This is a YouTube video titled "Do you need to self publish your book" containing a discussion between two speakers about the challenges and responsibilities involved in self-publishing, including time investment and accountability. The speakers are not named Beverley Simpson, and the content focuses on the publishing process and editorial support.
And not to mention the amount of hours or not to mention just the money that you'll invest, there are going to be time that you're going to be knocking on the door that you're not going to get that time back.
And you have nobody holding you to a timeline.
That's true.
So sometimes I never said this to an author, but I do want to say it. Sometimes they're like, I could just do this myself. And I want to say, but will you.
Yeah.
Like it. So my part of my job as an acquisitions editor is, is to be their accountability partner. It's like I'm, I am the one to check in on them of like, hey, you've got chapters due in three weeks. How is it going? How is it coming along? Do you have any questions? And then I'm their coaching.
