Starting Your Career as a Freelance Editor by Embree, Mary -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Making the Choice

The Decision to Become an Editor The Decision to Freelance The Advantages and Disadvantages to Freelancing Advanced Study

Chapter 2 Getting Started

How I Got Started How Others Got Started How You Can Get Started

Chapter 3 Careers in Editing

Determining the Kind of Editing You Will Do Organizations for Freelance Editors

Chapter 4 Marketing Your Services

Donating Time and Expertise to Nonprofits Speaking and Conducting Workshops Networking Building Your Business

Chapter 5 Working with an Author

At the Beginning Manuscript Preparation Determining Which Clients to Take Estimating Time The Structure of a Book The Divisions of a Book Front Matter Back Matter How and When to Question an Author Offering Guidance A Relationship of Confidence A Word of Caution

Chapter 6 Styles and Usage

Styles Punctuation (American style) Grammar and Parts of Speech Misspellings British English Versus American English Misused Words

Chapter 7 Editing Principles

Copyediting Mechanical Editing Substantive Editing Proofreading The Stages of Editing

Chapter 8 Methods of Editing

Fact Checking Editing on Paper Making the Edits on the Computer The Mechanics of Editing

Chapter 9 The Well-Rounded Editor

The Editor as Consultant Editing, Revising, and Rewriting Bring Your Editing Up to Date Limit the Use of Adjectives, Adverbs, and Qualifiers Stay Within Your Comfort Zone Preparing a Final Manuscript for Production Production Checklist

Chapter 10 The Business of Freelancing

Fictitious Business Name Seller’s Permit Accounting Small Business Resources Legal Guides

Chapter 11 Preparing Your Office

Office Furniture and Equipment Consultations with Clients Office Supplies

Chapter 12 What Should You Charge? Chapter 13 Legal Matters

Other Legal References Copyright Infringement Fair Use Permission Privacy and Releases Nondisclosure Agreement

Chapter 14 Maintaining the Momentum

The Book Proposal Researching

Chapter 15 Self-Publishing

How to Publish Your Book Yourself Setting Up a Publishing Company Preparing a Book for Publication Promoting and Selling Your Books Self-Publishing Companies

Resources

Style Books Other References Periodicals Professional Organizations

Glossary Index