From the Tool Shed How Do I Find Who Can...?

As touched on in THE Prepublishing Handbook--What you should know BEFORE you publish your first book, a new publisher can, with study and good models, perform some of the necessary tasks personally. For this reason, the Tool Shed also includes articles by experts on how to do; how to create a business plan, how to develop a promotional campaign, etc. But sometimes these tasks are beyond a person's current level, or perhaps the time constraints call for outside help.

A big problem for neophyte publishers is finding who can provide the services needed in producing a good product. The specialists listed below have been identified by other publishers as worth noting. Disclaimer: Cat's-paw Press cannot vouch for the reliability or price of the services; the Tool Shed itself is a service from Cat's-paw Press where we firmly believe in assisting neophyte publishers compete as strongly as possible in a sometimes daunting environment. This section of the Tool Shed is devoted to the experts who deal with the life of a book's manuscript, most specifically editors, indexers and translators; for publicists and promotional information, go to the Promotion and Publicity room; to find designers of various sorts, go to the Designers section. Likewise, for experts in the production arena -- printing, prepress and the like, go to Production Issues room. For copyright and other legal questions, visit Copyright Information

Freelance Help is another great site for additional sources of experts; not only does it link to this site but also to others of interest to publishers.

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• Talk to the Cat

One of the greatest benefit an author can give to a book is to have it properly, professionally, thoroughly edited. In her newsletter early in 2001, Chris Roerden had these words of advice. She has kindly given permission for them to be posted here. Read, enjoy, heed.

• Never read over what you write before sending it for an edit. (Recommended: Either talk to an editor before you begin a nonfiction book, or, when you complete your writing, put it aside, then revise, repeating the process until your eyes glaze over, and then have it professionally edited.)
• Submit chapters as you happen to finish them. (See above recommendation.)
• Be sure to send a diskette or e-mail attachment in an incompatible format. Even better, send a file that crashes the editor's hard drive. (Recommended: Discuss formats in advance and send a sample file to test compatibility.)
• Keep revising your copy while the editing is occurring, or start and stop your editor's work as your commitment fluctuates. (Recommended: Establish a timeline and budget, seek advice on its feasibility, and stick to it.)
• Do one-stop shopping for editing through a company that subcontracts to an editor who makes a living subcontracting to novices you don't know, each taking a percentage of the fee. (Recommended: Hire a professional you can work with directly whose only job is editing books.)
• Decide to self-publish with a firm that specializes in publishing for others. (Recommended: Take the time to check all options and follow up all referrals.)
• Have an artist-friend or your brochure designer prepare your book cover. (Recommended: Hire a professional book cover designer. It's worth the cost.)
• Rewrite big-time after your book's pages are laid out. (Recommended: Do all your rewriting and get it edited before typesetting and composition.)
• Finally, after your editor is finished, decide to broaden your market and use a different method of distribution than you'd originally specified to your editor. (Recommended: Thoroughly research and establish your book marketing and distribution plan before you even begin to write.)

Thanks, Chris!

A basic question that neophytes raise has to do with terminology. You'll hear "substantive editing" and "copy editing"; you'll hear "line editing" and "production editing." The Editors' Association of Canada gives a detailed description of the various tasks.

The following list was developed from references by members of the now-defunct PMA-Listserv and the Bookmarket list, as well as from personal acquaintance.

APPELBAUM, JUDITH & JANOVIC, FLORENCE

SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS, INC.

271 Madison Avenue, Ste 1007

P. O. Box 800

New York, NY 10016

Phone: 212-687-1761 Fax: 212-867-8641

E-mail: Appelbaum@aol.com

www.happilypublished.com/

Sensible Solutions, headed by Judith How to Get Happily Published-Appelbaum and Florence Janovic, does target marketing for books of all sorts, including fiction and children's books. If you have a publisher, we'll devise a campaign to get your book to the readers you wrote it for. If you're looking for a publisher, we'll pinpoint specific editors likely to want your book, and help you create strong queries and proposals. If you're publishing your book yourself, we'll provide you with editing, copyediting, design and production advice as part of your marketing plan. And if you're a publisher, we can be the affordable marketing department you always wished you had, because you can call us just when you need us -- for a single book, a series or a new imprint. We can begin at the beginning with suggestions for title, subtitle, tagline and cover copy, and we can stay with you through publicity, promotion, bookstore sales, library sales, rights sales, mail order sales and special sales.

