Christine Firth Editorial Services

copy-editor /köpieditë(r)/ n. a person who corrects and prepares a typescript for typesetting and printing. [Middle English copie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin copia, transcript, right of reproduction, from Latin, abundance, power]

Freelance copy-editor for 34 years, from 1979 to 2013

• Specialist in academic textbooks, monographs, reference books, commercial brochures and company reports
• Principal subject areas: the arts, humanities and social sciences, including child development, criminology, cultural studies, current affairs, drama, education, English language and literature, geography, history, leisure, local history, marketing, media studies, politics, psychology, psychotherapy, sociology, theatre, tourism, travel
• Over 900 of the books that I have copy-edited
• Recent clients included Taylor & Francis (Routledge, Psychology Press), Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Open University Press, Cream Design, YELL, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF)
• Retired member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders
• Former Electric Editor

Address	1 Millington Road Wallingford Oxfordshire     OX10 8FE
Phone	+44 (0)1491 826038
Email	christine AT firthworks D0T com

Updated September 2013