JAB Publishing currently offers two services for writers: content editing and proofreading. Working with 4Point Press, you can have your finished product submitted as an electronic book, in either PDF or Palm OS formats. We do charge a nominal fee for editing, as well as formatting, your novel.

Content Editing

Do you have a great story line, but are having trouble scripting characters? Or, do you have an easy time describing what your characters look like and what they do and say, but a tough time keeping the story flowing? These are the types of issues that a good developmental editor can help you solve.

A development or content editor helps make a story run smoothly by looking at the big picture.

• "Why is this person in the story?"
• "Why include this detail?"
• "Why is this chapter so long?"
• "Should this part be here?"

These are the types of questions a development editor will ask you when working on making the content of your story the best it can be.

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Copy Editing and Proofreading

Once you are happy with your story lines, characters, dialogue, and all the other core elements of your narrative, you may feel the writing itself is still rough. Then you need a copyeditor.

A copy editor does a close reading of your work, and combs over each line looking for ways to smooth and improve your sentences. Occasionally, the copyeditor will also ask questions about how a sentence or a phrase comes off on the page. This kind of close reading helps add clarity and gives prospective readers more confidence in your storytelling ability.

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Look for additional services, such as book proposal writing, query letter writing, and a "print on demand" program in the near future.