How to Start a Home-based Editorial Services Business - Paperback

by Barbara Fuller (Author)

Whether you are already editing or are wondering how to begin a new career, this book will take you through every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based editorial services business. Chapters provide detailed information on how and where to start, from defining your areas of expertise to finding clients and keeping them happy. Learn all about providing estimates, paying taxes, using the Internet to your advantage, and working successfully with clients to ensure repeat and consistent work. Whether your plans are large or small, the information provided will help you experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based editorial services business.

Author Biography

Barbara Fuller is currently the director of Editcetera, an association of freelance publishing professionals based in Berkeley, California. In that role, she has worked with hundreds of experienced freelance editors and their clients and also with novice editors through Editcetera's educational program. Through the years, she has worked as a home-based editor herself for a variety of clients. She has taught editing, writing, and editorial business classes and workshops for Editcetera, UC Berkeley Extension, UC Davis, and various government and private organizations.