Job Description
· Aptara is looking for Copy Editors to apply rigorous scrutiny while preserving the authors voice and ensuring stylistic consistency.
· Aptara Copy Editor rigorously follow a publishers house style sheet, or optionally apply copy editing best practice and good judgment, to achieve stylistic consistency and accuracy throughout a publication. Our standard copy editing requirements include corrections for:
· Spelling, including British to American English
· Grammar, including rephrasing sentences for non-English-speaking authors
· References and footnotes, for technical accuracy and placement of citations
· Captioning to match figures and tables, and type-marking for mathematics
· Consistency, to ensure that all elements of a manuscript are properly presented
· Copy editors are needed for scientific journals as well as book projects.