Providing book-publishing insight and editorial and production expertise to clients. Identifying and solving press and project-related problems and assisting with solutions and implementation; making recommendations; facilitating client learning.

Substantive editing to the organization and presentation of existing content. Rewriting to improve style or to eliminate ambiguity; reorganizing or tightening disorganized or loosely written sections; adjusting or recasting sections.

Book interior design and typesetting, including creation of sample pages, page proofs, correcting layout, and providing final printer files. Ensuring consistency and balance in design and style of type.

Selecting cover art and typography that intersects with genre and audience. Ensuring cover is accurate and consistent with the interior in content and style.

Leading production teams to achieve project goals within the given constraints of scope, time, and budget. Maintaining production schedules and meeting deadlines. Serving as liaison to the author and press throughout the production process. Ensuring high-quality editorial and design standards.

Light to medium editing via MS Word track changes with author review, in accordance with Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, and Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, or manual of choice; fact checking; handling text and art permissions; composing captions and credits; compiling a style sheet; resolving queries; style tagging; final editing.

Reading and scrutinizing all components of the typeset text; correcting typos, misspellings, and grammatical errors; running standard checks for consistency and quality control. Enforcing copyeditor’s style sheet.

Gathering substantive terms and subjects of the work with corresponding page references, sorting them alphabetically, and providing cross-references to and from related terms. Formatting per Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., or manual of choice.