Responsibilities
- Editorial assessment
- Developmental or line edit
- Copyedit and author queries
Your book team · Book editor
Strengthen structure, prose, consistency and correctness at the right editorial stage.
A clear brief protects the author and the professional: define the contribution, evidence, deliverables, schedule, attribution, rights and book access before work begins.
Typical milestones
- Edit plan approved
- Editorial pass delivered
- Author revisions reviewed
Book permissions
Assigned chapters, comments and tracked revisions
Only grant the chapters, files and actions needed for the agreed scope. Access can be reviewed or revoked from My Book Team.
What this role does not own
- Writing the whole manuscript unless separately contracted
- Promising publication or sales
- Replacing specialist fact or legal review
When to bring them in
- A complete draft needs structural decisions
- Prose needs line-level refinement
- The text is stable enough for copyediting or proofreading
Questions worth asking
- Which editorial level does this manuscript need now?
- What will you deliver besides marked-up pages?
- How are author queries, style decisions and revisions tracked?
A prompt you can adapt
Perform a [developmental/line/copy/proof] edit of [scope]. Focus on [priorities], preserve [voice/style], deliver [editorial letter/markup/style sheet], and allow [rounds] by [date].
Replace bracketed fields with project facts. Agree scope, rights, attribution, fees and permissions separately before work begins.
Turn the role into a clear book brief.
Compare evidence, describe the work, agree milestones and keep progress beside the manuscript.