Sarah Busby - Editor
Innovative editor and coach with 15 years' experience in publishing, specialising in business, career guides, psychology and self-help.
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After 15 years in the publishing industry, I understand what the audience is looking for and the importance of shaping content for the market segment. With a background as a dedicated development editor before becoming a commissioning editor, I specialise in nurturing authors, their ideas and their manuscripts to ensure they reach their potential. I will ensure your book is polished, fit for market and will catch the reader's eye.
I have experience in a wide variety of topic areas including business and marketing, career guides, self-help and psychology, health and nursing, sociology, design, architecture, politics and criminology. I have also worked across many book types and audience levels including general readership and professional titles, pedagogically-rich textbooks, research titles and edited collections. More importantly, I have a proven track record with esteemed publishers such as Pearson Education, HarperCollins and Palgrave Macmillan as well as in smaller, institutional publishers such as the Royal Institute of British Architects.
I can provide tailor-made services from a high-level critique of your manuscript and its path to publication, to a 'deep', line-by-line development edit, tackling structure, style and scope and including a list of key recommendations. Alternatively, you may just need a consultation on how to approach publishers.
Most importantly, I will be there to guide you through the stresses and strains of writing your first book! It can be a tough but incredibly rewarding and unique experience and I'd like to be there every step of the way to make sure you achieve your goals.
I have experience in a wide variety of topic areas including business and marketing, career guides, self-help and psychology, health and nursing, sociology, design, architecture, politics and criminology. I have also worked across many book types and audience levels including general readership and professional titles, pedagogically-rich textbooks, research titles and edited collections. More importantly, I have a proven track record with esteemed publishers such as Pearson Education, HarperCollins and Palgrave Macmillan as well as in smaller, institutional publishers such as the Royal Institute of British Architects.
I can provide tailor-made services from a high-level critique of your manuscript and its path to publication, to a 'deep', line-by-line development edit, tackling structure, style and scope and including a list of key recommendations. Alternatively, you may just need a consultation on how to approach publishers.
Most importantly, I will be there to guide you through the stresses and strains of writing your first book! It can be a tough but incredibly rewarding and unique experience and I'd like to be there every step of the way to make sure you achieve your goals.
Languages
English (AUS)
English (CAN)
English (NZ)
English (SA)
English (UK)
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Career Guides
Design
Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences
Life Sciences
Political Science & Current Affairs
Psychology
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Work experience
Freelance Commissioning Editor and Development Editor
Self-employed
August, 2015
–
Present
(over 7 years)
As a freelancer, I have worked regularly with the top publishers including Pearson Education, Palgrave Macmillan and HarperCollins as a commissioning editor and development editor.
Commissioning Editor
Royal Institute of British Architects
April, 2013
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July, 2015
(over 2 years)
As commissioning editor, I was responsible for titles in architectural history, architectural technology, career guides, health and safety and project management. I brought new authors to the press and helped to nurture and develop their ideas into fully fledged book projects.
Commissioning Editor
Facet Publishing
May, 2010
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December, 2011
(over 1 year)
I was responsible for commissioning and developing titles in information and library science for a professional audience. This included a wide variety of topics including teaching methods, digital preservation, legal issues, design, museums and heritage, management and information literacy.
Development Editor
Pearson Education
February, 2008
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April, 2010
(about 2 years)
As a development editor, I worked on prestige titles across a wide variety of topics including business, marketing, psychology, law and health. I worked closely with authors to define their concept and aims and develop each chapter for their intended audience with an eye on marketability and accessibility.
