’s what to look for in an editor, starting with their style guide.

Specific, well-timed feedback keeps a round of edits moving forward. Here’s what that looks like on a real project, and what to bring to your next round.

Manuscript versions get lost fast between an editor and a designer. Here’s the three-part file system I built after designing a book from the wrong version.

The order that holds up is editing first, formatting second, a final proofread last. Here’s why, and what happened when a manuscript only looked ready for layout.

Skipping editing or formatting looks like an easy budget cut. Here’s what each one protects, and what buying both together looked like on a real project.

Rewriting is the most expensive editing tier. Here’s what the rate actually buys at real manuscript lengths, and how to tell whether your manuscript genuinely needs it.