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Bothersome Words Editing & Writing Services |
ABN 54 909 113 158 Experience: Editor/Manager, Butterfly Books 1986-94: General book publishing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children's titles). Editor/Manager, Conference Publications 1994-2000: Conference proceedings for universities, professional bodies and research organisations; tertiary texts; research reports. Since 2000: Editor, Publications Unit, Information Services, Board of Studies NSW. Author of more than 50 peer-reviewed published papers and monographs in science, engineering and tertiary education. Recent publisher clients include McGraw-Hill; New Holland.
Qualifications: BE (Hons1) (Syd), PhD (Geoscience) (Macq). Academic teaching, research and publishing positions in Australia (Macquarie: Earth Sciences; UNSW: Engineering), UK and Sweden, followed by 24 years as editor and publisher. Computer capability: Macintosh preferred, but flexible – using Word, QuarkXpress, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. Also HTML/XML documentation. Services offered: Technical editing and writing; writing and rewriting academic articles in plain English for journal publication; copy editing; proofreading; preparation of documents for publication from manuscript to print-ready or web-ready stage. Type of material: Conference proceedings, secondary/tertiary textbooks, postgraduate theses, technical reports etc for print and/or electronic publications. Subject specialities: Earth/planetary sciences; other physical sciences; mathematics; civil engineering, mining engineering, geotechnical engineering; secondary and tertiary education. Special skills/interests: Biographies, especially of people in the sciences. Science textbooks. |
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