Lauren Finger – Editor

Copyediting, structural/developmental editing, proofreading and manuscript assessments for independent writers and book publishers.

Clients include: Aspiring authors, established indie (self-published) authors, Bookouture, Penguin Random House Australia, Harpeth Road Press, HQ Australia, Echo, Kill Your Darlings, Allen & Unwin, Brio Books, Canelo, Hera Books, Hardie Grant, Simon & Schuster Australia.

Bookouture is a very successful digital publisher of commercial fiction.

• Project managing all titles from manuscript to finished product (and across very short schedules)
• Liaising with freelance contributors, allocating jobs and fees, checking their work etc.
• Briefing copyeditors, proofreaders, typesetters
• Editing, proofreading, proof checking
• Overseeing and maintaining schedules for all titles in production
• Overseeing corrections and distribution processes
• Liaising with authors
• Mentoring and supervising editorial staff and checking their work

Atlantic Books and its imprints publish literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction

• Editing, proofreading, proof checking
• Reading and reporting on submissions
• Liaising with authors
• Project managing all titles and other special projects in-house from manuscript to finished product
• Liaising with all freelance contributors, allocating jobs and fees, checking their work etc.
• Briefing designers, copyeditors, proofreaders, illustrators, typesetters
• Overseeing and maintaining budgets and schedules for all titles in production
• Mentoring and supervising editorial staff and checking their work

Working in a small team to produce hundreds of publications for the large volunteer force, and helping inexperienced writers to communicate effectively

• Copyediting and proofreading training documents for the London 2012 volunteers
• Liaising with printers, designers and contributors

Subjects worked on include: fiction (commercial and literary), memoir, biography, history, politics, current affairs, travel writing, psychology, education, cultural studies, humour, anthologies, military history, self-help, sport, true crime.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Project managing several titles at once—overseeing production from manuscript to book
• Copyediting and proofreading manuscripts, checking proofs
• Collaborating and working with authors
• Briefing covers, illustrations and internal designs
• Commissioning, working with, and checking work from freelancers, typesetters, printers and pre-press houses
• Managing schedules and budgets
• Training and mentoring new staff