Jenna Bagnini

Jenna Bagnini – Editor

I’ve been a production editor, copy editor, and proofreader for over twenty years, working on a wide variety of genres.

Overview

I'm a copy editor and proofreader with 20 years of experience in the book publishing field. I started out as an editor of reference books, then moved to a production editor of romance and true crime books. After that, I was hired by Fodor's Random House (now Random House Penguin) and was a production editor of travel books, and then transferred to Knopf Publishing Group (also part of Random House). I had experience sending out manuscripts to freelance copy editors, proofreaders, and indexers. I also proofread jacket copy. After leaving my in-house job, I started doing freelance copyediting and proofreading for my old coworkers, as well as for self-publishers.I am most comfortable doing copyediting and proofreading. I use The Chicago Manual of Style, focusing on grammar, but I also point out inconsistencies in the narrative. I enjoy working on both fiction and nonfiction, but I prefer fiction. I love to read new material and learn things that I haven't learned before. I am very thorough and clients will be happy with my work.
Services
Non-Fiction
History
Fiction
Romance
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jun, 2007 — Present
I have fourteen years of experience in proofreading for a variety of clients, mostly self-publishers but also for major publishers (Random House, Hachette, and Penguin, to name a few). I also copy edit as well.

Knopf Publishing Group

Jun, 2005 — May, 2007 (almost 2 years)
I worked on staff at Random House, in the Production Editorial department in the Knopf Publishing Group. I made sure that the manuscripts were sent out to freelance copy editors and proofreaders on time, double-checking their work and proofreading jacket copy as well.

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Diann S.

Diann S.

Jun, 2021

Jenna was excellent! She was easy to work with, with a very reasonable price, below most others. She pointed out inconsistencies that were accurate and beyond her role as copy editor. These were inconsistences that I had missed and my developmental editor had missed. Her suggestions were clear ...
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