I was recently laid off from my job in sales and looking to pivot careers.

I’m 28, and the sales world was killing my motivation. I’ve always had an interest in writing and publishing, but 18 year old me chose a degree that doesn’t 100% translate to the book editing space (media studies).

I have some social media management experience which included copywriting, and my last job had me do some minor copywriting/copyediting.

My question is, what are the best online courses to get into editing in the publishing world? I definitely can use skills I’ve learned in previous roles on my resume for a new editing position, but I know even a certificate would help.

Would even just love some recommendations if you think this isn’t the right path to take. Thank you!

Any thoughts on why my release date would be October 14th on amazon, but books from amazon not ordered until oct 9th, and delivery to customers delayed until late November? The book was Self published with bookbaby. Is there a long lag time between bookbaby getting the order fulfilled and sent to amazon and amazon ingesting them into the system?? Could it be 8 weeks late? Does amazon penalize authors not self publishing with them? Any thoughts on why this is so delayed and if there's any resolution? Also, I'm curious --when people order in the future, once the first order has been fulfilled, how long it will take. Does amazon keep any inventory at all?