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Andrea 5 star rating

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Copyeditor and proofreader with uncompromising grammar grit. I'll help you give your best work to your audience—with no embarrassing errors.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • Red Line Editorial
  • Teacher Peach
  • QuaraCORE
  • Zaner-Bloser
  • Nationwide Financial
  • Northwoods

Karen 5 star rating

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Former editor with Writer's Digest books and magazine, now of Future Perfect Editing. Bring me your fantasy novels, MG/YA fiction, and more!

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Writing & Publishing, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Writer's Digest
  • Etruscan Press
  • Disney Publishing

Molly 5 star rating

Columbus, OH, USA

I am an arts and humanities editor with over seventeen years of experience helping clients bring their texts to life!

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Music, Art, Law, Political Science & Current Affairs, Writing & Publishing, and ELT.

Work experience:

  • The Ohio State University
  • Self-employed
  • Wexner Center for the Arts

Dave 5 star rating

Seattle, United States

Experienced copyeditor, proofreader, and fact checker proficient with Chicago style. I specialize in literary and historical fiction.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Fantasy, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Jenn 5 star rating

Leawood, KS, United States

I am an award-winning author and editor of books for children and young adults. I specialize in humor, fantasy, and scifi.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Picture Books, Children's, Action & Adventure, Middle Grade, Fantasy, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Sandra 5 star rating

Omaha, United States

Skilled nonfiction book editor in business/leadership, true crime, selected memoirs. Get from idea to published. I love first-time authors.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Southeast Community College
  • Self-employed
  • Metropolitan Community College

Estelle 5 star rating

New York, United States

Agent/Senior Content Development Editor at one of New York's top agencies, specializing in YA, MG, picture books, and women's literature.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Middle Grade Fantasy, Coming of Age, Contemporary Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Folio Literary Management
  • Self-employed

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Missy 5 star rating

Missoula, MT, United States

MS in Publishing. Proofreader for Bloomsbury (publisher of Harry Potter). Knows Chicago Manual of Style so you don't have to. On your side.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, and Inspirational.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • brass|MEDIA Inc.
  • Trial Guides
  • Ooligan Press
  • The Portland Review
  • Montana Kaimin

Sarah 5 star rating

Saint Paul, United States

Meticulous copyeditor with 19 years of experience helping independent authors polish their sci-fi manuscripts.

Genres: Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Science Fiction, Fiction, Writing & Publishing, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Adaobi 5 star rating

Bronx, NY, United States

I offer services in proofreading and copyediting for all genres, developmental editing of nonfiction, and project management.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Computers & Internet, Technology, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Manuscript Coordinator
  • Self-employed
  • Hachette Book Group
  • McGraw-Hill Education
  • Apress
  • Project Lead The Way

David 5 star rating

Long Beach, CA, United States

Give me your dangling participles, your absent oxford commas, your run-on sentences yearning to be written correctly.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Classics, Plays & Screenplays, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Group, USA; Random House, LLC
  • Pegasus Books and Publishing House
  • Words That Stay, LLC

Erik 5 star rating

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Editor with years of in-house experience. Founder of a literary agency. Writer. Host of Print Run Podcast.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Career Guides, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Sports & Outdoors, Life Sciences, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • Red Sofa Literary Agency
  • Self-employed
  • The Overlook Press
  • Oxford University Press
  • Headwater Literary Management

Lisa 5 star rating

Nashville, United States

I'm a twenty-year veteran in Christian publishing, specializing in gift/coffee table books, devotionals, and trade books.

Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Thomas Nelson Publishers (Harper Collins)

Parisa 5 star rating

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Former Simon and Schuster editor with 15+ years of experience, specializing in all fiction genres. I’d love to help get your MS in shape!

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self Employed
  • Simon & Schuster

Stephanie 5 star rating

Schwenksville, PA, United States

Editor, proofreader, reader. Wrangler of run-away trains of thought and foxhound puppies.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Education & Reference, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Temple University Press
  • Penn State Press
  • ASTM International
  • Self-employed

Kelly 5 star rating

Stamford, CT, United States

I am a detail-oriented lover of books and grammar always looking to eradicate all the typos.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Time Travel, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Bantam Doubleday Dell
  • Self-employed
  • Private Practice/Center for Medical Weight Loss

Michele 5 star rating

New York, United States

Copy editor for Penguin Random House for 18 years, experience with bestselling authors of women's fiction, romance, mystery/thrillers.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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Hire the best proofreaders in Columbus, Ohio

So you’ve gone invested the huge amount of effort and time it takes to complete your manuscript and now all you want to do is publish it. Not so fast. Most authors find it difficult to see their own mistakes or recognize inconsistencies in their own writing. You’ve probably read your work so many times that it’s hard to get clarity, but mistakes can make your book appear unprofessional, or worse, put readers off your work altogether. A Columbus proofreader can be instrumental in helping you finalize your book.

Continuing the work of a developmental editor (who'll have made sure all your big-picture elements are in order), a proofreader will look at your work under a microscope to identify inaccuracies in spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

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