BENNETT, HAL ZINA

P. 0. Box 2710

Ukiah, CA 95482

Phone/Fax: 707-467-9159

E-mail: HZBWRITER@aol.com

Over 30 years in publishing! Services include: writing and publishing workshops; agent referral; manuscript evaluation; proposal writing; editing; coaching, and rewriting. Basic evaluation $240. Editing and rewriting $50 per hour or by contract. I have helped develop over 200 successful projects in self-help, health, personal and spiritual development. Client list includes several bestselling authors. With 20-plus books of my own in print, my most recent one is Write From the Heart, about writing creative non-fiction. Brochure available on request.

BENTLEY, NICOLE

A-1 EDITING SERVICE

711 Medford Center, PMB#328

Medford, OR 97504

Phone: 1-877-779-9603 - If busy, call cell phone: 541-890-0049

E-mail: nicole@a1editing.com

www.a1editing.com

Small but experienced staff with over twelve years of combined experience will edit your manuscript to satisfy the most demanding agent or publisher. All staff members are university graduates. Some are award-winning editors. Others are multi-lingual. We accept all jobs, although our specialty is mainstream fiction by unpublished, novice writers.

Experience includes fantasy, mystery, romance, history, science fiction, adventure/suspense. We polish your work while preserving your style and voice. Satisfaction guaranteed. We accept no referral fees from anyone. Clients' references submitted upon request. Please visit our web site for prices and more information.

CASTLE, LANA R.

CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS

P O Box 200255-358

Austin, TX 78720

Phone: 512-346-2375

E-mail: lrcas@aol.com

www.castlecommunications.com

More than twenty years' experience working with publishers, publication service bureaus, high-tech companies, medical organizations, colleges and universities, government agencies, associations, and consulting firms.

* Copyediting and developmental editing for book-length projects

* Hard copy, disk, or online

* Specialties: business, technical, and instructional works

* Translates technical information into layman terms

* Author of Style Meister: The Quick-Reference Custom Style Guide

* Style Meister columnist for writing- and office-related publications

* Custom style consultations

* Workshops on publication topics

COTE, RICHARD

Richard Côté, Director

The Côté Literary Group RICHARD N. COTE & ASSOCIATES

P. O. Box 1898

Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-1898 USA

Phone: 803-881-0232 Fax: 803-881-1899

E-mail: newprojects@coteliterary.comm

The Côté Literary Group

My specialty: fiction and non-fiction writing, ghostwriting and screenwriting in the United States and abroad. We also do publishing projects

"I work with my clients to transform their ideas and experiences into powerful books and screenplays. I have an extensive background in writing and editing for publishers, veteran- and first-time authors. A recent book: ghostwriter for accused CIA/Russian double agent, Edward Lee Howard, Safe House (National Press Books, 1995); recent screenplay co-written with Karen Mitura: Shooting Stars, for Israeli writer Yair Packer (1997). For references and extensive writing samples in many genres, please visit my Web site.

EDELSTEIN, SCOTT

3947 Excelsior Boulevard Suite 121

Minneapolis, MN 55416

Phone: 952-928-1922 Fax: 952-928-3756

E-mail: scottedelstein@isd.net

"My work includes writing, ghost writing, editing on a project basis; I teach at Hamline University, St. Paul, MN; I do some agenting [all adult non-fiction; spirituality, health, popular psychology and religion]. I also consult with publishers, and will work on negotiations on an hourly basis-on proposed contracts, book and book proposal development."

GOLDINGER, SHARON

PEOPLESPEAK

25342 Costeau

Laguna Hills, California 92653

Phone: 949-581-6190 Fax: 949-581-4958

E-mail: pplspeak@norcov.com

www.detailsplease.com

An Eye for Details -- High quality editing and proofreading. Ensure the success of your book with superb content/copyediting and proofreading. We'll clean up your book and check the following: spelling, punctuation, format, grammar, consistency,writing transitions, conformance to style, subject/verb agreement, and more.

