AOB Proofreading Service
for Publishers, Businesses and Individuals
" When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing." Enrique Jardiel Poncela
WELCOME
Hello and welcome to my website. You're here because you want your project professionally proofread? Good for you - read on; you have chosen a great site.
MY WORK
I have a lot of enquiries from a variety of people - small businesses, students, publishers, writers ... This is a great part of my job as a freelance proofreader as I get to grapple with a variety of subjects, regularly working with and for different people with unique requirements for their projects; no job is the ever the same - lucky me!
Of course, I do have my highly valued and loyal small circle of regular clients with whom I enjoy a friendly, open and reciprocal working relationship - thanks, guys!
PROOFREADING - WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?
If you have previously hired a proofreader, you may find this part interesting anyway; if you haven't, then it's important that you know what the role of the proofreader is so that you know what you're paying for.
Perhaps you're self-publishing your first work and you've wisely decided to have it proofread but are not sure what your money will get you. Professional proofreading primarily involves spotting and correcting literals (spelling mistakes) and typos (e.g. missing punctuation). So far, so obvious. But what about inconsistencies in your text - e.g. a character's name spelt 'Billy' in one passage; 'Billie' in the next? Ambiguities such as 'take your pick from the pile of tools' ? There are also illogicalities to watch out for, parochialisms, tautologies, factual errors, possible libels - and this is all on top of ensuring your brief is followed and your standardized (or would you have standardised?) style consistently met! (See bottom of the page for a link to more information on proofreading.)
So, if your project is well edited, requires no great further rewriting or lengthy reworking, then you can send it to me for a quick, free assessment and estimate (if appropriate) via email or post. Please include your deadline date and any other important details pertaining to your work.
Special offer!
Not convinced your work would benefit from being proofread? Then take up this free trial: One Page of Your Website, Assignment, or Project Checked and Amended for Free! No purchase necessary; if you don't feel you'd like the rest of your work checked, then there is no obligation to continue. But once you see the difference when you have your work professionally proofread, you won't look back. Offer applies to works of multiple pages only. The right to refuse work based on content, quality or other reasons is reserved.
EXPERIENCE AND SUBJECTS
I have Ordinary Membership status in the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, with experience of proofreading a range of texts including fiction manuscripts, midwifery assignments, poems and marketing literature. Specific subjects of which I have good knowledge are business studies, marketing, the unexplained/paranormal and football.
HOW MUCH?
I usually charge by the hour, and work out how many pages of each project I can proofread per hour by timing myself on the first page and using that time as an average page time for the whole document. Obviously, the more pages that are proofread per hour, the less time the project takes and the lower the quote.
Payment can be made within thirty days after the invoice which is sent after all work has been returned; payment can be made via cheque, bank transfer or PayPal.
If you have arrived here seeking information on how to become a proofreader or copy-editor, you will find a more suitable site at www.copyediting.co.uk.
