Copy Editor Needed for Two 60,000-Word Business Books

Hi there. Me and my business partner have each written a book. I'm a former magazine editor. He is not. They are both business books aimed at founders, consultants, agency owners and other B2B knowledge professionals. One book is about Sales and the other is about Marketing. Each cover a proprietary methodology. But, importantly, they are also structured like an autobiography. (Loaded with stories and case studies.) We're looking for an experienced copy editor to edit both books, approx. 60,000 words each. This is **not** a developmental editing project. The structure and content are complete. We're looking for someone who can make the writing clearer, tighter and more enjoyable to read while preserving the voice of each author. Because there are two books, we also want to make sure that concepts and language don't clash. ## What we need * Copy editing for grammar, spelling and punctuation * Improve sentence flow and readability * Remove repetition and unnecessary words * Flag inconsistencies or anything that doesn't make sense * Maintain a conversational, practical writing style * Use Track Changes in Google Docs or Microsoft Word ## About the books Each book teaches business owners how to productize their expertise, so that they can build a business that relies less on the founder. One comes from a marketing lense. The other sales. The tone is straightforward, practical and includes not infrequent course language. Think autobiography meets business book rather than academic text. ## Ideal experience We'd love to hear from you if you've edited: * Business books * Marketing or sales books * Books for entrepreneurs * Non-fiction written in a conversational style Please include links or examples of books you've edited. ## When you apply Please tell us: 1. What experience you have editing business books. 2. Your fixed price for editing approximately 60,000 words. 3. Your expected turnaround time. 4. Whether you'll do a paid sample edit of 10,000 words before we start. To show you've read this post, begin your proposal with the words: **Great books have great copy editors.** We're looking for someone who we can build an ongoing relationship with, because right now we have two books and we expect to write more books in the future. James (and Johnny) P.S. Attached is a photo of me with two mockups. The books in the image are empty. We were just testing design options. The copy will be provided as Google Docs.