Developmental/Project Editing. Coordinating and editing a project from proposal or rough manuscript to final manuscript, incorporating input from authors, consultants, or reviewers. (Does not include the following unless specified: budgeting hiring, design supervision or production coordination.)
Rewriting. Creating a new manuscript or parts of a manuscript on the basis of content and research supplied by author. (Does not include the following unless specified research, writing original material.)
Substantive/Structural Editing. Clarifying or reorganizing a manuscript for content and structure. (Does not include the following unless specified: research, writing original material.)
Stylistic Editing. Clarifying meaning, eliminating jargon, polishing language, and other non-mechanical line-by-line editing.
Copyediting and Proofreading. Editing for grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation, and other mechanics of style; checking for consistency of mechanics and for internal consistency of facts; inserting head levels and approximate placement of art; editing tables, figures, and lists; notifying Designer of any unusual production requirements. Checking proofs of formatted, edited material for adherence to design and for minor, mechanical errors in copy such as spelling mistakes or small deviations from style sheet.
Fact-Checking/Citation Checking/Reference Checking. Checking accuracy of facts and quotes by reference to original sources used by Author or to other reference sources.
Indexing. Producing a key to the contents of a work. Includes reading and analyzing the work; choosing subjects, concepts, and other elements that together form a systematic guide to the information contained in the work; arranging these elements into entries consisting of headings and subheadings and their locators (for example, page numbers); and arranging the entries alphabetically or in some other searchable order.
Permissions. Locating source information and obtaining permission releases for copyrighted material.
Ghostwriting: Based on material supplied by client perform additional research, compose draft and edits of manuscript, give all credit and copyright for written material to client.
Project Management: Manuscript development, book development, page and cover design, ISBN registration, copyright registration, CIP and versa page, book production (printing and electronic upload).
Social Media: Creating a promotional platform on sites including: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Goodreads, Shelfari, LibraryThing, etc.
E-books: Uploading digital copies to E-book sites such as: Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble Nook, CreateSpace, Google Reads.
Review Hunting: Locating literary bloggers who may be interested in reviewing novels and non-fiction.