You will get a professional editor to read, review, and improve your business book.
You will get a professional editor to read, review, and improve your business book.
- Delivery Time 30 days
- Number of Revisions 1
- Number of Words 50000
30 days
delivery —
Nov 12, 2024
Revisions may occur after this date.
Upwork Payment Protection
Fund the project upfront. Josh gets paid once you are satisfied with the work.
Project details
I view my role as an editor very much like that of a rolling pin in baking. It's my job to smooth over your manuscript and get out any uneven or inconsistent points. When you're done, you wont have a loaf of bread, but you will have a nice, kneaded dough ready to baked — proofread, designed, and printed. I track changes and edit the book with a fine-toothed comb as well as point out any issues that may need your addressing, rewriting, omitting, reorganizing, or adding.
I will take time to understand you as a person, and your goals for the book, so that while I'm editing, I'm constantly in the shoes of your target readers, making changes to ensure the book is as clear and engaging as possible. At every installment you will receive detailed notes with any thoughts, concerns, and suggestions that arise while I'm reading. I'll be your trusted collaborator till we're both happy and confident with the product.
I will take time to understand you as a person, and your goals for the book, so that while I'm editing, I'm constantly in the shoes of your target readers, making changes to ensure the book is as clear and engaging as possible. At every installment you will receive detailed notes with any thoughts, concerns, and suggestions that arise while I'm reading. I'll be your trusted collaborator till we're both happy and confident with the product.
What's included
| Service Tiers |
Starter
$3,000
|
Standard
$4,500
|
Advanced
$5,000
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery Time | 30 days | 45 days | 60 days |
Number of Revisions | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Number of Words | 50000 | 50000 | 50000 |
Grammar & Syntax Review | - | - | - |
Fact-Checking | - | - | - |
Content Rewriting | - | - | - |
Structural Edit | - | - | - |
Print Layout | - | - | - |
Frequently asked questions
About Josh
Experienced, passionate, and excited non-fiction book editor.
Portland, United States - 2:53 am local time
After graduating from New York Univeristy with a degree in English and Philosophy, I started working at the Knopf and Vintage imprints of Random House. After a year there, I started a literary press called which ran for five years and included Margaret Atwell, Lemony Snicket, and Mark Z. Danielewski as subscribers. As editor-in-chief of the press, I worked with over 800 writers, edited 25 books, and published or workshopped over 1,500 short stories and essays.
After my literary press closed, I was hired as an editor and producer at Melcher Media in New York City. I was responsible for book projects for Former Vice President Al Gore, Garth Brooks, Netflix, Neil Patrick Harris, King Tut, and more. My books—which include one New York Times bestseller and several Amazon bestsellers—have over 2 million copies in circulation.
Working with me as a book producer, you can expect professional-grade publishing, including book cover design, editing, proofreading, fact-checking, printing, and marketing.
As an editor, you can expect substantial edits with well-reasoned comments and tons of dialogue. I find the more I communicate with my clients, the more I understand their goals and can help steer them in the right direction.
I will weed your work of redundancy, cliché, and verbosity that can weigh writing down. I also have a good eye for organization and can recommend new ordering, titling, and formatting, which will help your book flow more naturally. Fact-checking also comes with the job; if you quote statistics or studies, I will make sure there are correct citations (though I don't standardize/format citations). Once I'm done, you will have a clean, modern, engaging manuscript.
I'm looking forward to talking!
Steps for completing your project
After purchasing the project, send requirements so Josh can start the project.
Delivery time starts when Josh receives requirements from you.
Josh works on your project following the steps below.
Revisions may occur after the delivery date.
Manuscript Review
We'll go over your thoughts and concerns about the manuscript so I can understand where you are in the process.
First 25 Pages Review
At roughly the 25 page point, I will stop for another call so you can review my edits and make sure that you're happy with them before continuing.