What Does an Academic Editor Do?

In this episode I discuss what exactly an academic editor is, the different types of editing, and where freelance editors work.When I was still in academia, I had no idea what a copy editor was or that they worked with scholars to improve their writing and chances of publication. In fact, it wasn’t until I published a book with Routledge and I worked with a freelance copy editor employed by the press that I learned this could even be a career option. If you’re a strong writer–and the type of person who’s considering becoming an editor yourself–then it makes sense for you to be unfamiliar with academic editing–because you’ve never needed to hire an editor!In a future episode, we’ll discuss working with private clients–the faculty and grad students who hire editors to help them re-work their journal articles, book manuscripts, and even job market materials to help them get published or land a job. But today I’ll give you a broad overview of what I call the “academic editing landscape”: the different types of editing you can do and the companies and organizations that hire academic editors. Many of the terms I’ll use today are commonplace in the professional editing world, but you probably haven’t heard of or used them before, especially if you’re new to editing. Not to worry; I’ve got you covered. Stay tuned for my brief introduction to academic editing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.