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These people are all known to me and recommended by me for various services.

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Recommended proofreaders, editors and transcribers

These people are personally known to me – and I work with the last company. I can’t guarantee their rates or standards and you enter into any agreement at your own risk, of course:

Laura Ripper – Very experienced with non-native speakers including Chinese students and qualified in Plain English. Offers English writing coaching.

Karen White –  English Language Teaching (ELT), social media and company websites/literature

Tammy Ditmore – Based in the US, editing nonfiction–everything from academic to memoir to self-help. Particularly experienced in Christian topics and topics on aging.

Catherine Doran – Student dissertations and theses a speciality, other non-fiction work.

Steve Johnson – fiction and general non-fiction editing.

Brendan O’Brien – Editing and proof reading: all areas of non-fiction, especially science, history, psychology, biography, social sciences, Irish interest and sport. Indexing.

Charlotte Baker – Experienced working with students and offers student coaching. Also offers transcription.

Sophie Playle – Fiction from manuscript review to line editing.

Liz Hudson – Academic copy-editing (humanities) plus reports, novels, and trade non-fiction. Project management of book production for  trade publishers  (i.e. development edit, copy-edit, typeset, proof, and output print-ready files).

Jane Badger – Very experienced proofreader.

Linda Bates – Experienced with student work and fiction, including science fiction and fantasy.

Catherine Fitzsimons – Fiction services including manuscript reports

Katharine d’Souza – Fiction services including manuscript reports

David Powning – Fiction services

Sebastian Manley – Academic books and articles, business reports and commercial publications

Enid Rosenthiel – based in the US and works in US and UK English

Student Proofreading – ethical and trustworthy company, with statements on plagiarism in their FAQs.

Mel Carlisle – works with charities, offering copywriting, editing, newsletter production, etc.

Katie Baker – transcription services

Amelia Wilson – localisation and non-native English editing

Other recommended freelancers / companies

Sam Wall Design & Illustration – book covers, logos, bookmarks, business cards…

Alison Thompson at The Proof Fairy – self-publishing packages, blog writing services, e-book formatting

Linda White at Coinlea Services – print book formatting and e-book formatting

Thinking of self-publishing your book? Talk to YouCaxton who offer Print-on-Demand services; better value than printing thousands of copies (do tell them I sent you as I will then get a recommender’s fee!)

If you’re looking for German to English translation, especially of technical documents, I recommend Sian Edwards.

Need a Virtual Assistant to parachute into your office and sort out your admin needs? I recommend Bernadette Jones at first4admin

Silicon Bullet – great personalised IT consultancy and business systems support including SAGE products

For websites and other online design, I can recommend Nathan Littleton at Future Visions

Recognition Express – branded promotional goods and design

Recommended resources

Great resource list for entrepreneurs from Jan Moran

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Contact me if you’d like to know about proofreading in languages other than English.

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