Assistant Editor, Social Sciences
Pearson Education
September, 2005
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January, 2008
(over 2 years)
Portfolio (30 selected works)
Solving Product Design Exercises: Questions & Answers
Artiom Dashinsky
Practice your product design and UX skills. Prepare for your next job interview. Redesign the NYC metrocard system. Design a dashboard for a general practitioner. Redesign an ATM. Learn how to solve and present exercises like these, that top startups use to interview designers for product design and UI/UX roles. Today top companies are looking for business-minded designers who are not just foc... read more
The Transfortainer: How to have big impact as a small brand by bringing joy and meaning to your audience
Person, Mats, Busby, Sarah, Dawson, Andrew
The EQ Deficiency : How Emotional Intelligence and Compassion Can Cure an Emotional Pandemic, Solve Our People Problems and Be a Catalyst for Positive Change
Connor-Savarda, Brittney-Nichole, Rigolosi, Steven , Busby, Sarah
FREEDOM: Navigating the Middle Path between ORDER and CHAOS
DeMaria, Michael
Nine Rooms Workbook: 81 Days
Rowe, Dr John
Debunking IT Project Myths: 13 Assumptions That Hold Us Back
Roberts, Nathan
21 Things You Won't Learn in Architecture School
Adrian Dobson
So, You Wanna be a Travel Nurse?: An Insider's Guide to Getting Started
Buccere, Constance
Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions
Michael R. Solomon, Greg Marshall, Elnora Stuart, Bradley Barnes, Vincent-Wayne Mitchell
Title: Marketing Binding: Paperback Author: Michael Solomon & Greg Marshall Publisher: Pearson Higher Education
The Library Marketing Toolkit
Ned Potter
This Toolkit provides you with everything you need to successfully market any library. As libraries continue to fight for their survival amid growing expectations, competition from online sources and wavering public perceptions, effective marketing is increasingly becoming a critical tool to ensure the continued support of users, stakeholders and society as a whole. This unique practical guide... read more
Temporary architecture is flourishing in our urban public spaces. Branded 'pop-ups' and follies to provide a moment of light entertainment they are in fact borne of a long history of more holistic architecture that is subtly suggesting how we could live, work and play more harmoniously together. Featuring revealing interviews with 13 young, emerging and socially-minded practices from New York ... read more
What are the most important things a 21st-century library should do with its space? Each chapter in this cutting-edge text addresses this critical question, capturing the insights and practical ideas of leading international librarians, educators and designers to offer you a 'creative resource bank' that will help to transform your library and learning spaces. This is an innovative and practic... read more
Demystifying Architectural Research: Adding Value to Your Practice
Flora Samuel, Anne Dye
This practical, hands on introduction guides you through the basics of undertaking research in day-to-day architectural practice helping you to exploit the growing opportunities on offer. It explores how developing a research specialism can improve the quality of your projects, help to define your brand and generate new channels of revenue with innovative services for clients. The text is divi... read more
Healthy Profits: How to promote healthy choices that grow your food business
Pullen, Sarah, Jefferies, Tracey
LeMone and Burke's Adult Nursing:Acute and Ongoing Care
Priscilla LeMone, Mr Ian Peate, Murilitharan Nair, Laureen Hemming, Karen Wild
BIM Management Handbook
David Shepherd
Bim Management Handbook
Abnormal, Clinical and Forensic Psychology with Student Access Card
Dr David A Holmes
used very good condition
This is the designer's essential guide to implementing the new CDM 2015 regulations. It provides both a straightforward overview of the key changes and new duty holders, including the Principal Designer, as well as full colour diagrams and annotated plans which demonstrate how to apply the principles in the real world. As the regulations come into force it aims to reassure those fearing a chan... read more
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Excellent editor and amazing human being. I would hire her again and again- and I did, for my book project. She is prompt, communicative, professional and positive. Absolutely exceptional!
Suzy Siegle, July 2022
Reply from Sarah Busby
Absolutely excellent editor. Prompt. On time. Thorough. Exceptional.
Suzy Siegle, June 2022
Reply from Sarah Busby
Sarah is incredibly skilled at what she does, and her expertise and experience comes through in abundance. I am very glad I partnered with her to help with writing my book as her work is only going to make my writing stronger and makes me more hopeful about the prospects for the book. I could easily write a lot more.
Sukh Pabial, May 2022
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Sarah was communicative, personable, detailed, thorough, and expert in her copy edit work on my manuscript. She understood my style and sensibilities, which is not always easy when working with a non-fiction business writer. I highly recommend Sarah's services and would absolutely partner with her again on future projects.
Steve Multer, April 2022
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It was important for me to work with an editor who could comprehend the gist and the nuance in the text; who could understand where I was going with it, why certain ideas were presented, and challenge me about the most effective way to get there. Sarah was relentless; nothing escaped her radar. Whenever she was not 100% sure, she flagged it up and proposed solutions, which in turn allowed me ...
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Eitan Lee, February 2022
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