Non-fiction Book Editor Needed

Posted 3 weeks ago

Worldwide

Summary

Hello! I'm looking for an experienced Editor for my completed nonfiction business book, approximately eighty thousand words. The book is focussed on professional development and goal-setting through a unique system designed for an audience spanning blue-collar to white-collar workers. This is my 2nd book, but in many ways my first as it represents the first in a series of books associated with attainment of success in life using a system I created. This particular book, the opening movement of what I hope to be my literary magnum opus, if you will, is The Professional Jetpack: How to Become a Superhuman Professional and Enjoy Your Work. As framed, this book focuses on professional success. It introduces a system for vastly improving work and our joy in it. www.professionaljetpack.com The manuscript is substantially polished and ready for final passes. I need an editor who can assess flow, voice consistency, reader-centricity, and readability while confidently identifying any residual AI-detection fingerprints from prior unauthorised edits and recommending fixes where needed. This is sensitive territory, and I'm looking for someone who understands both the technical markers of AI-generated prose and the craft of preserving authentic authorial voice. I used AI for zero ideation or generated content, but even in some grammatical correction it seems to have injected its AI voice. I can provide the manuscript within two weeks. Depending on your recommendations, additional revision cycles may follow. If you specialise in business nonfiction, understand the landscape of AI detection and remediation, and have a sharp eye for prose rhythm and authenticity, I'd welcome hearing from you. Ideally, when we are done, some images/tables to be added, then off to indexing and then a designer for final layout. I’m excited to consider you to be a part of my team!! All the best, David.

  • Less than 30 hrs/week
    Hourly
  • 1-3 months
    Duration
  • Expert
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • Complex project
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Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
AI Content Detection
Book Editing
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:5 to 10
  • Last viewed by client:9 hours ago
  • Interviewing:
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  • Invites sent:
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  • Unanswered invites:
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About the client
Member since Mar 6, 2011
  • Canada
    Pickering4:45 PM
  • $5.7K total spent
    26 hires, 1 active
  • 651 hours

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