Our goal is to maintain your intent and the integrity of your style while ensuring that your message is communicated clearly and effectively. Thorough, dependable, discreet, and meticulous.

A publisher's comment on Sharon emphasizes, by inference, the importance of a good editor: "As an editor of non-fiction works, she makes sure the content says what you want to say and identifies the weak or missing information in your manuscript. With the Chicago Manual of Style as her basic reference plus years of experience in editing, she is meticulous in both content and copy editing. In addition, she is dependable, tactful, and professional in every way."

GRANT, ROBIE

BIBLIO TECHNICA

119 Middle Street

Hadley, MA 01035

Phone/Fax: 413-586-4267

E-mail: biblio123@aol.com

Efficient, professional indexing and copy editing of medical/scientific textbooks, academic and trade books. Error-free indexes provided on time, every time, formatted to your specifications. Online or traditional paper and pencil copy editing using AMA, APA, Chicago, CBE, or ASA guidelines. Production delays cheerfully accommodated. Write or call to request a full description of services and a list of recent titles and references.

HICKS, JENNIFER

WORDSWORK ASSOCIATES

181 Langley Road

Newton Centre, MA 02159

Phone: 617-244-9331

E-mail: jghicks@wordswork.com

www.wordswork.com

www2.netcom.com/~jghicks

Providing writing, editing, and research services to publishers, corporate, and individual clients. Extensive experience in many fields including medicine, technology, business, and academia. Specific services at competitive rates include:

- ghostwriting

- substantive and copy editing

- rewriting for particular readability levels

- audience analysis

- manuscript analysis

- proposal writing

HOROWITZ, SHEL & FRIEDMAN, DINA

ACCURATE WRITING & MORE

P. O. Box 1164

Northampton, MA 01061 USA

Phone: 800-683-WORD or (1)-413-586-2388

E-mail: shel@frugalfun.com

www.accuratewriting.com

Helping authors make their mark on the world since 1981. Reasonable rates: * Manuscript analysis, critique and line editing * Consulting on traditional publishing and self-publishing * Book proposal preparation * Marketing/publicity materials and strategy development * Ghostwriting * Writing tutorials

Credentials include: five published nonfiction books (three on low-cost marketing) and over 800 articles; experience publishing with large, small, literary, and self-publishing firms; former manuscript reader for two New York literary agencies; newsletter editor for a large dotcom publisher. I will edit a short sample for free. Inquire for details.

KLINE, CARL

NATIONAL CONSULTANT REFERRALS, INC.

Phone: 800-221-3104

E-mail: info@referrals.com

www.referrals.com

From our 6,000 members, we can refer experts in adaptations, revisions, collaborations, ghostwriting, and marketing advice. International clients welcome. Need to interview an expert in a particular subject? Newsletter or article? Need a book published? Editor needed? You describe your needs and we will search our Talent Bank of validated consulting firms and experts. There is no charge for our search and referral.

MANCHUR, GAIL

Associated Book Service, Inc.

1731 Ashland Street, Ashland, OR 97520-2328

Phone: 541-488-6934

E-mail: edit-info@abs-book.com

www.abs-book.com

ABS Editing Service offers professional, timely, and affordable editing services. We polish the facets so the "diamond" will shine. Information can be found at ABS Editing Service.

Divisions: ABS Literary Agency * ABS Editing Service * ABS Publishing Consultants

MILLER, S. GAIL

P. O. Box 1104

Magdelena, NM 87825

Phone: 505-854-2936

E-mail: WWAROUNDUP@aol.com

She's a past editor of Western Writers of America's fine magazine, now doing consulting work.

MITURA, KAREN

P O Box 889

Kaneohe, HI 96744-0889

Phone: 808-235-9013

E-mail: oberon@pixi.com

film-hawaii.com/people/KarenMitura.html

Award-winning dramatist and ghostwriter, Karen Mitura provides reliable, expert writing and editing services for books and scripts. Adaptations, revisions, collaborations, ghostwriting, and marketing advice available. Initial consultation free. International clients welcome.

