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Book proofreading, formatting

$30-250 USD

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Posted over 10 years ago

$30-250 USD

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Project Summary: I need my first book (80-85.000 words now)proofread, grammar checked, and formatted completely. This means a complete grammar check (and editing it until it is). The book is about Linux, so it would be good if you have a technical background or published technical books before. More Details: An example or two of your past published work is much appreciated as well as any credentials. The book is fully written now. It just needs to be worked through to check for spelling, grammatical issues, and formatting. The book also contains an alphabetical index which needs to be improved too (and should get a second alphabetical index too). Now it is written in an Openoffice Word document, which can be edited with Microsoft Word or Openofice. The formatting is ok now, but it should all become more consistent and the result should look like a professional book (not like a word document), thus needs to publishing and formatting skills (or tools). Please be a native English speaker.
Project ID: 5242844

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I am an expert writer, have completed a master degree year ago, always ready for challenges for any assignment. I have completed many assignments successfully.I assure you work on time with great quality. I am a conscientious, honest and hard worker and I have years of experience in the content writing field. I always give 100% to every project I undertake. I love a challenge and always return fully completed, polished work within the set time frame. Employing my services will give you true value for money. I would be very appreciative of your consideration for this project. Thank you.
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I am a Technical Writer - Editor, with over 25 years’ professional experience of writing and editing a wide variety of documentation for multi-national companies (both offline and online). I possess a MA degree in Technical Communication and English. My freelance career has allowed me to use my professional career’s expertise to provide the same quality of service to a much wider audience. With my writing/editorial background, I am a natural proofreader and copy editor who can spot any typos or grammatical errors that the majority of editors would miss. Irrespective of whatever type of documentation I can guarantee you top quality work from a professional Writer/Documentation Consultant, excellent communication and above all value for your money. To date with my freelancing career I have edited, proofread and formatted in excess of 60 books. I published all the books on Kindle, Create Space and Lulu for my clients. To ensure that your book not only meets your criteria but also the professional standards I work to I estimate that I can complete the project within your timescales. If selected for this project I can start immediately on your book and I can guarantee that it will be completely proofread, and edited accordingly. If you care to review the comments of my previous Freelancer clients then you will see that I can adequately meet your requirements. Please feel free to contact me if you want to discuss my proposal further. Regards Jim Moore
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Hi, I am an experienced proofreader. I am efficient enough to accomplish this task perfectly. I have read the details and ready to start straight away. Moreover, I have previous experience of editing and writing e-books. Please share the details so that we may proceed. Waiting for your reply Best regards.
$90 USD in 10 days
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Greetings, I've technically qualified and English is my native language. Though I'm an Indian but my family has English cultural background. I offer my services for both the books at $180 + Freelancer fees = $200 is what you pay. Effectively, my bid is 80 for the first book and 100 for the second. My past credentials with Freelancer are: https://www.freelancer.com/projects/Copywriting-Translation/Document-formatting.html https://www.freelancer.com/projects/Graphic-Design-Copywriting/Convert-simple-text-style-font.html I look forward working on this project.
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Proofing and formatting a book on Linux would be very interesting to me. I have been writing both technical, research and creative documents for most of my career. English is the only language I know and I believe both my written and oral communications are well above average. Samples of technical writing (specifications, etc.) can be viewed in my portfolio. I have a lot more samples if you're interested. Best of luck with your project. \cbf
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Hi, so I know it's a bit more than you're budget but I figure if it's your first book - you want to do it right. Whether you pick me or not, don't for goodness' sake, pick anyone who doesn't have 100% in either US English 1 or UK English 1. The questions it asks is stuff my kids can do. Their vs there; it's vs its. Here's what I offer: a thorough proofread. 80k words is a lot by the way and would probably take the better part of two days (such work is part of my job, so I know what I'm talking about). Formatting into a book format can be simple or complicated, depending on where you want to publish it. I'm an expert at InDesign and I can give you a typeset book for printing or an ebook or both - something to think about or talk about if you're interested in hiring me. Hope to hear from you. Cheers, Colin
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I am a Professor, Trainer and Writer with multi-disciplinary professional qualifications, PhD, MBA, PGDM in Labor Laws, PGDM in Industrial Management, BE (Electrical) and BE (Mech.). An integration of the diversified expertise enabled me to produce best results. For the last six years I have been teaching as a professor. I have guided about 60 dissertation studies. I have written six books and 50 research papers. The details of the books are given below: a. Purchasing in Industrial Sector. b. Warehousing Management and Inventory Control. c. Production and Operations Management. d. Flexible Systems Management – An Application in Energy Conservation in Cement Plants. e. Refractory Engineering and Kiln Maintenance in cement plants. f. Cement Rotary Kiln – Total Productive Maintenance Techniques and Management. The books e & f are technical books on highly technical subjects. I can’t attach a file here as there is no facility in the window. Give me yr email so that I can send one of the chapter for yr information. My email is jpsaxena41(at)gmail(dot)com. You can also invite me on gtalk for on line discussion. The book is approx. 170 pages which will take quite a lot of time. Charges offered at the minimum.
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Dear Hiring Manager I am interested in this position for Proofreader. While I am kind of new to the Freelancer platform I have been on others for years now. I have over 7 years of writing experience. I can assure you that I am a hard working individual that is willing to please when it comes to the work that is needed to be done. I am able to start immediately upon being hired. I have impeccable English I am extremely detail oriented, communicative, cooperative and persistent. I meet all of my deadlines. I am confident in saying that if I am selected for your project; I will make sure that you are completely satisfied with your final result. Thank you for your time and consideration and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks
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Hi Sir. I have experience in Proof-reading and Editing. I have done similar kinds of jobs before and received great reviews from the clients. Please send me the file and I can assure you that I will thoroughly check your file for grammar and spelling mistakes and will try to polish it as much as I can. Waiting for your reply. Thank you.
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Hi though I am new on this site but have good experience writing research paper, and articles as well as teaching English and technical writing as assistant professor in prestigious college. And pursuing Ph.D. in English having masters in English literature, I would be the best candidate for this project. Thanks
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Hi, We are a team of professionals and are online 24 hours, we help in all type of projects, assignments and homework, we have expert in every field so you just have to provide us with the work and will definitely give you a good output in less money then others. Regards DextersMind Inc.
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I am skilled in checking English grammar, punctuation, spellings and formatting. Also, I am a software engineer by profession which will help me look at the content from a technical point of view as well. I can assure you quality outcome! Thank you, Sadaf Amir Sydney Australia
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Hi, I have done my Masters in Computer Applications from India and I have technical knowledge. Also, I am expert in editing and proof reading. I haven't worked on freelancer as I am new here, but I have done such work before. I CAN START WORKING ON IT TODAY ITSELF AND DELIVER THE WORK TO YOU IN 6 DAYS. The work will be accurate and delivered on time. Please award me this project and if possible share the file so that I can have a look at it. Regards, Anuj
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Good day, I am well qualified to help you out with this project. I have written 3 projects for NASA and many other articles on various themes. You may see some of my work by checking my portfolio. I would like to start working on this project as soon as possible. Respectfully, Nicoleta
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