Leah Morin, Inika Publishing Services Ltd

Testimonials

Having worked with Leah for over ten years, I can say that she is a valuable and much appreciated member of our wider editorial team. Her careful and critical eye, combined with enormous intelligence and common sense, means that any work sent her way is always in very good hands.

Gillian Pink (Research Editor, Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford)

I have just had the immense pleasure and reassurance of Leah copy-editing my forthcoming book in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series (Liverpool University Press / Voltaire Foundation). The book is written in English with extensive quotations in French. The copy-editing was immaculate with a meticulous attention to detail and commendable tact. In a publishing career of well over forty years, I have never experienced superior professionalism.

Simon Davies (formerly Professor of Enlightenment Studies, Queen's University Belfast)

Leah Morin vient tout juste de compléter la révision linguistique de notre ouvrage Secrets et surveillance épistolaires dans l’Europe du dix-huitième siècle (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment), qui ne comporte que des articles en français. Souvent pénible, cette étape cruciale dans tout processus d'édition s'est pourtant déroulée rondement, sans jamais que nous ne nous sentions pressés. Dans toutes nos interactions, elle a été d'une clarté exemplaire. De même, l'approche à la pièce proposée par Leah nous a semblé logique et parfaitement conçue pour les ouvrages collectifs. Quant au travail de révision effectué par Leah sur le manuscrit, il montre toute l'étendue de ses compétences. Elle débusque les coquilles les mieux cachées, même dans les longues notes, suggère des améliorations lorsqu'elles sont nécessaires et pose des questions en cas d'ambiguïté, le tout sans exagération. En outre, elle connaît le protocole de la collection sur le bout des doigts. Bref, ce fut un plaisir de collaborer avec une grande professionnelle.

Sébastien Côté (Carleton University, Ottawa) et Sébastien Drouin (University of Toronto Scarborough)

As General Editor of A Companion to American Literature (Wiley Blackwell), I worked with Leah while she served as the project manager for overseeing all three volumes through the copy-editing, proofreading and indexing stages of production.  Leah is a consummate professional; she kept our large and complex project on schedule, kept me informed at every stage,  and responded quickly to questions.  My three volume editors and I found Leah a pleasure to work with—careful, meticulous, tactful, and an extraordinarily resourceful problem-solver.  She has my highest and most enthusiastic recommendation. 

Susan Belasco (Professor Emerita of English, University of Nebraska)

Leah Morin is a copyeditor of the highest scholarly standard and a consummate professional. She did an excellent job cleaning up a chapter I wrote for an edited volume. But I had the full benefit of her skill when she worked on a substantial book manuscript, full of formatting, bibliographic, and linguistic complexities. Her powers of concentration, precision, and assiduousness were awesome. She is also good at planning the workflow and stuck to schedule and kept in regular touch, carefully checking responses to her queries. I think she’s great and cannot recommend her highly enough.

Andrew Kahn (Professor of Russian Literature, University of Oxford)

I have worked with Leah for the past 11 years, specifically in relation to the academic series ‘Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment’ (Voltaire Foundation). Leah’s copy-editing of manuscripts – in both English and French – is consistently of the highest quality, and always delivered to schedule and on budget. 

An increasing number of our manuscripts include additional and non-standard materials, such as tables, addenda and illustrations, or are authored by non-native English or French speakers. I am always very confident in giving these more complex projects to Leah, and am very happy with her ability to solve any related problems or issues, and raise these to my attention as appropriate.

Lyn Roberts (former Senior Publishing Manager, Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford)

Leah is meticulous, efficient, highly skilled, and always does an amazing job. I really appreciate the calm and accomplished way she deals with any complexities and challenges. She is a pleasure to work with, and I could not recommend her more highly.

Michelle Bernard (Publishing Controller, Windhorse Publications)