Barry Lyons - Editor
New York, United States
I am a content editor, copy editor, and proofreader. I specialize in nonfiction books.
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Overview
I've worked as a freelance editor and proofreader (primarily for Wall Street firms) since the 1990s, but I now edit nonfiction manuscripts of almost any stripe: politics, science, nature, history, biography, and memoir (I say “almost” because I will not take on sports or religion). In my Reedsy Portfolio you will see a list of several books I've edited. (Note: the descriptions of these books come from Amazon and have not been edited by me.)
Services
Languages
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Management
Entertainment
Health & wellbeing
History
Philosophy
Politics & Current Affairs
Travel
Work experience
Editor and Writer
Self Employed
January, 1998
–
Present
(over 21 years)
Late 1990s–Present
Proofreader and copy editor, primarily for financial and marketing firms.
I'm also a writer. I wrote book reviews for the now-defunct British publication, Prometheus (editorial members included Toni Morrison, Eduardo Galeano, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.). I've written pop music reviews for Earvolution and classical music annotations for Muze and Naxos. I've also written book reviews for IndieReader. My first book, Letter to a Prohibitionist, which argues for marijuana legalization and an end to the War on Drugs, was published via Amazon's CreateSpace service in 2013.
Portfolio (9 selected works)
Peak Performance Trading And Investing
Bruce Bower
“Peak Performance Trading & Investing” is a clear road map for both traders and investors seeking success in any market and on any time frame.Seven LessonsIn his research, Bruce kept coming back to the same topics and points over and over. His blog posts over several years would hammer away at the same conclusions. He decided to summarize the main things he had leaned as the following seven le... read more
Want to become a truly great trader – either for yourself or for a proprietary trading firm? This book will help you get there. This unique approach is the closest thing to signing up for a “trader boot camp” yourself! You’ll learn by watching new traders walk through actual trades, explain what they’ve tried to do, and try to survive brutally tough expert critiques. One trade at a time, The P... read more
Independent Like Our Founding Fathers
Mr. Marco Valdivieso
DID YOU KNOW that the first US established political party didn’t exist until 1791 (the Federalist Party)? But early US political parties were more like small groups and factions, and not established parties, so many decades passed before an established party began. The only established parties back then were from England, the Whig and Tory Parties. This means that since the first English sett... read more
Life Blocks: Psychology in Entrepreneurship and Career
Ales Zivkovic
This book is a must read for anyone that wants to skip a few painful steps founding a successful business or building a career.It sheds the light of sense on what seems to be indisputable to so many entrepreneurs, career-chasers and business people. The author talks about what in fact is behind psychological drives that motivate us towards things that seem so obvious in everyday life—in entrep... read more
The book provides simple and effective approaches for business, operational, and technology leaders who are setting up and implementing data management and governance as standard services in their organizations. Most industries actively manage and govern their data primarily to achieve their regulatory preparedness and service excellence goals. While it is equally important to set up a data of... read more
Citizens constitute the nation, and the nation does not exist without them.• When banks and public corporations are too big to fail, citizens will bail them out.• When government decides upon war, citizens will offer to fight.• When disaster strikes, citizens bear the weight to recover and go on.• When the nation's survival is at stake, citizens persevere in order to succeed.The value of the n... read more
Organizations around the globe are struggling to adapt to an increasingly complex and turbulent social, economic, technological, and business environment—whether they be banks, product development companies, or city councils. Many are responding by embracing agility as a way of working—some with a primary orientation around operational agility (Agile software development methods such as Scrum ... read more
MAKE THE MONEY YOU WANT TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU DESIREAre you anxious about taking your kids to daycare so that you can go work? Are you worried that your kids will not get the attention and care that they need while you are at work? Do you wish you could make money without compromising time with your family?This book is about how to start your virtual assistant business so that you can have fina... read more
Drawing on military leadership knowledge and personal experience, 5 to 50 to 500 introduces The Business Navigation Framework™, designed to create the conditions for organizational scalability. To be scalable, organizations need to navigate toward an end state using an intent based decision-making and action-enabling framework. Scalability is not about resources, it's about an adaptability min... read more
Barry has 11 reviews
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Barry is a pro! He gave me a short excerpt of how he will edit, and I was impressed. And when the work came, it was delivered neatly. No need for any form of editing :) I'm super impressed. Great job.
Read moreCaleb Beng Keat, April 2019
Thanks for the kind words, Caleb!
Reply from Barry Lyons
I chose Barry because he seemed to understand our somewhat non-conventional needs, and he was willing to work iteratively and a bit experimentally with us. I appreciated his patience as we sorted out version control in Reedsy. The author of Evolvagility, Michael Hamman, entrusted me (the editor) to find and work with a copy editor to ensure that the book was error-free. While doubtless Barry c...
Read moreLisa Cooney, December 2018
Those are very kind words! Thank you so much!
Reply from Barry Lyons
Barry communicated well throughout the project. He worked with my tight deadline and actually accommodated my request to complete the proofreading a day prior to my initial deadline. Everything worked out seamlessly. I love the final product - My book is polished and professional. I highly recommend Barry.
Read moreKaren K., December 2018
Honestly, Barry is the real deal. Not only does he know how to properly edit a book but he is extremely professional and makes recommendations to help you improve your book. I WILL 100% be working with Barry again in the near future and recommend him to anyone considering using his services. Thanks Barry!
Read moreJulien Meyer, July 2018
Barry went well beyond the call of duty to reorganize, rewrite, and re-imagine my manuscript. He kept in touch throughout the collaboration and provided an outstanding result. His extra effort warranted extra time, and we communicated regularly as he requested more time to do more work.
Read moreLee Beaumont, June 2018
Thank you Lee for those kind words. And I enjoyed working on this project because it ended up being more of a ghostwriting job than a straight-ahead editing job. I'm happy to do more of these!
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