OLSON, KARLA

VIA PRESS

3033 E. Turney Ave.

Phoenix, AZ 85016

Phone: 602-957-1955 or 800-284-2669

"She is very thorough and quite reasonable. We had her edit our new winter release, HOW To Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof: A Parent's Guide To Home Business, by Lisa Roberts (Bookhaven Press). She can advise you as to the type of edits available and costing information."

POOLE, ARCHER, MANAGING EDITOR

ARCHER EDITORIAL SERVICES

3414 Balfour East

Durham, NC 27713

E-mail: archeredit@mindspring.com

www.mindspring.com/~lepoole/archerinfo.htm

Archer Editorial Services offers professional editing and publishing services to discriminating clients. Available services include book developing, copyediting, proofreading, online and onscreen editing, and desktop publishing Quark XPress.

PRESS, SKIP

Résumé : www.mandy.com:80/pre006.html

Phone: 805-253-2900

E-mail: skippress@earthlink.net or SPress2650@aol.com

www.primapublishing.com:80/life/76150399.html or

www.hollywoodnetwork.com/skip

Skip Press has published 24 books in the last six years, including two ghost-written works. With the publication of his Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors & Screenwriters' Agents (Prima Publications), he again became active in writing and selling screenplays as well. He occasionally has some time to work with books, with an eye toward a film sale, and his rates are reasonable.

QUINN, ROBIN

WORD FOR WORD

10573 W. Pico Blvd., #345

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phone/Fax: 310-838-7098

E-mail: quinnrobin@aol.com

Word for Word: Copyediting, Substantive Editing, Proofreading and Writing Services. Attention-grabbing press releases provided too! Together we'll make your ideas sparkle!

Copyediting, substantive editing and proofreading provided. Health topics a specialty. Have worked on over 70 published books including: Fade In: The Screenwriting Process; Six Seconds to True Calm; The Pop Vocabulary Book; Good Food Today, Great Kids Tomorrow; and How the New Food Labels Can Save Your Life. Manuscript critiques also available. Ghost articles and produce promotional copy including press releases. Slogan: Together we'll make your ideas sparkle!

RIDER, PAM

3645 Park Blvd. #314

San Diego, CA 92103

Phone: 619-296-3141, ext. 314

annber22@hotmail.com

Pam Rider has been a book copyeditor and indexer for more than 20 years, specializing in American Psychological Association (APA), University of Chicago, and AMA styles. Books and journals indexed have covered the gamut of medical fields and speech, language, voice, education, anthropology, biography, psychology, religion, meditation, theater, motion pictures, and the law for laypersons.
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ROCHE, NORMA

42 Laurel Park

Northampton, MA 01060

Phone: 413-586-4364

E-mail: nroche@crocker.com

Copyeditor of text, scholarly, and trade books specializing in ecology, natural history, and environmental issues. Work on disk.

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ROERDEN, CHRIS, Senior Editor, Owner/Operator

EDIT IT

3683 Waterwheel Court

Greensboro NC 27409

Phone: 336-323-1032 Toll free: 1-877-BookEdit (1-877-266-5334) Fax: 336-323-1033

E-mail: CRoerden@aol.com

www.MarketSavvyBookEditing.com

To help authors and publishers achieve excellence at affordable prices, Chris applies her 40 years in the publishing industry to delivering award-winning "Market Savvy" book editing as a full-time freelancer. Services include developmental and copy editing, mentoring of writers and self-publishers, ghostwriting, and consulting. Download details, credentials, and articles (including 'Market-Savvy Editing,' from John Kremer's 1001 Ways to Market Your Books) by going to Edit It.

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ROTH, CAROL SUSAN

CAROL SUSAN ROTH PRESENTS!!!

P. O. Box 620337

Woodside, CA 94062

E-mail:carol@authorsbest.com

I think of myself as an "author's best friend" because I enjoying helping an author develop, sell and market their work long-term. I help develop and write book proposals, queries and manuscripts; my specialty areas are self-help, spirituality, health, women's issues, and new business. I also do strategic marketing/publicity, celebrity/speaking development, event promotions and agenting.

