Llinos Edwards

About me

I am a freelance editor with almost thirty years of experience in the educational and academic publishing industry, including seven years as an in-house editor. I am professionally trained, and offer development editing, copy-editing and proofreading services in many different areas (see below).

My in-house experience means that I understand the budgetary and time pressures involved in the different elements of book production, and can quickly anticipate, identify and resolve potential problems in the editing and proofreading process. This includes knowing when to make decisions or alert clients when alarm bells ring!

I understand the importance of good and timely communication with clients, with whom I have developed excellent working relations. I have been assigned many complicated projects with large author teams, and enjoy working with teachers, lecturers and professional writers alike. 

Services

Development editing / structural editing:

• liasing with authors and publishers to develop the manuscript
• close mapping of the manuscript to exam-board specifications (such as WJEC, AQA, OCR, NCFE (formerly CACHE), BTEC, City & Guilds, IB, Cambridge Nationals) for endorsed textbooks
• management of large author teams 
• developing and auditing design features.

Copy-editing:

• on-screen editing using XML templates or simple coding
• author liaison and resolution of editorial queries
• for illustrated titles, creating artwork briefs and figure lists
• checking permissions and copyright issues.

Proofreading:

• hard copy or digital
• pdf mark-up using BSI stamps or Adobe comments pane.

Media

• School and undergraduate textbooks
• Academic volumes
• Multi-author books
• Complex four-colour illustrated books
• Dictionaries
• Educational materials
• Integrated media
• Podcast scripts

Qualifications

Oxford University: M.Phil. English Romantic Literature (1790–1820)

Cardiff University: B.A. (Hons) English Literature

Career History

I have run my own editing and proofreading business since 2000. 

Prior to this, I worked as:

• Commissioning Editor, Development Editor and Desk Editor at Hodder & Stoughton Education on their post-16 Further Education lists (1995–2000) 
• Desk Editor at Longman Law, Tax and Finance on professional law titles (1994–95)
• Sub-Editor at Editorial Enterprises, writing and editing television programme listings for national and local newspapers (1993–94).

Professional Development

I joined CIEP (then SfEP) in 2012 and was upgraded to Advanced Professional Member in 2014. I have attended the CIEP annual conference (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2017), and attend North West CIEP Local Group meetings every two months. 

I attended CIEP (then SfEP)'s Professional Development Day for Educational Publishing in 2018. 

I received full editorial training while working in-house, but am always keen to keep my skills and knowledge up to date. Details of training courses undertaken:

• References (CIEP) 2021
• Working with macros (Paul Beverley for CIEP) 2015, 2018, 2023
• Practical mark-up of PDFs (CIEP) 2017
• Brush up your grammar (CIEP) 2014
• Copy-editing, Editing illustrated books, Commissioning (PTC, then Book House) 1995–2000.

Clients

• Cambridge University Press (Academic and International Education divisions)
• Hodder & Stoughton Education
• Pearson
• Edinburgh University Press
• Education and Training Foundation 
• Fink Publications: Development Editor for the Revise SQE series
• Soundbite Learning (GCSEPod)
• Newgen
• The Content Station
• Cengage Learning
• Just Content

Subjects

For EDUCATION publishing:

     Key Stage 3, GCSE, A Level 

• English Literature and Language
• History and Politics
• Music
• Sociology and Psychology
• Law
• Philosophy
• Business and Management Studies
• Welsh
• Media Studies

     FE vocational subjects 

• Early Years and Education
• Health and Social Care
• Catering
• Performing Arts
• Beauty Therapy
• Sports Science
• Leisure and Tourism

For ACADEMIC publishing:

• English Literature: poetry anthologies, literary criticism, textual editions
• History and Politics
• Music
• Sociology and Psychology
• Philosophy
• Teacher Education
• Business and Management Studies

testimonials

I’ve worked with Llinos Edwards on the most recent four volumes of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, of which I am the general editor. The volumes are A Change of Class (2016), Last Kiss (2017), The Great Gatsby: An Edition of the Manuscript (2018), and The Great Gatsby: A Variorum Edition (2019). Her editorial work has been excellent. Each of these projects was complicated, involving multiple texts, heavy annotation, textual tables, and facsimiles of original manuscripts. Llinos has met all challenges: she is accurate, attentive, and good at sensing what a book (and its readers) might need. I commend her expertise and her light but firm touch. She has saved me from several blunders and has made welcome suggestions about content, arrangement, and clarity.

James L. W. West III

Sparks Professor of English, Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University

Llinos has copy-edited several titles that I have written. She is by far the most competent and personable editor that I have worked with over the past 15 years. I thoroughly recommend Llinos for her dedication and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Carolyn Meggitt

Best-selling Early Years textbook author for Hodder Education (also Director, Veltom Hill Ltd)

Llinos has undertaken development work on five of my A Level Law titles while I have been responsible for the law list Hodder Education. She has been incredibly professional on every project; communicating well with authors, refining manuscripts to a very high quality and adhering to tight deadlines. For Law editing work there’s no one else I would turn to.

William Goodfellow

Commissioning Editor, Hodder Education

This was my first time publishing a book, and you set a very high bar for any future copyeditors I encounter. Thanks so much for your precise and insightful work, your clear communication, and your kindness and generosity throughout the process. I appreciate it all more than I can say. 

Sarah Ensor, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Environment (Cambridge University Press)
 

• Editor

• Academics
• Book publishers