proofreader

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you are the proofreader for Rolling Stone.

I am also the only editor and proofreader. This is wrong.

Hire a proofreader. There are so many grammar mistakes, like run-ons and sentence fragments, that it's a little hard to follow.

* I'm a decent writer, editor, and proofreader. * I can give you feedback on your startup idea, web site, or iPhone app.

I'm no professional proofreader but I think that "can only accessed" is non-English. Fail.

I'm never going to be hired as a proofreader by anyone not totally desperate and I'm cool with that. Fomite puts one space after each period.

Version control is useful, though, if you want to have an proofreader work on an incomplete draft while the author is adding content.

Would benefit from a professional editor/proofreader -- there are quite a few typos as well as english mistakes. Still, he is smart for moving fast, and it looks like there is good value here.

Editors and proofreaders rarely get called out by name for mistakes. But that's irrelevant, since an editor/proofreader isn't really in the position to fabricate/plagiarize in a writer's piece...

Disclaimer: I worked as a lowly proofreader of financial documents, quarterly and annual reports, etc. The problem is not Access Control.

The Amazon/Kindle person he had been working with as a proofreader supposedly had 25 years experience proofreading at the NY Times. I probably found 100–200 errors, not the "I would do it like this: kind, but the "this is wrong" kind. When I spoke to my friend/author later on, he said that the proofreader is simply overwhelmed with work.

Oh, and I'd hire a full-time copy-editor/proofreader, and PA to handle my expenses and travel arrangements. Then I'd move out of my apartment for 3 months and get it thoroughly remodelled, from the plasterwork up, because it's overdue to be rewired, could use a modern heating system, and I might as well redecorate while I'm about it.

I could see arguments for both sides and wonder if they have experimented with giving a proofreader to every potential borrower, if only to improve readability. I'd imagine they haven't done it because it removes some of the human connections, but I'd be interested in A/B testing of it.