* New Book, Business & Celebrity Development * * Book Proposals * Strategic Marketing * Promotional Events *
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SHAW, DEBORAH

Chapel Hill, NC

Phone: 919-968-1327

E-mail: shawd@mindspring.com

Type of work: copyediting, indexing, proofreading, writing/rewriting

Type of materials: articles, books, business materials, English-as-a-Second-Language materials, family histories, grant requests, music recording liner notes, memoirs, newsletters, menus, periodicals, reports, text books, WWW documents; of particular help to authors who are not native speakers of English.

Experience: since 1979; cumulative years of experience varies with type of work.

Subjects: African studies, Asian studies, biography and other stories of human lives, Celtic and traditional music, cultural awareness, ethnology and ethnography, genre fiction, history 18th-century; Holocaust and WWII European theatre; medieval Britain; Scotland), Jewish culture, knitting and fiber arts, library studies, recipes, Scottish culture, Southern US-culture, traditional social dance.

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STABILE, NANCY

Southbury, CT

Phone: 203-264-8955

I [recommending publisher]'ve worked with her for nearly four years, and wouldn't trade her for anything. Primary focus is non-fiction; she's done gardening as well as children's books -- as well as being the copy editor for Grolier's encyclopedia! Works by FedEx or Priority Mail; quality work at reasonable rates and good turn-around time.

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STIEFEL, DOROTHY

E-mail: dstiefel@ns.interconnect.net

"I specialize in helping new-would-be-not-yet-confident writers that need encouragement and tips on how to get started. I'm really good in that department because it falls in with my role in the organization I founded 22 years ago and I'm a Mental Health Associate as well.

I helped two others get their books into print a few years ago and have been consulting with a writer in New Zealand. We travel a lot-and I also am a really good proof-reader. I worked for two major newspaper companies before I settled down and took up housekeeping and having babies."

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WILSON, DAN

DAN A. WILSON @ THE EDITOR'S DESKTOP

Kingston, ON Canada

Phone: 613-384-1870 Fax: 613-384-9952

E-mail: Editor@TopService.com

www.FreelanceOnline.com/desktop.html

THE EDITOR'S DESKTOP -- Professional Editing Services: Authoritative, comprehensive editing services for academic presses and general publishers. The Editor's DeskTop specializes in book-length manuscripts, and welcomes scholarly publications and software documentation.

Reliable quotes. E-mail inquiries welcome. "Even a superb writer needs a good editor. A merely good writer needs a superb editor."

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YATES, JANELLE

30 Spanish Colony

Staten Island, NY 10312

Phone: 718-720-2161

E-mail: Yatesian@aol.com

Free-lance copy editing and line editing; overall manuscript critique and organization.

Free-lance copy and line editor with experience in business, engineering and medical writing, as well as general nonfiction and children's/young adult fiction and nonfiction. Current and former clients include the American Society of Civil Engineers, Business International/The Economist, Oxford University Press and numerous writers, business leaders, graduate students and others. Have also taught "experimental writing" fiction and poetry-at the college level New York University). Alumna of NYU's graduate creative writing program. Named 1993 Fellow in Nonfiction Literature by New York Foundation for the Arts.

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PEN -- PROFESSIONAL EDITORS NETWORK

P O Box 19265

Minneapolis, MN 55419-0265

www.pensite.org

One of Minnesota's major industries is publishing; the large number of small to mid-sized presses has made it an attractive place for free-lance editors. PEN is an association of free-lance editors, with some indexers and proofreaders a part of the group. The Cat has often used their print directory to point interested people to the "right" editor, and happily that directory is now on-line at their web site. You can find other goodies there, too.

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EDITORIAL FREELANCERS ASSOCIATION

71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1910

New York, NY 10010

Phone: 212-929-5400 Fax: 212-929-5439

info@the-efa.org

www.the-efa.org/

Having a degree in English is mostly good for teaching how to write English papers. It doesn't necessarily make a good editor. The best editor for you is one who has been trained to edit the type of material you are publishing. In most cases, this means the editor will have worked full-time at some point in his or her career in a position where their work was supervised and guided. At the very least, it should mean that they have done a great deal of free-lance editing involving your same type of material. Fiction editors aren't necessarily the best choice to edit science texts, etc.

Earlier, this item noted the Freelancers Editorial Association;please note that it has merged and is now a part of the Editorial Freelancers Association.

