Andrew Chapman – Editor

You're an expert in your field, whether a specific subject area or as a business leader. You've completed at least a first draft of your book – what's next? Let's talk.

I love helping authors achieve the right style, accuracy and consistency within their work to bring it to a suitable standard for professional publication. And I'm the sort of person who finds fact-checking fun.

I have edited books of many kinds, on subjects from medieval swordsmanship to artificial intelligence, from gardening to forensic psychiatry. I bring the specialist skills of an expert copy editor to the generalist enthusiasm of someone who enjoys reading about almost everything.

As a copy editor, I will go into the details of your text rather than the overview and structure specifically, but I will always point out issues of that kind too when I come across them.

I've helped hundreds of authors like you make better books – and I regularly do the same on behalf of publishing companies who turn to me for help.

I do also have a personal specialism: British history and topography, and I'm the editor of two history magazines in those fields, as well as writing a popular history-themed newsletter.

If you are pursuing self-publishing, I can provide expert, up-to-date advice about your routes to market, and I have typeset hundreds of books to professional standards, so I can help with the bigger picture beyond just the editing.

I look forward to hearing about your book!