Jessica Smith – Editor

I provide copy editing and proofreading services to clients including WEBTOON, polishing up content for their digital fiction app, Yonder.

Oversees the editorial process for 25–35 book projects each year from manuscript to bound book.
Prepares manuscripts for freelance copy editors, proofreaders, and indexers and evaluates their work, evaluates and organizes illustrations and permissions. Copy edits select fiction projects.
Serves as editorial liaison with authors, vendors, and other Press departments; reviews authors’ revisions to edited manuscripts; edits introductions, indexes, and occasional manuscripts; reviews page proofs and author corrections; and performs other duties as assigned.
Coordinates corrections for reprints, copy edits marketing materials, applies for CIP data, and submits applications to register copyright.

Lead production editor on Sourcebooks Casablanca romance and historical western titles, as well as a handful of Bloom Books rush projects.
Governed full list of titles, managed production timelines and workflow through bookmaking process, hitting all scheduled benchmark dates or projecting new benchmarks as needed.
Worked to ensure highest quality possible on each project through facilitating copy edit and proofread processes, routing covers and pages to relevant stakeholders, etc.
Managed freelance copy editing, proofreading, and scanning services, communicating queries to authors and editors, as well as training new freelancers on styles, style sheets, and PDF mark-up to ensure house conventions were followed.
Collaborated with editorial, production, and design to produce the best possible product, evaluating content and ensuring content and messaging across all formats remained consistent.