The Editorial Freelancers Association is a good place to look for an editor, but you have to remember you will probably get a list of people who cared enough about editing to pay their dues. It's still up to you to check them out.

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Editors' Association of Canada/ Association canadienne des réviseurs

502 - 27 Carleton Street

Toronto ON M5B 1L2

Phone: 1-416-975-1379 Fax: 1-416-975-1637

Toll-free: 1-866-CAN-EDIT (1-866-226-3348)

info@editors.ca

www.editors.ca

www.reviseurs.ca (en français)

ESTABLISHED IN 1979, the Editors' Association of Canada is a national, nonprofit organization of both English- and French-language editors, with more than 950 members from coast to coast.
Their web page has definitions, etc., useful for both those seeking to be editors and those seeking editors and is well worth bookmarking. The above address is their national office; there are branches in the provinces.

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Finally, one last place: the Copyeditors' page. They have a link to the very helpful Copyediting-l Style FAQ for help in keeping your work consistent. You can also find freelance editors listed in Literary Market Place

What Will It Cost?

To get an idea of what it will cost to have your work edited, the Editorial Freelancers Association posted a Fee and Scheduling Guidelines on their web site that will be helpful in forecasting costs of getting a manuscript ready to go into production. This is not the rates survey of EFA members; it is the EFA's suggested rate standards. These rates are only suggested standards, and in practice will vary widely. Most trade publishers, for example, are not willing to pay the higher rates that corporate clients might.

The Cat was also apprised of the actual survey results of writing and editing rates, as reported by National Writers Union members. This survey is much more detailed than EFA's suggested rates and is categorized by field of work (business/technical/electronic, books, magazines, etc.) and type of work done (various kinds of writing, editing, proofreading, design, etc.). It should be remembered that freelancers often are willing to negotiate and that small publishers shouldn't be afraid to be upfront about their needs and means.

For a broader, industry-side view, check out the Brenner Information Group, which specializes in pricing guides, pricing tables, hourly rates and real prices.)

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TRANSLATORS

A rather specialized area of use to some publishers is that of who can translate your books for you. Sometimes it's better to engage a native writer to do this, but in any instance, translating demands a high level of skill in understanding the meaning back of the words.

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Chinese

Hu, Eileen

Victory Press

3106 Crescent Avenue, Unit 7

Marina, CA 93933

Phone: 831-883-1725 Fax: 831-883-8710

E-mail: victoryp@ix.netcom.com

Translation from Chinese to English and English to Chinese
Eileen Hu translates from Chinese to English and has published 3 bilingual Chinese/English books and one English translation.
Nan Lin Lin translates English to Chinese and specializes in technical translation. Mr. Lin graduated with a PhD from the University of Hong Kong in robotics.
C.Y. Bao translates from English to Chinese. Professor Bao teaches interpretation at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and has translated for the United Nations in Geneva and New York and for the Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA.
We subcontract Spanish to English and English to Spanish with instructors at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the Defense Language Institute.

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NUNES, EDUARDO TEIXEIRA

Consultoria de Comunicação

R. Marques de Parana 567 / 34

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Phone / Fax: (5511) 832-0015

edu@alfalira.com

http://alfalira.com

Eduardo Teixeira Nunes is a leading-edge consultant, author, writer, translator and entrepreneur. With a BA degree in Social Sciences and advanced work as consultant, author, writer and translator, Eduardo is the author of numerous technical manuals, booklets and articles, with extensive experience in both fiction and non-fiction electronic publication. Eduardo has translated several books, published by some of the country's main editors.

Eduardo translates into Portuguese texts originally written in English, French, Italian and Spanish. During all these years he acquired and developed a significant experience in several different areas, including literature, technical documentation, legal texts (contracts, agreements, etc.) motion picture captions, promotional / sales brochures, seminars, papers, documentary programs for TV/Video, newspaper stories / articles, advertising material, books, manuals, business and commercial texts, etc. Eduardo also translates business work from Portuguese into English.

Clients have included Macmillan, Microsoft, Ciba - Geigy, MC&A / IBM and numerous others.

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French

HESSION, RICHARD F.

