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Discover how to work onscreen and improve your editorial efficiency with these articles, webinars, booklets and podcast episodes.
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Articles about onscreen editorial work

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Find your national editorial society

There are national and regional editorial societies all over the globe! To find one that fits your journey, and discover what it has to offer in terms of resources, community and training, click on the button below.

Free onscreen checklist and booklets

Proofreading checklist

I've proofread over 500 books for the mainstream publishing industry. The checklist is based on the house guidelines provided by the publishers I've worked for, and is for anyone checking final designed page proofs.

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Marking up page proofs:
​The domino effect

Good proofreading practice means acknowledging that changing one word, or moving one line, can have unintended and damaging consequences throughout the rest of the book if we aren’t careful. Find out why the domino effect matters.​

Formatting in Word: Find and replace

This booklet provides independent authors and editors with guidance on how to tidy up a Word document.

Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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I ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECOMMEND MARKETING YOUR EDITING & PROOFREADING BUSINESS
Being self-employed as an editorial professional doesn't have to be feast or famine. If you market your services consistently, not just when you're out of projects to work on, you'll be able to say good-bye to dry spells. And for your marketing to be successful, you have to do it in a way that is true to who you are. I enthusiastically recommend Louise Harnby's book, Marketing Your Editing & Proofreading Business, because it shows you, step by step, how to do that.

Book: Omnibus: Editorial Business Planning & Marketing Plus

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS
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Free webinars for editors and proofreaders

Using styles

This 13-minute webinar shows writers and editors how to bring consistency to their book-file interiors using Microsoft Word's styles tool.

Preparing for editing

​This 14-minute webinar offers writers 12 tips on how to make a book file ready for an editor and avoid wasting time on unnecessary design.​

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