Using Steemit to Crowdsource Editing

I suck at editing. I mean, I could edit the hell out of *your* book. I edited one of Catt Dahman's novels, in fact. Titanic Q.E.D. is a delightful horror story. That's all I'm going to tell you about that book. But anyway, yeah. I like to crank it out in pen, pass it on to someone else to type up, briefly scan it, publish, and move on. That's a terrible way to go about things.

You could hire an editor, of course. But that can cost you. It's worth it, generally speaking. But it can be hard to take the leap.

What if you could crowdsource typo-squashing, at no cost to you?

If you publish on Steemit, you can get the benefit of many eyes, with no cost to you at all. Relatively speaking. I plan on making a formal offer to upvote any legitimate typos or misspellings. My books gets a little bit better, they get some Steem. Everybody wins. The same concept can be extended in other ways, like content editing and feedback. The difference being your might want to offer to send Steem directly for things that are worth more than a mere upvote.

Also, a few tips for authors new to Steemit.

1. Use a good graphic/cover art. Your chapters will really pop in listings if you brand them with a logo or cover.

2. Once you've posted all the chapters, create a post with an introduction to the novel, yourself as an author, and a table of contents linking each of your individual chapters.

3. Also, once the chapters are all online, go back and edit them to include a link to the table of contents, and next chapter. It probably wouldn't hurt to link your audiobook, paperback, or ebook version, if they're available for sale elsewhere.

4. Network with other authors. Get them to join Steemit. Reblog, upvote. Curation, it's called.

5. It's the dawn of a new age. Get used to trying new approaches. The ebook industry is already going the way of the dead tree industry.

Good luck, writers. The world needs you more than ever.