Sharp fiction and CNF editor. Experience: Hachette, Macmillan, and MIT Press. Let's free that book from your mind's captivity.
Works with authors to prepare MS Word and LaTeX manuscripts and artwork for editorial and production
Performs manuscript reviews and provides developmental feedback
Manages the peer review process for new projects and solicits endorsements for forthcoming books
Proofreads endorsements, book descriptions, author bios, and other cover copy
Leads project management with external art and production contributors
Prepares production estimates and publishing plans
Drafts title information sheets for internal sales and marketing use
Read authors' book proposals and wrote reader reports analyzing content, author profile, and marketability
Conducted author and competition research using NPD BookScan sales figures
Completed metadata projects such as updating Amazon book descriptions and researching keywords
Drafted cover copy including book descriptions and author bios
Corresponded with authors and agents regarding publishing contracts
Edited full history and English textbooks for design, format, grammar, spelling, and punctuation
Proofread first and second pass pages between production and compositor to make necessary edits using Adobe Acrobat Pro
Coded manuscript for design composition including headings, features, and artwork
Einhorn, Heather, Staffaroni, Adam, Harvey, Janet, Liao, Sonia, Hilty, Joan
Lem, Stanislaw, Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, Robinson, Kim Stanley
Seiple, Samantha
Hacker, Diana
Valenti, Jessica, Friedman, Jaclyn
Oluo, Ijeoma
Ball, Philip, Zhu, Wenting, Liang, Yan
Cris Thomas, October 2022
Patrick Canning, September 2022
Pearson O’Meara, May 2022
Stephen Patmore, March 2022
Roya Naim, February 2022
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After 10 years editing at Simon & Schuster, I wrote 5 of my own books, 3 published by HarperCollins. I know my craft and publishing.
Montcléra, France