Reedsy

That's what they call it.

Because most of the information I've gotten has been on a wonderful website called Reesy, R-E-E-D-S-Y.

And that's where professionals in the industry freelance editing, but also book design, even websites, marketing.

Like you can get anything you can think of for self-publishing.

But NaNoWriMo-

... and the Nov-

Reedsy has one?

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November, um-

Reedsy has a Novel Sprint

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I really liked his other designs.

Formatting, you can either use Amazon's tools to format the e-book, or you can use another tool called Reedsy.

That's what I used.

I used the default options.

I am Ferrell Vernon, and today I have a very special interview.

I have, uh, my friend from a long time, Ricardo Faye, here with us, co-founder of Reedsy.

And Ricardo, I think Reedsy has been allow-- around in the sort of indie author world almost as long as Written Word Media.

How long have y'all been around?

Since twenty fourteen.

[laughs] I don't think you can open any kind of publication without hearing about it.

Um, and image gener-generation is certainly one of the big things that people are using these AI tools.

So maybe you can explain a little bit about the Reedsy marketplace for our listeners, how it works, and then how are you guys dealing with, um, the use of these AI tools, which is so prevalent everywhere but has, you know, a very specific treatment probably in the book world?

Um, tried to.

Um, you know, for people who are less experienced, one, one of the really great platforms out there is called Reedsy, which is R-E-E-D-S-Y.

I can put that in the chat if you want.

Um, reedsy.com, which is an editorial marketplace, and you have to be vetted.

I kind of-- I'm, I charge too much for most of their people now.

But, uh, it's a busy, it's, it's a busy, busy marketplace.

I've gotten-- I know everybody I know in the profession has gotten work from Reedsy at some point.

So that is a really great place for inexperienced ghosts to go post their stuff, post their profile, field offers, even just to learn what's it like to bid a project.

So the world, I think, feels a lot more cohesive and lived in with this edition than it did in the first one, I would say.

This one also comes with really fantastic illustrations that I collaborated with Carlos Rana, an amazing illustrator, I found him on Reedsy, who did the illustrations for this book as well as the next two books.

And, uh, quite frankly, I think I'm gonna work with him for the continued universe 'cause I really do love his work.

So I...

And we'll do a, there'll be an optional reception in the evening with free drinks at the bar, uh, which we'll announce closer to the time.

We're doing this in association with two big indie organizations, Draft2Digital and Reedsy.

These are two stalwarts of the indie landscapes.

That's Ricardo principally a- at Reedsy and Dan Wood, of course, our contact, and Chris and the team at Draft2Digital.

So we're delighted to have them backing us.

They're going to be having a good presence at the conference.

Oh, really? Who was she working with?

Well, she was working with traditional houses like Kensington Publishing, doing early work for platforms like Alora's Cave, and taking on heavy developmental edits for indie authors and small presses on platforms like Reedsy.

And specializing specifically in fantasy, women's fiction, and sprawling series presumably.

Yep.