Where to Find Professional Editors

I'd love it if all authors who need an editor wanted to contract with me. But because I can't possibly edit every manuscript out there, I'm providing this nonexhaustive list of directories where you, dear authors, can search for professional editors. Your choice of which directories to search depends on the type of manuscript you've written: fiction, general nonfiction, academic, medical or scientific; book; white paper; journal research article; brochure copy; web-site copy.

• Bay Area Editors' Forum



• Board of Editors in the Life Sciences



• Bookbuilders of Boston



• Cambridge Academic Editors Network



• Council of Science Editors



• Directory of CE-L Freelancers (choose the "Freelancers" tab on that page; these are copyeditors from around the world who subscribe to the Copyediting-L e-mail discussion list)



• Editorial Freelancers Association



• Editors' Association of Canada



• Northwest Independent Editors Guild



• San Diego Professional Editors Network



• Society for Editors and Proofreaders (UK)



• Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. (Australia)

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