Jane Read | Development editor | Copyeditor | Proofreader
Based in Hertfordshire, UK, and works with clients in the UK and around the world
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- Job title
- Development editor | Copyeditor | Proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Jane
||| About me
I’m an experienced editor, specialising in educational materials for all age groups. I work with publishers, publishing services companies and independent authors on a wide range of content, including illustrated books, multi-author books, textbooks, workbooks, revision guides, teacher resources, online courses, syllabuses, practice papers and tests.
I also work on fiction and I have particular passion for crime, thriller, mystery and horror.
||| Areas I specialise in
Education
Primary: English, Literacy, Mathematics, Science
Secondary and Post-16: Biology, Business, Chemistry, English, English Language, English Literature, History, Mathematics, Physics, Politics, Vocational
Fiction
Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
||| Clients
Bloodhound Books, Gill Education, Macmillan, Newgen, Oriel Square, Out of House Publishing, Oxford University Press, Paperghosts, Pearson, QBS Learning, Straive, Westchester, York Press
||| Qualifications
Diploma in Publishing with Credit (West Herts College)
MA (Hons) English Literature (Edinburgh University)
||| Training
Copyediting 2: Headway (CIEP) Merit pass
Introduction to fiction editing (SfEP now CIEP)
Editing for fiction: Professional development day (SfEP now CIEP)
Copyediting 1: Introduction to Copy-editing (SfEP now CIEP)
Copy-Editing Skills (The Publishing Training Centre)
Editing Illustrated Books (The Publishing Training Centre)
Brush Up Your Grammar (CIEP)
||| Educational projects I have worked on
- BBC Bitesize AQA Combined Science Trilogy Revision Guide
- Cambridge Global English Stage 3 Workbook
- Cambridge IGCSE Physics English Language Skills Workbook and Teacher’s Resource
- Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics Coursebook
- Cambridge O Level Mathematics Coursebook
- CUP Primary Maths Teacher Resource Pack
- Discover Science, Primary Science for Jamaica Student Book
- Edexcel GCSE Science Homework Practise and Support ActiveLearn
- Edexcel International GCSE English Language A Student Book
- Edexcel International GCSE Physics Student Book, Teacher Resource Pack and Lab Book
- Edexcel International A Level Physics Student Book and Lab Book
- Edexcel International AS Level Physics Teacher Resource Pack
- Egypt Sciences Grades 11 and 12 Physics Student Book and Teacher Guide
- Gateway Physics Student Book and Teacher Book
- Global Science Corpus Upper Secondary G10–G12 Physics Student Books
- Internal Assessment for Biology for the IB Diploma: Skills for Success
- Internal Assessment for Chemistry for the IB Diploma: Skills for Success
- Internal Assessment for Physics for the IB Diploma: Skills for Success
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Business Management Student Book
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Global Politics Student Book
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Physics online course
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Physics Student Book
- International Lower Secondary English Progress Tests
- International Primary and International Lower Secondary Science tests
- International Primary Maths Progress Tests
- International Primary Science Textbook and Workbook
- Mathematics for the IB Middle Years Programme
- Mission Science Workbook and Teacher Guide
- OCR AS/A Level Biology Revision Workbook Practice Papers
- OUP KS3 Science Revise
- Primary Science for the Caribbean Student Book and Workbook
- Revise A level Revision Planner
- Revise AQA GCSE History Britain: Health and the people
- Revise AQA GCSE History Norman England
- Revise BTEC National Animal Management
- Revise BTEC National Applied Science
- Revise BTEC National Sport and Exercise Science
- Revise Edexcel AS/A Level Biology
- Target 7 AQA GCSE Combined Science Workbooks
- Target 7 AQA GCSE Single Science Workbooks
- Target 7 Edexcel GCSE Single Science Workbooks
- Wales KS3 Science Boost
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