Peter Moorby
Professional Member| Location | Valencia, Spain |
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| Peter Moorby |
I provide publishers, packagers, businesses and authors with careful, timely proofreading. I have seven years in-house experience in publishing: I worked as a Production Assistant at the Royal Chemistry Society, Production Editor (Journals) at Cambridge University Press, and then on children’s fiction for the LEGO Group.
As a freelancer I’ve worked on range of projects including: academic multi-author and single-author books in the humanities and social sciences; non-fiction, fiction and YA fiction; travel guides; and annual reports/ESG reporting.I also regularly collate proof corrections for academic journal articles.
Born in the UK, I have lived in Denmark and Germany and now live in Spain.
Skills
Proofreading, proof collation, checking revises, anglicisation, project management.
Media
Fiction books, Non-fiction books, Children's books, Academic books, Law publishing, Travel guides, Illustrated books, Company literature and Journals.
Experience
Freelance since 2018
Editorial Coordinator 2016–2018
Production Editor 2012–2016
Publishing Assistant 2011–2012
Training
Proofreading PDS (PTC) 2023
The Art of Querying (CIEP) 2021
Essential Proofreading - Merit (PTC) 2020-2021
Clients
Bourchier
Bradt Guides
Clean Copy
Dorling Kindersley
Edward Elgar Publishing
Flag Communications
Heidelberg University Press
River Publishers
Straive
Sunrise Setting
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Subjects
English literature (Shakespeare), literary studies, tourism/travel, history, humanities, HSS, legal academic, fiction, children's/teenage publishing (activity, educational/informative, fiction, novelty, picture books, reference, teenage, YA), annual reports, ESG reports, journals, English language teaching (ELT), sports (cycling, running, triathlon, rowing), UK English, US English
Qualifications
(BA) English Literature with Creative Writing
CELTA English Teaching Qualification
Specialised software
Adobe Acrobat
Portfolio
See examples of my freelance and in-house work at petermoorby.com/portfolio