Freelance Editor's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Making Your Business Thrive

by Suzy Bills

A comprehensive guide to building and maintaining a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable business as a freelance editor.
 
According to LinkedIn, more than twenty thousand people in the United States list themselves as freelance editors. But many who have the requisite skills to be excellent editors lack the entrepreneurial skills needed to run a thriving, fulfilling business. The few resources available to freelance editors, new and established, are typically limited in scope and lack the strategic thinking needed to make a business flourish.
 
The Freelance Editor’s Handbook provides a complete guide to setting up and running a prosperous freelancing business, from finding clients to increasing productivity, from deciding how to price services to achieving work/life balance, and from paying taxes to saving for retirement. Unlike most other books on freelance editing, this book is founded on a business-success The goal isn’t simply to eke out a living through freelancing. Rather, the goal is to establish a thriving, rewarding business that allows editors to achieve their career goals, earn a comfortable living, and still have time for family, friends, and personal pursuits. Author Suzy Bills identifies multiple strategies and methods that freelancers can apply, drawing on current research in entrepreneurship, psychology, and well-being. This book is the ultimate resource for editors at all students just starting out, in-house staff looking to transition, and experienced freelancers who want to make their businesses more profitable and enjoyable.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Writing, Reference

336 pages, Hardcover

Published November 2, 2021

Reviews

[Mariah (Homerun Reads)]

I'm hoping to start a freelance editing business, so this book was perfect. It has a lot of helpful insights. I decided to read the whole thing first, now I'm going to go through it a second time more slowly and work on applying it's principles. I was hoping it would alleviate my fears about taxes, but it still made it sound pretty stressful. But hopefully I'll figure it out, and I do appreciate the overview.

[Maria Giovanna Brauzzi]

Offers concrete advice that makes the leap into freelance editing less daunting. I found the practical tips on business setup and client management particularly helpful, easing my fears about this new path. Bills’ approachable style empowers aspiring editors, making this handbook a must-read for freelancers.

[Liz Kazandzhy]

I wish I had read this book years ago when I first started my freelance career! It's an excellent resource for freelance editors that covers a huge variety of topics, some I was expecting but others I hadn't even thought about. This book gave me the tools and inspiration I needed to take my freelance career to the next level, and I'm already seeing positive results from it. Highly recommend!

[Annette]

If you think you have the right stuff to become a freelance editor, get this book to get started the right way.

[Emma Freestone]

So helpful!! Thank you!!