Tom Bedford – Editor

My specialties are editing business, health, sociology, psychology, education, history and politics books, and I have worked with some of the leading publishing houses as a freelancer in these areas over the last eight years, including Taylor & Francis, Bloomsbury, Routledge, Kogan Page and Jessica Kingsley (see portfolio below). I have also liaised directly with authors editing blog posts, PhDs and self-published works, and have significant in-house experience as a Senior Books Production Editor at Sage Publications (2014-2017), working on bestselling titles such as Research in the Real World, 4th edn by David Gray.

All this experience means that I know what good publishing looks like, and my goal is to make your finished project as high-quality as possible. We can discuss what level of editing you would like - developmental (structuring / organising ideas), copyediting (a thorough edit without fundamentally changing the content) or a lighter proofread. Whatever level you choose you can be sure of a professional service, returned in the agreed timeframe with sensible changes and suggestions.

Having worked with lots of different house styles and authors I am a very flexible editor, so if there are any special requests you might have on a project, or any queries about the process, do feel free to ask.

I look forward to working together!



Testimonials

Rachael: Tom spotted errors I would have never expected someone without a PhD in psychology to spot. He was friendly, knowledgeable and clearly wanted to make sure the book was as high quality as possible. I still email him every now and again with grammar questions which he's always happy to answer!

Konstantin: I'm a non-native English speaker so I asked Tom to look at my thesis on computer security for language problems. He helped work out what I wanted to say and phrase it correctly. It's a complex subject with lots of technical words, but he did a great job in a very short space of time.