Martin Schneider – Editor

I have made my living as a copy-editor and proofreader for more than 20 years. I have been involved in the production of over 300 books for prestigious publishing companies like Harvard University Press, Yale University Press, and Penguin Random House, among others.

Actually, why stop there? Princeton University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Cornell University Press, MIT Press, Georgetown University Press, I've worked with them all.

I have edited books that went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award — not even the same book! On one project I had to bring order to a very complex and messy translated manuscript by a recent Nobel Laureate that is now a widely read classic in English. A bunch of my books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. I am an extremely reliable, fast, and experienced copy-editor of all types of published material. I am an enthusiastic, energetic, and cooperative team member.

For the prestigious literary quarterly The Yale Review, I was for a few years responsible for copy-editing a wide variety of fiction, poetry, memoirs, and essays by a broad spectrum of world-renowned writers. I spent several years as a contributing editor for a top website specializing in "dangerous" content about art, culture, and rock music, and I have edited liner notes for record labels. I also copy-edit the alumni magazine for the Yale Law School.

I spent several years editing tourism/promotional copy for a major international concern as well as one of the top symphony orchestras in the United States. I have reviewed about 100 books for Publishers Weekly. There's not a lot about printed matter and the publishing industry practices I do not know. I work in a lot of different contexts and I know how to adjust my editing style to suit the project at hand.

I am fluent in German and partially fluent in French. Editing translation projects is one of my specialties!