Creative solutions for editorial projects

Services

• Copy-editing: editing for style, structure, clarity and consistency (on-screen or hard-copy). This can range from a simple read-through to a structural edit or full rewrite, as per your brief.
• Writing: reports, newsletters, best-practice documents, website copy.
• Proofreading: checking for content and design errors (including artwork, tables and indexes).
• Project management: managing books, brochures or journals from authoring through to printing or online delivery; sub-contracting to other copy-editors, proofreaders and indexers as required.
• Process review: streamlining publishing systems, producing new guidelines (e.g. house style guide, schedules, author guidelines).

I am happy to work on short-term and ongoing projects from any subject field. Contact me to discuss your exact requirements.

Prices

Industry-standard rates, as recommended by the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, are:

• proofreading £19.25 per hour;
• basic copy-editing £22 per hour;
• substantive copy-editing / rewriting £26 per hour;
• project management £28 per hour.

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