Lydia Dugand – Editor

● Project development, meeting with restaurant owners, chefs, food bloggers to source new authors for our cookery and children’s list
● Budgeting, scheduling and liaising with freelancers and authors
● Manuscript development, copy-editing and proofreading
● Briefing design on layouts and cover
● Writing sales copy for cover blurbs and catalogues
● Published titles include: Ken Kwek’s ​Timothy and the Phubbers (currently in the ​Straits Times​’ Top 10 Children’s Bestsellers list) and Diana Gale’s ​The Domestic Goddess Wannabe Bakes​.

● Freelance proofreading for a number of projects, including: ​Lost Britain: An A-Z of Forgotten Landmarks and Lost Traditions ​and ​The Adventures of a Wimpy Superhero

●Book acquisitions and developing new areas of publishing, conducting deals with agents and presenting proposals to Publishing Director
● Managing the editorial process from acquisition to files ready for print, including budgets and schedules for freelancers
● Re-writing, copy-editing, and proofreading manuscripts
● Supervising the Editorial Administrator (whose role included
typesetting, collation of proofs for freelancers and authors)
● Author care and liaison

● Managing a list of 20 titles per year from acquisition, including scheduling, briefing freelancers on budget and style
● Re-writing, copy-editing, and proofreading manuscripts
● Writing sales and marketing copy
● Market research to develop new book ideas

● Managing the production of book covers and reprints for over 100 titles per year, and producing the twice yearly catalogue