Overview
Having graduated from Oxford with an MA in law, James has worked in professional publishing as an editor, writer, proofreader and project manager for more than 40 years. He has considerable experience in many fields (law, history, politics, sport, literary review, social sciences, fiction and many others) and has worked in a variety of formats (books, looseleafs, online etc). He has a passion for language (and has worked extensively with writers for whom English is not their first language) and is dedicated to providing the best possible cost-effective service. He has worked with some of the biggest and best publishing companies in the world – from Bloomsbury to Penguin, OUP to Routledge.
Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Economics
Finance & Accounting
History
Law
Philosophy
Political Science & Current Affairs
Fiction
Literary Fiction
Languages
English (UK)
English (US)
Certifications
- MA (Oxon)
Work experience
Self-employed
Oct, 2004 —
Present
Our team of high quality professionals, enabling us to provide entirely flexible editorial, production and training services – from discrete editorial functions such as copyediting, proofreading and indexing, to the project management of individual titles, to the management of entire publishing lists on an ongoing basis.
Founded in 2004, we offer a management team with extensive knowledge of all aspects of editorial and production principles and procedures, built through decades of experience. Our in-depth knowledge of publishing processes, including the latest digital technology, allows us to devise and deliver the most cost-effective solutions possible whilst always ensuring that the highest editorial standards are upheld.
We can and do work in most subject fields. We have worked with some of the biggest and best publishing companies in the world - from Bloomsbury to Penguin, OUP to Routledge.
Lexis Nexis
Nov, 1990 —
Oct, 2004
(almost 14 years)
I started as a copy-editor, learning every aspect of the publishing business at one of the largest publishers in the UK. I worked on over a thousand titles during my time there. When I left, I was the manager of the textbooks department, and developed extensive skills in areas such as project management and new technologies. I learned and developed skills that enabled me to work smarter - producing titles more quickly and cost-effectively, while retaining the quality that was so essential in this field. I worked with many excellent freelances in the field - and this led to my decision to leave to establish my own publishing services company.
Portfolio
Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States Intelligence Community (IC) has undergone an extensive overhaul. Perhaps the greatest of these changes has been the formation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. As a cabinet-level official, the ... read more
Rivers and their watersheds constitute some of the most dynamic and complex landscapes. Rivers have sustained human communities, and human societies have utilized and altered river flows in a number of ways for millennia. However, the level of human impact on ... read more
It is often assumed that those outside of academia know very little about the Middle Ages. But the truth is not so simple. Non-specialists in fact learn a great deal from the myriad medievalisms – post-medieval imaginings of the medieval world – that pervade o... read more
Arab debates about the critical relationship between religion and modernity began in the early nineteenth century. Such debates are now integral to the struggle for power between a variety of political groups and their opponents, and are vital to understanding... read more
As the nineteenth century drew to a close and epidemics in western Europe were waning, the deadly cholera vibrio continued to wreak havoc in Russia, outlasting the Romanovs. Scholars have since argued that cholera eventually fell prey to better sanitation and ... read more
Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in assessment. Each book contains essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expe... read more
JOIN OVER HALF A MILLION STUDENTS WHO CHOSE TO REVISE WITH LAW EXPRESS Revise with the help of the UK’s bestselling law revision series. Features:· Review essential cases, statutes, and legal terms before exams.· Assess and approach the subject by using expert... read more
The third volume of The History of Evil encompasses the early modern era from 1450–1700. This revolutionary period exhibited immense change in both secular knowledge and sacred understanding. It saw the fall of Constantinople and the rise of religious violence... read more
Digital Sports Journalism gives detailed guidance on a range of digital practices for producing content for smartphones and websites. Each chapter discusses a skill that has become essential for sports journalists today, with student-friendly features througho... read more
Double insurance is an issue which frequently arises in practice. Dr Nisha Mohamed delves into the problems which arise in double insurance and the attempts to provide a solution to the uncertainty of the law in this area. The book begins with a fascinating lo... read more
Collaboration and interdisciplinary practice in the museum are on the rise. Academics, Artists, and Museums examines twenty-first century partnerships between the museum and higher education sectors, with a focus on art museums and exhibits. The edited volume ... read more
French film noir has long been seen as a phenomenon distinct from its Hollywood counterpart. This book - an innovative departure from conventional noir scholarship - now adopts a biocultural approach to exploring the French genre through the years 1941-1959. C... read more
Marion Cave Rosselli is remembered as the 'perfect companion' of the Italian Antifascist leader Carlo Rosselli, assassinated in Paris in June 1937. But little is known about the young English student fired with revolutionary enthusiasm who moved to Florence in... read more
Film Feminisms offers a global and updated overview of the history, present-day concerns, and future of feminist film and theory. It introduces frameworks from phenomenology, affect theory, and psychoanalysis to reception studies, new media theories, and criti... read more
The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne's life-her father Thomas and brother George- are often relegated to the margins of Henry VIII's turbulent reign. Well before Anne's coronation in 1533, Thomas was r... read more
Slapper and Kelly’s The English Legal System explains and critically assesses how our law is made and applied. Annually updated, this authoritative textbook clearly describes the legal rules of England and Wales and their collective influence as a sociocultura... read more
Practical theology as a subject area has grown and become more sophisticated in its methods and self-understanding over the last few decades. This book provides a complete and original research primer in the major theories, approaches and methods at the cuttin... read more
Ship Registration Law and Practice is fully updated and now entering its third edition. Part of Lloyd’s Shipping Law Library, it is the most authoritative guide to the theory and practice of ship registration in the most popular jurisdictions. It contains the ... read more
Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD focuses on the wide range of available sources of Roman imperial power in the period AD 193-284, ranging from literary and economic texts, to coins and other artefacts. This volume examines the ... read more
Victim Reparation under the Ius Post Bellum fills an enormous gap in international legal scholarship. It questions the paradigmatic shift of rights to reparation towards a morality-based theory of international law. At a time when international law has a tende... read more
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