Overview
In addition, I've worked for these publishers as a line editor, copy editor, and proofreader: Chanticleer Press: The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior (2001), companion volume to The Sibley Guide to Birds (2000); HarperCollins, Abbeville Press, Warner Books, Charles Scribner’s Sons, Westchester Book Group, Girl Scouts of America, Roundtable Press, Greenleaf Book Group, AMACOM (division of American Management Association), Watson-Guptill Publications, Berlitz Travellers Guides, and Penguin Travellers Guides.
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Self-employed
For self-published authors and book agents: line and copy editing of books on lifestyle, health and nutrition, public speaking, and other topics.
Penguin Random House: copy editing for Portfolio business imprint and other titles.
Simon & Schuster: copy editing for practical nonfiction imprint Tiller Press and other titles.
Kensington Publishing: copy editing and proofreading of mysteries and other genre fiction.
Princeton University Press: copy editing of natural history, art, and public affairs titles.
American Historical Association: copy editing for monthly newsletter Perspectives on History.
Chanticleer Press: as project manager for The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior (2001), companion volume to The Sibley Guide to Birds (2000), oversaw 48 authors and technical reviews, planned illustrations, supervised editors, edited text; all stages to disc.
MJF Books (packager of Barnes & Noble Classics series, launched 2003): led team of freelance copy editors for ancillary materials. Heavy editing, re-writing of author bios, historical time lines; styled experts' essays; checked facts. Supervised and approved freelancers' work. Prepared 200 titles over four years.
HarperCollins, Abbeville Press, Warner Books, Charles Scribner’s Sons, Book Industry Study Group, Westchester Book Group, Girl Scouts of America, Roundtable Press, Greenleaf Book Group: line editing, copy editing, proofreading, fact checking.
AMACOM (book publishing division American Management Association): line and copy editing of business titles.
The Landmark Ancient Histories: copy edited The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander (Pantheon Books, 2010).
Alison Rooney Communications: copy edited articles for multi-volume Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early-Christian Art and Archaeology.
Berlitz Travellers Guides and Penguin Travellers Guides: copy editing.
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