Amy Ray

Amy Ray – Editor

Developmental Editor, Writer, Researcher, and Project Manager. Clients include Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Macmillan, and Cengage, and BNSF.

Overview

Here are some comments from my customers:

• "I just wanted you to know I'm working through your comments on Ch. 1 and I'm just over the moon! It is so exciting to have such a thoughtful, experienced eye work over these pages for us. I so appreciate your comments and direction. It is going to make this edition shine!" —Kendall Martin, William Paterson University

• "You are the BEST. I love having your help and input. It's making a big difference in the quality of the book." —Russell Sobel, West Virginia University

• "Your editing has been really terrific and we would ask you to take a final look and 'do that voodoo you do so well.'" —Jeffrey Pinto, Penn State University

• "If you can work your magic on [my role plays], they will be all the better." —Robert Erffmeyer, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.

• "Thanks for all your hard work. I have no doubt that the average student will now find it easier to read--as well as the average instructor. . . I’ve told Kelly and others about your great work. Hopefully we can work together on revisions down the line."—Gareth Jones, Texas A&M

• "Christine, Amy Ray edited the manuscript and we think readability is improved! She is easy to work with and does a good job with the technical areas." —Kirk Wakefield, Baylor University

• "I'm not surprised how busy you are with the wonderful work that you do. I feel much better about the state of the chapters after your edits." —Robert Donnelly, Goldey-Beacom College.

• "Thank you for the wonderful edits! See review quotes below—Lena Buonanno, Executive Development Editor, Pearson.
-I liked the previous version, but this is much improved.
-It seems as if these chapters are an improvement over the previous draft.
-This section is MUCH better and does a great job of explaining how to solve the equilibrium in mixed strategies."
Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences Economics Humanities & Social Sciences Transportation Writing & Publishing
Languages
English (US)
Awards
  • Voted best problem solver by my publishing colleagues

Work experience

Self-employed

Nov, 2001 — Present

Anderson, Survey of Economics
Bateman/Snell, Management
Blanchard, Macroeconomics
Bohlander/Snell, Managing Human Resources
Bovee/Thill, Business Communication (digital quizzes)
Boyes/Melvin, Economics
Carter, Keys to Business Communication
Cheeseman, Business Law
Donnelly, Business Statistics
Feigenbaum/Hafer, Principles of Economics: The Way We Live
Ferrell/Ferrell, Business: A Changing World (photo program)
Ferrell/Ferrell, M: Business (photo program)
Grant, Economic Analysis of Social Issues
Gwartney/Stroup/Sobel/Macpherson, Economics: Private and Public Choice
Hirschey, Fundamentals of Managerial Economics
Hirschey, Managerial Economics
Hodrick/Bekaert, International Financial Management
Horngren/Datar/Rajan, Cost Accounting
Hubbard/O’Brian, Economics (videos)
Jones, Organizational Theory, Design, and Change
Kosslyn/Rosenberg, Introducing Psychology: Brain, Person, Group
Krajewski/Ritzman/Malhotra, Operations Management
Krugman/Wells, Economics in Modules
Labensky/Martel/Van Damme, On Baking (recipe testing coordination)
McGuigan/Moyer/Harris, Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies, and Tactics
Keown/Martin/Petty, Foundations of Finance
O’Sullivan/Sheffrin, Economics: Principles, Applications, and Tools
Perloff, Microeconomics
Pride/Hughes/Kapoor, Business (videos)
Robbins/Judge, Organizational Behavior (digital simulations)
Solomon/Poatsy/Martin, Better Business
Tanner/Raymond, Principles of Marketing
Tanner/Honeycutt/Erffmeyer, Sales Management
Thomas/Tietz/Harrison, Financial Accounting
Valacich/Schneider, Information Systems Today (digital quizzes)
Venkataraman/Pinto, Operations Management: Managing Global Supply Chains

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