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Freelance Book Editor

extra holidays - extra parental leave - fully flexible
Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Freelance
Experience: 
Mid-level (2-5 years)
Work from: 
New Zealand

Offer summary

Qualifications:

3+ years of editing experience, Experience with traditional publishers, At least 5 published books, None.

Key responsabilities:

  • Edit manuscripts in chosen genres
  • Set own rates and workload
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Reedsy Writing & Editing Startup http://www.reedsy.com
11 - 50 Employees
About Reedsy
A friendly place for authors to learn, create and market the best indie books: Reedsy is an award-winning community of over 1,000,000 authors and publishing professionals. Our mission is to help authors create high-quality books by connecting them with the world's best editors, designers, marketers or ghostwriters. Since our launch in 2014 we have been developing a number of resources for authors to learn about writing craft and publishing (blog.reedsy.com) and for professionals to develop their freelance career (blog.reedsy.com/freelancer). In 2019 we launched Reedsy Discovery (reedsy.com/discovery) to give the best indie books the exposure they deserve. Reedsy is a fully remote company with a diverse team of 40, coming from 15 different countries. ⛰ Read about our co-founder Matt spending 3 months living and working from the Alps: https://www.businessinsider.com/i-live-and-work-in-my-car-heres-how-2018-5
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Job description

We are seeking talented editors to join our fast-growing community of top talent in the publishing industry. Reedsy's vetted group of freelancers have worked with bestselling authors like Stephen King, Suzane Collins (The Hunger Games) E.L. James (Fifty Shades of Grey), or Originals (Adam Grant).

Requirements

Our selection requirements are:

  • 3+ years of editing experience.
  • Experience working with traditional publishers.
  • Demonstrated experience on at least 5 published books that are well reviewed (and available on Amazon, Google Play or Apple Books).

Experience working for a renowned publishing company or a history of high-quality work with a bestselling author/book will be positively valued.

Benefits

As a Reedsy editor, you can pick which genres you'd like to receive requests for and which works you'd like to edit. You can set your own rates, workload and working times. You can choose to provide any of the following services you have experience with: editorial assessment, developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading, and query letter review.

Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Mid-level (2-5 years)
Industry :
Writing & Editing
Spoken language(s):
English
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Hard Skills

ProofreadingCopy EditingEditorial Design

Other Skills

  • Editing
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