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Freelance
Writers' Series
Career & Business Development Help
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Following
are companies that use freelance
copy
editors,
editors, proofreaders and/or indexers. If you know of others,
please
take a moment to send in the web address where guidelines
can be found. We'll update listings as they come in.
NOTE: We have no
affiliation with any of these companies and list information as it
becomes available to us.
1. Tehabi:
Click
here for
freelance info.
About:
Tehabi Books
works with national and international
publishers,
leading
corporations,
and recognized
brands
to identify, develop, and co-publish authoritative
illustrated books.
Since its founding in 1994, Tehabi Books has published over 60 titles,
with 5 million books in print.
2. Perseus Books Group: Click
here for
freelance info (.pdf file).
About:
The Perseus Books Group was founded with the belief that insightful
books of quality are both necessary and desirable. Perseus' publishing
spans the breakthroughs in science to the great public issues, from
military history to modern maternity, from African-American scholars to
novelists just breaking out, from choosing a great wine or a great
president, from gift giving to required reading.
3. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing:
Click
here for
freelance info.
Provides guidelines for
Proofreaders,
Copyeditors
and
Indexers.
About: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group publishes
scholarly works in the humanities and social sciences under our Rowman &
Littlefield and Lexington Books imprints, reference and library science
books under our Scarecrow Press imprint, and serious nonfiction trade
books under our Madison Books and
Cooper Square
imprints.
Subsidiaries
Derrydale Press:
Derrydale Press was founded in 1927 by Eugene V. Connett, III and
quickly rose to prominence as America's preeminent publisher of books on
outdoor sport. An avid sportsman himself, Connett sought out manuscripts
by leading sportsmen and sportswomen of his generation for whom he
published handsome books that were meticulous in their use of
illustrations, paper, and binding. As a result, Derrydale books are
among the most elegant American books ever produced and are highly
prized by collectors and outdoor enthusiasts alike. Derrydale currently
has over 150 titles in print and continues to publish in the areas of
fishing, hunting, equestrian sports, sporting art, and the outdoors.
Hamilton Books:
Hamilton Books was launched as a new imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield
Publishing Group in 2003. Potential authors include corporate leaders,
politicians, scholars, war veterans, and family historians.
Our mission is to provide the opportunity
for authors of serious non-fiction titles to obtain a top-quality
publisher without the typical hassles and extreme selectivity enforced
by other publishers. The Hamilton Books' publishing program is based on
a model that offers a welcome alternative to traditional publishing.
4.
Sage Publications:
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here for
freelance info.
Accepts resumes and tests on an
ongoing basis for copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers for both our
books and journals divisions.
About:
SAGE is an international publisher of scholarly books and journals, with
headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, and offices in London and New
Delhi. Most of our authors are academics who represent a wide range of
disciplines, including psychology, sociology, communication, health
sciences, research methods, management, women's studies, criminology,
ethnic studies, and interpersonal violence. Our freelancers also work on
projects for Corwin Press, a SAGE affiliate that publishes books in the
field of K-12 education, and Pine Forge Press, which publishes textbooks
in sociology and related curriculum areas. If you are unfamiliar with
the types of books we publish, we encourage you to look at some
examples.
5.
Berkshire
Reference Works:
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here for
freelance info.
About: Berkshire Reference Works creates exciting
publications on world sport, religion, cultures and ethnicity, the
environment, and many other topics. Berkshire Reference Works is based
in the Berkshire Hills of New England. The company is expanding rapidly
into new media to meet the exciting challenges of the next century.
Berkshire Reference Works is growing and has a steady need for good
writers and copy editors. (NB: we are only able to work with freelancers
who are comfortable with email communication and electronic file
transfer.)
6.
Allworth Press:
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here for
freelance info.
About: Founded in March 1989 by author, attorney, and
artistsą rights advocate Tad Crawford, the press began as a one-man
operation with the publication of a revised edition of Crawford's
classic Legal Guide for the Visual Artist in Fall 1989. Ten more titles
followed in 1990, offering information about marketing, promotion,
pricing, copyright, contracts, health and safety, and much more. From
these modest beginnings, Allworth Press today publishes 40 titles
annually and has a full-time staff of ten.
7. Saint Mary’s Press:
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here for
freelance info.
About: Saint Mary's Press is a nonprofit, Catholic
publisher administered by the Christian Brothers of the Midwest
Province. Saint Mary's Press is a contemporary expression of the
Catholic Church's mission to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and
the Lasallian mission to provide a human and Christian education for
young people, including those who are economically deprived. Saint
Mary's Press dates from 1943, when Brother Alphonsus Pluth, FSC, began
publishing high school religion resources.
8.
Academic Word:
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here for
freelance info.
About: Academic Word is the English editing and
translation service for researchers, academics, institutions, and
businesses. Gives access to a team of specialty editors and translators
from medicine, the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, law,
business, and the humanities.
9. Apress:
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here for
freelance info.
Apress is
a publishing company devoted to meeting the needs of programming
professionals. Apress' unique approach to computer book publishing
grew out of conversations between Dan Appleman and Gary Cornell, Apress'
founders, who believe that too many programming books are of such low
quality that they are a complete waste of time.
10.
Eerdmans Publishing:
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here for
freelance info.
About: Founded
in 1911 and still independently owned, Eerdmans Publishing Company has
long been known for publishing a wide range of religious books, from
academic works in theology, biblical studies, religious history, and
reference to popular titles in spirituality, social and cultural
criticism, and literature.
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