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I'll soon be looking for a copy editor for my self-published nonfiction book, but I'm unsure whether to seek out someone with knowledge of my subject or without.
Somebody with knowledge of my subject might pick up on a factual oddity that maybe my (subject-savvy) beta readers wouldn't. But someone with totally fresh eyes might be more likely to notice logic leaps or missing pieces that those people's brains would automatically fill in.
This would be for proofreading, not developmental editing.
Thoughts? Is there a rule of thumb for this?
Somebody with knowledge of my subject might pick up on a factual oddity that maybe my (subject-savvy) beta readers wouldn't. But someone with totally fresh eyes might be more likely to notice logic leaps or missing pieces that those people's brains would automatically fill in.
This would be for proofreading, not developmental editing.
Thoughts? Is there a rule of thumb for this?