Books for editors and proofreaders: Notes from The Editing Podcast

Harnby and Cowle write with deep authority and a strong sense of service. These volumes hold everything you need to know to grow and sustain an editing career grounded in skills and fed by integrity.
Carol Fisher Saller

Practical support for editors and proofreaders at every career stage

This five-part book series based on The Editing Podcast has been published to support editors and proofreaders throughout their professional journey – from starting out to building a sustainable business and leaving a legacy, plus guidance on how to make that business visible.

The Notes from the Podcast series offers clear, conversational guidance rooted in real-life editorial experience. Created by Denise Cowle and Louise Harnby, two long-established editors and hosts of The Editing Podcast, the series distils years of knowledge into accessible and practical resources.

Each book focuses on a different stage of an editorial career:

Editorial Foundations – helps editors and proofreaders who are setting up their new businesses. It captures the conversations we’ve had about building a freelance business from the ground up.
Editorial Growth – helps early- to mid-career editors and proofreaders who want to grow, focus and professionalize. The Notes capture our discussions about refining, marketing and elevating a freelance editing practice.
Editorial Sustainability – helps more experienced editors and proofreaders who want to invest in longevity. The focus here is on strategy and business evolution.
Editorial Legacy – focuses on how we as editors can make quiet contributions that shape and support the editorial profession.
Editorial Marketing – speaks to every editorial freelancer who’s ever felt nervous about business promotion, and who wants ideas about how to go about being globally visible.

Designed to be read either individually or as a complete set, the series can support early-career editors, established professionals, and even those involved in training and mentoring others.

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Praise from professional editors

Praise for the series ...

Notes from the Podcast is an awfully humble title for this powerful collection ... Everything you need to know to grow and sustain an editing career grounded in skills and fed by integrity. My highest recommendation.
Carol Fisher Saller

The Notes from the Podcast series is the perfect companion to Louise and Denise's first-rate podcast. Loaded with invaluable advice for new and seasoned editors alike, the books overflow with clear, up-to-date guidance on running every aspect of a freelance editing or proofreading business. This series will quickly become a staple on the bookshelf of every editor and proofreader.
Debbie Emmitt

A no-fear guide for creating the editing business you want ... The editing companion you didn’t think to ask for, but will wonder how you ever worked without.

The Cowle-Harnby Notes From the Podcast collection is book set every editor will benefit from. The wealth of knowledge they have each accumulated over the years – through their own work and their insightful and entertaining podcast – has been etched on to the page with simplicity, clarity, and warmth.

This work is both a thorough guide that will walk you through every step of your editing career, as much as it is a solid business reference book you can return to consult again and again ... and again. It’s Cowle and Harnby on the sidelines, coaching and encouraging you with pompons, their business wisdom, a gin-and-tonic, and a vuvuzela every step of the way!
Linda Ruggeri

It really is important to make time for this kind of thinking, and these books ask just the right questions.
Claire Cronshaw

I recognised myself throughout this series. The excitement and the hope that started my business. And the impostor syndrome. I’d have loved to have had this series when I started out – such a great support and reassurance to see an editorial career across the volumes! The support with the constant challenge of marketing is well worth your attention even when your business is established. Highly recommended!
Lisa de Caux

Any one of these books would be worth reading for the comprehensive glossary alone!
Siân Smith

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**Praise for Editorial Foundations ...**

I love the focus on thinking like a business owner without compromising your values or wellbeing. Louise and Denise highlight how friendly and inviting the editing community is, waiting to invite you into the fold. It’s packed with handy tips and checklists to put into action to make progress.
Siân Smith

Excellent foundation for newbie editors. The Editorial Lexicon is a valuable asset for learning about the editorial profession. I’d have loved to have had this book when I started out. I love that editors are recognised as 'professional learners'.
Lisa de Caux

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**Praise for Editorial Growth ...**

'I found this one incredibly helpful, it tackles genuine questions many of us have in our heads but can feel too afraid to say out loud. There's a plethora of hypothetical situations to help you identify possible solutions, along with productive (but not overwhelming) action points. I particularly enjoyed the one-year business plan that didn't focus on financial goals.
Siân Smith

This book is full of practical tips, discusses efficient workflows, has a useful take on niching, and gives you permission to pivot if needed.
Lisa de Caux

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**Praise for Editorial Sustainability ...**

There were loads of ideas how diversify your editing business (but only if you want to!) ... I especially loved the questions about how to reframe marketing. Read this whenever you're having the business wobbles!
Siân Smith

Sustainability strikes a chord with me: the practical considerations of repeatable systems alongside the recognition that emotional boundaries may be needed.
Lisa de Caux

As I was reading the 'Resilient Editor' chapter I felt emotional – seen, even. I have been resilient ... The chapter prompted some important reflection. It made me stop and think: am I sailing a bit too close to the wind? Where’s the wriggle room in my schedule for when life throws lemons? The final chapter, 'Sustainable Success', picked me up right where I needed it, just as I was feeling a little overwhelmed by that honest moment of reckoning. Thanks, Denise and Louise, for the nudge to reflect.
Claire Cronshaw

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**Praise for Editorial Legacy ...**

Thoughtful and reflective, helping all editors understand the impact they can have on both clients and fellow editors from day one ... The chapter on mentoring is great for if you're thinking of setting up mentorship/teaching or it's something you have planned for the future.
Siân Smith