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Jul 2022

15m 45s

Proofreading: 12 things you need to know...

LOUISE HARNBY (FICTION EDITOR) AND DENISE COWLE (NON-FICTION EDITOR)

About this episode

Want to become a professional proofreader? Discover 6 key pieces of information you must know before you embark on your new career.

Listen to find out more about

Getting work even if you don’t have contacts in the publishing industry
The market for proofreading
Why training courses are a worthy and essential investment
Why training in itself isn't enough to get work
Why you can still build a proofreading career without former editorial experience
What you might earn

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Denise and Louise

Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

Music credit

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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