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Proofreading, copyediting, transcription and localisation services for business, academic, creative

Proofreading, copyediting, copy writing, typing, transcription and localisation services. See the website at http://www.libroediting.com/home for details of services, pricing, references etc, and http://www.libroediting.com/blog for a blog about writing, editing, and running a small business. Contact me at liz AT libroediting DOT com

Books at www.bit.ly/lizbooks for the UK, see http://librofulltime.wordpress.com/books-e-books-publications/ for other formats and all regions

29/06/2025

Can I still access the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition online now the 18th editions is out?

Writing in June 2025, I’m in the slightly odd position of having two editing jobs to hand that require Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (CMOS 17), even though CMOS 18 has been out for alm…

10/01/2022

A book review!

This book is published by the Editorial Freelancers Association, who are based in America, and I ordered it direct from them. My attention had been drawn to it by a couple of fellow-editors and I t…

06/12/2021

Sharing a post about gendered language and changes in language by respected fellow-editor Sarah Grey (I was alerted to the article by the ever-vigilant and champion sharer Katharine O'Moore-Klopf)

Today I’m sharing an excellent paper, “The State of Gendered Language”, written by experienced and highly respected editor Sarah Grey. Gendered language is language that takes acc…

22/11/2021

Second in my short series about AI / automatic transcription and I look at a real-life example of automated closed-captioning and whether this kind of auto-transcription is up to scratch ...

There has been a lot of talk lately about automatic transcription, or AI (artificial intelligence) transcription. This includes speech-to-text software and means that a transcription of your voice …

08/11/2021

An example of working with documents generated by voice-to-text software with pros and cons and ways to deal with issues

There’s a lot of talk about automatic transcription, or AI (artificial intelligence) transcription, also known as voice-to-text software. This means that a transcription of your voice or reco…

25/10/2021

Sharing an excellent article by my colleague Erin C Brenner on errors in editing today

I have written a little bit about errors in editing before, but this article by my colleague Erin Brenner of Right Touch Editing says everything that I would say about the issue. Another reason edi…

11/10/2021

Essay mills are to become illegal in the UK - my thoughts and some resources on plagiarism for students and editors

The BBC has reported that “essay mills”, where companies sell pre-written complete essays to students, are to be outlawed as part of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. I welcome thi…

27/09/2021

On getting a focus group transcribed ...

If you’re running focus groups for your research, information-gathering or market research, it’s likely you will want to record them and get them transcribed. How do you get a transcrip…

20/10/2020

A lovely review of my first business book by someone who it has really helped - hooray!

I get quite a few enquiries via email and my contact form asking for advice about becoming a proofreader, editor or transcriber. Often, the person hasn’t looked at the information available o…

04/09/2020

A guest post from the lovely Mary Ellen Flynn about her experience with using a transcription app (I don't think I'll be out of a job for a bit ...)

Have you considered using an app to transcribe interview tapes or dictations, rather than doing it yourself or hiring a transcriber? Today I have a guest post from my friend Mary Ellen about her ex…

18/08/2020

A rare share of someone else's post - I couldn't resist sharing this piece on being a beta reader which will appeal to editors, writers and those who have been asked to be beta readers themselves ...

I often encourage the writers I work with, especially those who are publishing independently, to get a beta reader or two to read their text before they get it edited, so they have a reader’s…

03/07/2020

A companion piece to the business book review I published on my other blog today as the book really made me think about my own business and my policy of staying as a company of one.

I recently read Paul Jarvis’ book, Company of One, which I have

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