Acer Editing
Professional Member| Location | Caroline Needham, EDINBURGH |
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| Telephone | 0131 657 2948 |
Skills
Copy-editing, copyright clearance, editing non-native English, mark-up languages, on-screen editing, proofreading, research, rewriting, collation, writing alt-texts
Media
Books, CD-ROMs, company literature, encyclopaedias, illustrated books, journals, multi-author books, online materials, theses and dissertations, websites
Qualifications and awards
BSc Geology, MSc Micropalaeontology
Experience
Freelance editor, proofreader and copyright-clearance manager since 1987; in-house legal proofreader, Dibb Lupton Broomhead, 1993–94; in-house technical editor, Geo Abstracts (Mineralogical Abstracts), 1984–87
Clients
Philip Allan Updates (part of Hodder), EPP Publications (environmental science), Sage, Taylor & Francis, Pearson Education
Subjects
Astronomy/space sciences; biology; chemistry; conservation; earth sciences (general); climatology/hydrology; geochemistry; geology; geomorphology; marine science/oceanography; palaeontology (general, micropalaeontology); sedimentology; soil science; stratigraphy; ecology; economics; environment/energy; environmental studies; geography; Japan; social sciences/studies
Full-time freelance with over 35 years' experience, specializing in geology and environmental sciences, but most subjects considered. Other major clients: Haremi, International Baccalaureate, Elsevier, Heriot-Watt University, Manchester University Press, Geological Society, Pearl Legal, Arnold Hodder, Oxford University Press, Gordon & Breach, Blackwell Science, Nelson Blackie, Chapman & Hall, Better Business International (Stockholm), Academic Press, Fitzroy Dearborn, Routledge, FiSystem, Stratus, HMSO, Translate-A-Book, Florence Production, IWA Press, John Wiley, MaryU Publishing (legal).
Testimonials
I'm really impressed with your work. You seem to have picked up permissions very quickly …
Dawn Phillips, Pearson Education
I'm really relieved and pleased with the way that you are picking up the mistakes and possible improvements.
Michael Broussine, Bristol Business School
Thanks for your heroic efforts on all this.
Professor Gordon Stobart, Institute of Education