Copyediting & Writing

Clean copy leads to more trust in your work and can make the difference in landing that book deal. I'm available to do quick, accurate copyediting or proofreading for your manuscript. I have more than 20 years of copyediting experience and have edited all types of content from fiction to business-to-business technology research. The following is a list of book titles that I have edited:

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Published

• Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean. (copyedit)

• The Fourth Transformation: How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything. (copyedit)

• Marketing to the Entitled Consumer: How to Turn Unreasonable Expectations into Lasting Relationships. (copyedit)

• Clarity Wins: Get Heard. Get Referred. (copyedit)

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Upcoming

• Religious Freedom and the Jews: Collective Rights in Modern States. (structural and copyedit)

• Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters. A Comprehensive Guide for Authors. (copyedit and proofread)

• Going on Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation. (proofread)

• Becoming Coachable. (copyedit)

• The Responsive Enterprise: Transform Your Organization to Thrive on Change. (copyedit)

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I have also copyedited for technology research firms and have managed a team of copyeditors both in house and offshore. Please reach out to me at merlinamcgovern@gmail.com to discuss copyediting your next book!

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Current and previous client list

• Amplify Publishing Group

• Ideapress Publishing 

• WOBS, LLC, Josh Bernoff, author of Writing Without Bullshit

• Steve Woodruff, author of Clarity Wins

• MIT CISR

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