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Elv

Elv

London, United Kingdom

Editorial consultant with 20 years’ publishing experience. I can help you shape your book, grow as a writer and create a great proposal.


Work experience:

  • OUP
  • Penguin Random House
  • Self-employed
  • Scholastic
  • Simon and Schuster
  • Egmont

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Classics, Middle Grade, Children's

Tom

Tom

London, United Kingdom

Highly experienced academic and educational book editor, previously worked as Senior Book Production Editor for a leading publishing house.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • SAGE

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sociology, Education & Reference, History

Dick

Dick

London, United Kingdom

Experienced London-based editor of fiction (novels, short stories, plays), biography, art and culture and personal statements.


Work experience:

  • Shape London
  • Self-employed
  • Waltham Forest Council

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Political Science & Current Affairs, Religion & Spirituality, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Humor & Comedy

Charlotte

Charlotte

London, UK

Experienced editor of illustrated adult non-fiction, specialising in all areas of visual culture, including exhibition and museum titles.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Thames and Hudson
  • Science Museum
  • Yale University Press

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Indexing

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Fashion & Textiles, Home & Garden, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Photography

Loma

Loma

London, United Kingdom

Friendly, efficient editor and researcher with a deep passion for books and authors. Reading is my pleasure as well as my profession.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Short Story, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense

Rob

Rob

London, UK

I am an editor and project manager with 20 years' experience in illustrated non-fiction, specialising in popular science.


Work experience:

  • Tall Tree Ltd
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Nature, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Geography

Paul

Paul

London, UK

Experienced non-fiction editor available for editorial consultation


Work experience:

  • Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Math & Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Sports & Outdoors, Travel

Shari

Shari

London, UK

Editor and author of children's books and non-fiction, with 15+ years' experience editing for Penguin Random House, Hachette, DK and others.


Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Children’s Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Action & Adventure

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You’ve removed all plot holes, tightened up your prose, gone through several rounds of revisions, and feel like your manuscript is just about ready to hit the presses. But before you do, there’s one crucial part of the editing process left: proofreading.


Whether you’ve already worked with a developmental or copy editor, or enlisted beta readers, friends, and family to look over your book, you must have someone read your manuscript with the singular goal of proofreading. This involves looking out for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency errors. And trust us, when the Amazon review section of your book is free from comments like “This book is riddled with typos,” you’ll be relieved you didn’t skip the proofreading step.


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