Lynn Brown | Editing and proofreading services for businesses and publishers
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- Website
- smartedit.co.uk
- Organisation
- Lynn Brown | smartedit.co.uk
- Job title
- Editor and proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Lynn
smartedit.co.uk
Professional copyediting and proofreading services for businesses, organisations and publishers
Please note: I am currently available to take on new projects from 3 March 2025
CIEP Advanced Professional Member
Extensive experience in publishing (in-house and freelance)
35+ years in publishing
Full-time freelance since 1994
Six years in-house with international publishers, including editorial management roles
I offer a flexible, friendly and professional service covering a diverse range of subject areas, with a particular focus on advertising and marketing, psychology, management and business-related texts. Please see below for full list of subject areas and media.
Main subject areas
Business, marketing and strategy
Accounting, finance | Advertising and marketing | Business, enterprise, management and organisation | Business strategy | Business studies | Corporate finance | Economics | Human resources, HR | Management and leadership | Marketing and advertising | Microeconomics | Services marketing
Other non-fiction
Biography and autobiography | Broadcasting, radio | Catering and hospitality | Careers and courses | Childcare | Cinema, film, TV | Cookery, recipe books, cuisine | Education (open learning, general, GCSE, A-level, vocational) | English literature | Hacks and lifestyle advice | Health, fitness, wellness, self-help | History | Humanities | Literature | Media studies (general, UK culture) | Music (especially rock, metal, punk, alternative, 70s, 80s) | Nature, wildlife (especially European birds and mammals) | Personality psychology | Poetry | Popular culture | Psychology (general, popular) | Science and the environment (general, popular, GCSE/A-level) | Sports and fitness | Travel/tourism (especially Croatia, central and eastern Europe) | TV tie-ins | Vocational qualifications
Fiction
Anthologies | Crime, thrillers and suspense | Feminist | Historical fiction | Romantic fiction, romance | Spy and espionage | TV tie-ins | Poetry
Media
Academic and vocational texts | Books | Business reference | Company literature | Conference proceedings | Corporate publications | Digital resources | Directories/yearbooks | Distance learning materials | ebooks | Educational materials | Fiction | Illustrated books | Journals | Magazines | Manuals | Marketing/promotional content | Multi-author books | Non-fiction | Novels | Online content | Open learning | Popular music biography | PowerPoint | Practical guides | Publisher-specific CMS | Qualifications-related textbooks | Reference books | Social media | Student textbooks | Travel guides | TV tie-ins | Websites
Please note: I do not copyedit or proofread student or academic coursework,
dissertations or theses
Take a look at my portfolio
Clients
Past and present clients include:
A&C Black | Annah d.o.o. (homoeopathy specialist, Croatia) | Cornhill Publications Ltd | Hobsons Publishing | Hodder Education | Hodder Gibson | Jessica Kingsley | Little, Brown | McGraw Hill | National Association for Interdisciplinary Activities in the Field of Heritage and Tourism (conference proceedings, Croatia) | National Extension College (NEC) | Open University Press | Policy Press | Royal Mail | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) | World Advertising Research Center (WARC)
Qualifications and awards
BA (Hons) English Literature
CIEP Advanced Professional Member
Find out more about my services
Testimonials
Thanks Lynn. You are literally the best copy-editor I've ever had the pleasure of working with. — Maggie du Randt, Senior Content Developer, EMEA, McGraw Hill Education
Thank you for all your help and support, you have also been fantastic to work with and the book will be better because of your input. [Principles and Practice of Marketing, 10th edn] — Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick, Senior Lecturer in Marketing & Retailing, Loughborough University
Thanks for all your hard work Lynn. It has really helped to improve the text. [Foundations of Marketing, 7th edn] — Professor John Fahy, Professor of Marketing, University of Limerick
I have just finished going through all the edited papers for the Warc Awards, and let me say you did a brilliant job. It was a real pleasure reading through the campaigns! — Chiara Manco, Commissioning Editor, World Advertising Research Center (Warc)
Lynn is a true professional, always prompt, and very co-operative. It was such a pleasant experience working with Lynn, and I will surely engage her for my future projects too. The work she has done for my book is beyond all expectations. She did an amazing job! I highly recommend her services. Thank you, Lynn! — Ana Klikovac PhD, Annah d.o.o. for homeopathy and support of health, Zagreb, Croatia
Thanks Lynn! You have been an absolute superstar on this project, and I can’t thank you enough! — Ali Davis, Content Product Manager, McGraw Hill
Dear Lynn – So pleased you are working on the book! [Theory of Hospitality and Catering, 14th edn] — Professor David Foskett, David Foskett Associates, Chair of the International Hospitality Council
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the care you are taking over this. — Eileen Lewis, Series Editor, OCR GCSE Media Studies, Hodder
Let's work together!
Please note: I am currently available to take on new projects from
3 March 2025
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Disclaimer note
The CIEP Directory of Editorial Services should be considered a point of first contact and prospective clients must satisfy themselves that members are capable of the work on offer. The Institute cannot be held responsible for the quality of work provided by any member listed in the directory. The members themselves are responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their entries in the Directory and the CIEP has not made any attempt to vet them. The institute cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the Directory. Inclusion in the Directory as a freelance does not necessarily mean that the member is self-employed as defined by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.