P.O. Box 563

154 Riverside Drive

Old Forge, NY 13420

Phone: 315-369-6944

E-mail: rhession@telenet.net

"I translate books, articles, pamphlets from English to French or French to English, or proofreading. Telecommute from home.

I am bilingual. Fluent in French. Taught French 7-12 for 36 years at the Town of Webb School, Old Forge, NY 13420, including elementary computer classes for 20 years. During the summers of 1982-1 983 was one of the writers of computer curriculum for BOCES School District for computer education."

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MCELHEARN, KIRK

91 rue de la Mesangerie

37540 St Cyr sur Loire

France

E-mail: kirk@mcelhearn.com

http://www.mcelhearn.com/resume.html

For more information on books I have already published, and areas where I am particularly knowledgeable, go to

http://www.mcelhearn.com/lit.html for my literary translation mailing list.

"I am a translator, from French to English, (as well as English to French) with a very diverse range of interests and knowledge. I am American, have lived in France since 1984, and, while specialized in computers, financial translations, and web sites, what I enjoy most is translating books and sceenplays."

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Japanese

LIPSETT, EDWARD

Intercom, Ltd.

3-9-10-403 Tenjin

Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

810-0001 JAPAN

Tel: +81-92-712-9120

Fax: +81-92-712-9220

translation@intercomltd.com

http://www.intercomltd.com

Intercom has specialized in the Japanese language for over 20 years, and provides in-house writing, editing, translating, design and layout in English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (both flavors). All translation is handled by professional translators translating into their native language. While the bulk of our business is in these four languages, we can provide translation between Japanese and any other language through qualified suppliers. We also provide complete printing services. Estimates, of course, are free.

Spanish
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O'MALLEY, DORA

EurUS Inc.

125 Main Street SE, Suite 341

Minneapolis, MN 55414

Phone: 951-210-5685 Fax: (800) 849-7372

dora@eurusinc.com

http://www.proof-it.com/eurusinc-translations.htm

Native speaker of Spanish specialized in English-Spanish translation and multilingual publications. Dora holds a degree in English-Spanish translation from the University of La Plata, Argentina and a B.Ed. in ESL teaching from Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

She has participated in translation projects for publishers such as Houghton-Mifflin, Open-Court, CharlesBridge Publications, Eudeba, Goyanarte. Other translations include projects for 3M, Imation, Pillsbury, Keystone, AmericanHarvest, Saint Paul Public Schools, Honeywell and many other USA corporations or institutions.

EurUS Inc. Services:
Translation, editing, proofreading
Glossary development and unification
Language adaptation & localization
Spanish for all dialects
Multilingual project management
Small and large projects

Expertise:
Textbooks, K-12, how-to-books,
Children's literature, fiction, business
Technical manuals, guides, newsletters
Web-pages, on-line materials, health-care

Memberships:
ATA (American Translators Association) Associate Member
CTPCBA (Buenos Aires Certified Translators Association), Argentina, license 4707.
(K-12) Minnesota Teaching license: Spanish and ESL

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SPECTRUM MULTILANGUAGE COMMUNICATIONS

Peter Deutsch, Marketing Manager

225 West 39th Street

New York, NY 10018

Phone: 212-391-3940 Fax: 212-921-5246

pdSpectrum@aol.com

http://come.to/spectrum

High quality translations and typesetting for advertising, promotion, publicity, and other marketing communications. From English into virtually all world languages, including those using non-Latin scripts. Serving international communicators for over a quarter century. Advance cost estimates at no charge.

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INDEXERS

Authors of non-fiction books are well-advised to have their books indexed, particularly if there is hope or expectation of their succeeding in the library market. Arguments rage over whether the index should be created by hand by the author of the book (primary point: the author knows the material better than anyone else), or whether the job should be done by a professional indexer (primary point: the indexer brings the outside view -- how a reader might go about finding the desired information).

Another aspect of the argument is whether to use a computer program. A professional indexer, Dan Connolly, brought to my attention that computer programs generate concondances, not indexes. He clarifies the area in his discussion of concordance or index, An Index or a Concordance for Your Book?, an article well-worth bookmarking. His site also has articles on working with indexers. (The Cat has long come down on the side of having this important task done by a trained professional.) An indexer brings two assets to the project: (1) the indexer brings the outside view, essentially eyes that represent the reader who will be using the index and a point of view different from the author; and (2) the indexer brings experience and training in index writing, an actual skill, not just noting words and subjects. (It would be of course perfectly fair game for the author to identify points of particular concern to the professional to insure that it is properly covered).

