Tailored editorial services
I provide a wide range of tailored editorial services, supporting clients at any stage of the editorial cycle, from copy creation to copy-editing and proofreading.
If you’re looking for an editor who can transform your copy or lighten your workload, you’ve come to the right place.
Copy Editing
I check the basics such as grammar and spelling, but I will also assess the concept, meaning and overall structure and ensure that the text sticks to the brief and word count.
Proof Reading
Everyone makes mistakes, but sometimes they’re hard to spot when you’re close to the text. I can give your project a once-over before it’s immortalized in print or online to weed out any last-minute typos and inconsistencies.
Project Management
I am skilled at taking a book from manuscript delivery through to print-ready files and project managed many books on a range of subjects. This includes:
- planning the layout of the book and any photography needed
- liaising with the author through the editing stage and fine-tuning the text
- working with the designer to create the page layouts
- hiring freelance proofreaders and indexers to complete final checks on the text
- inputting any necessary corrections
- performing final checks on the text and layout to ensure the book has been produced to the brief
- liaising with the production editor to hand over print-ready files
- final checks and approvals of proofs and plotters.
Content Creation
I have experience producing content for a wide range of online and print channels and formats including sales material, presentations, new book concepts, digital editions of published books, websites and blogs.
Americanizing / Anglicising
I am experienced at americanizing text on a wide range of subject matters, in particular cookery books and am proficient at following US publishers’ house style sheets and instructions, including adding all of the necessary measurement conversions.
I am also skilled at anglicising US text and making it suitable for the UK market.
Author Research
I am regularly commissioned to source and select suitable authors/writers on behalf of publishers, which involves briefing, synopsis presentation and shortlisting.
What my clients say...
‘I have no hesitation in recommending Abi for all your editorial needs! She has a great eye for detail and is great to work with. I really enjoyed working with Abi; especially her calm nature in pressured situations. Abi is hard working and committed to creating great products that also look fab!’
‘Abi has proofread quite a few cookbooks for me. She has always been very thorough, followed the briefs closely and is always on time with sending back the marked-up layouts. Abi is highly skilled in her command of English and always picks up typos, grammar and punctuation errors as well as checking ingredients and measurements in recipes and making sure the recipe makes sense. It’s always a pleasure to work with Abi.’
‘Abi is a pleasure to work with. She is a thorough editor, keeps to schedule and works well with authors and designers.’
‘Abi brings a wealth of specialist knowledge to the food and drink books she edits. Her work is meticulous.’
‘I’ve worked with Abi frequently over the last few years to help identify potential authors for new book ideas, to brief and commission them, and to prepare sample text for creating sales blads (sample pages). Abi is great to work with, always hitting the tight deadlines this work requires, and has always been able to find suitable people to work with across a wide range of subject areas from crafts and home books to survival skills and educational subjects. I really enjoy working with Abi, she is reliable and enthusiastic, and brings out the best in the new authors we work with.’