Finding an indexer is one of the easiest thing in the world to do. However, indexers, like many other professionals, have organized. The national organization is the American Society of Indexers.This site provides info about the organization, how to reach its members, and links to all sorts of other sites that may be reference works or other related organizations.

It should be noted that many of the editors listed earlier in this site also do indexing, so you might want to check them out as well.

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BROCCOLI, KEVIN

Broccoli Information Management

735 Willett Ave, Suite 206

East Providence, RI 02915

Phone: 1-877-205-9259

broccoli@bim.net

www.bim.net

Kevin A. Broccoli, principal of Broccoli Information Management is an experienced indexer. Kevin has written indexes for publishing companies such as John Wiley and Sons, McGraw Hill, Macmillan Reference Library, Macmillan Computer Publishing, University of Texas at Austin, Muska-Lipman Publishing, Pukitt Press, Publisher's Studio, Productivity Press, Kalmbach Publishing, SiteSell Incorporated, Publishing.com, and Microsoft Press.

Subject areas that he has covered include engineering, business, computers, the Internet, marketing, human resources, medicine, oil drilling, electronics, biographies, psychology, astronomy, grammar, education, and travel.

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CONNOLLY, DANIEL A.

Word for Word Book Services

8 Pine Cone Dr.

Barrington, RI 02806

Phone: 401-246-3303

E-mail: connolly@neca.com

www.wfwbooks.com/

Dan indexes trade, reference and textbooks of all types. He has extensive experience in education/psychology, sports/recreation, history, and environmental issues. He also maintains information on his website about learning to index, and is available to consult on indexing projects in progress. Don't forget to check out the articles on various aspects of indexing. Just go to the main page and click on "Articles."
He has a monograph on the subject of indexing at http://www.wfwbooks.com/howto.htm that is well worth reading and studying. Dan also tipped the Cat off to the American Society of Indexer's Indexer Locator and Indexers Unlimited.

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Culleton, John

Able Indexers and Typesetters

2401 Haight Avenue

Eldersburg, MD 21784

Phone: 410-795-1159

E-mail: john@wexfordpress.com

wexfordpress.com

Indexing requires knowledge. Most professional indexers are specialists in particular subject matter areas. Able Indexers will evaluate your book honestly, and if we think another specialist can do the job better we will refer you. Our specialties include computer books, radio and electronic books, the history of Ireland, the Irish (Gaelic) language, operations research, management science, production control and military histories.

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American Society of Indexers, Inc.

P.O. Box 39366

Phoenix, AZ 85069-9366

Phone: 623-772-1811 Fax: 602-530-4088

E-mail: info@asindexing.org

An indexer tells the Cat "They [the American Society] have available (free, to publishers) a listing of Indexers Available. This is a book that contains indexers grouped by subject matter, material (type of book/matter), geography, and of course, alphabetically. It's the best way I know of to find a good indexer, if you don't already know one."

Better still (and faster), check out their Indexer Locator which points to other publisher groups, media finders and numerous other sites.

Again, this is a professional group's site that is replete with much more than mere listings of where their chapters are. Well worth marking.

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Indexers Unlimited

This is a group of indexers who have banded together to form a large cooperative The Find-an-Indexer service of Indexers Unlimited lists experienced indexers in fifty-seven different subject specialties. Editors, authors, or book packagers who need an indexer can locate one through this up-to-date online directory.

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Maine Indexers' Group (MIG)

Sherri Dietrich, president dietrich@midcoast.com

Emma Stephenson, secretary emmas@tidewater.net

www.midcoast.com/~edindex/mig

mainetoday.koz.com/maine/mig

A very good reference on creating indexes is The Art of Indexing, by Larry S. Bonura. The Chicago Manual of Style has a section on how to go about indexing. The best book about indexing is called Indexing Books, by Nancy C. Mulvany (University of Chicago Press).

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