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Proofreading Jobs Work From HomeInformation and advice about Proofreading Jobs that you can do freelance from home including online employment and rates of pay: Though most people are confident using computers and software such as Microsoft Word and Works to spell and grammar check articles, books, newspapers, magazines, course work, leaflets, pamphlets, instruction manuals, etc there is still a demand for work from home proofreaders and copy editors. This work involves checking a manuscript and typescript galley and page proof for typing, grammar and spelling errors by the author, the copy editor and also the typesetter. Some editors and publishers also ask their proofreaders to spot factual mistakes in the editorial and any potentially libellous statements. This article will discuss how you can earn from proofreading, the advantages and disadvantages of working as a proofreader and where to find employment as a freelance proofreader. There is also an excellent recommended course for those who wish to gain a qualification in proofreading. Work From Home ProofreadersProofreaders who work from home as freelancers include those seeking a second job for additional income and those who just want to work their own flexible hours doing part time work. It is ideally suited to someone with literature and editing experience such as a journalist, editor, teacher, headmaster or headmistress, secretary, etc. It could even be a great source of revenue for avid readers. There are many adverts, often in newspapers, asking for people to work from home as a freelance proofreader. These usually have a paragraph of text asking you to identify and correct the grammatical and spelling mistakes. If you reply to these then please do be careful - some will just send you out an information pack, usually with info that is readily available for free from websites like findextrawork. They will charge you a fee for this information pack and sadly it may not contain any information about proofreading job vacancies. Instead look for authors, publishing companies and editors who are genuinely looking for an experienced and or qualified proofreader to check and correct the galley proofs, typescripts or manuscripts of their book or article. There are hundreds listed in the Writer's Handbook  .
Approach magazines and newspapers for freelance, part-time or full time work. Some do offer work from home opportunities during periods of staff illness, retirement, holidays, etc and will readily use e-mail or fax to send you work instantly. They will expect you to meet deadlines, often the same day or within a few hours. Employment opportunities may also be advertised at the local employment centre. Do ask each magazine publisher or editor for their house style guidelines to ensure article consistency. Do send your CV and covering letter to as many publishers and editors as possible. Read more with Proofreading Plain and Simple  .
If you have a professional qualification or have work experience in a certain field then try approaching magazines, journals and papers in these fields and offer your services as a proof reader or freelancing copy editor. For example I was a nurse and had written many nursing articles and chapters of textbooks. I had worked in many fields including emergency care, care of the elderly and paediatrics. I approached and secured work for several journals as a proof reader, not just for grammar but for the authenticity and accuracy of nursing research and facts. This included Paediatric Nursing, Elderly Care, Nursing Standard, Professional Nurse and the Nursing Times. Most paid about £15, the work took about 30 minutes and I would be sent one manuscript most weeks from each journal. It may not sound much of a wage, but if you can secure work for many publications and combine the jobs with other work listed throughout the findextrawork website, like book reviewing then you can earn a good wage. There is more about rates of pay further along this article. There are many proofreading agencies on the internet that claim to find you work and act as an agent in securing you employment, sending the manuscripts and proofs to edit and paying you. I will seek out and list these agents. Some charge an administration fee whilst others charge a percentage of any employment you gain. I would advise people new to proofreading and copy editing not to pay such companies up front for promises of work. More experienced proofreaders should be able to sniff out the rogues from the genuine proofreading agents. Most proofreading companies and agents will ask you to complete a proofreading test and attain a certain percentage as a pass rate. This need not be 100% because most authors and editors will get two proofreaders to check and correct a manuscript. So one may spot an error inadvertently missed by the other proofreader. Proofreading Distance Learning CourseThere are some home courses which will teach you about proofreading. For example International Correspondence Schools have a distance learning course called Professional Proofreader. There are no qualifications or experience needed to start the proofreading course and you can do the proofreading course at home. A good understanding of the English language and a working knowledge of a computer is an advantage though. The home study course teaches you the tricks of the trade – specialist marks and symbols, spelling and grammar and the editing process. As an International Correspondence Schools (ICS) student you will have your own personal tutor helping you with your proofreading coursework and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact their Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need. You will also have access to the ICS online Student Community, where you can interact with other students, browse the ICS resource library and manage your account. If this page has not answered your questions or you need some more advice then please feel free to e-mail me. I would also welcome any advice to increase the information on this page to make it more useful to others. So feel free to e-mail me your thoughts. I would also appreciate it if you were to send the url of the www.findextrawork.co.uk to your friends, forums and websites. Automatically Add www.findextrawork.co.uk To Your Favourites Folder - Bookmark Us. The site is updated weekly with new earning opportunities. The Professional Proofreader course includes a number of assessments that you complete as part of your coursework and then forward to your tutor. Once your tutor has marked and graded your work, they'll send it back to you with their comments. This course can help you prepare to become a freelance proofreader and copy editor where you will earn cash from identifying and correcting mistakes. The course will teach you basics such as using red pen for corrections expense to be borne by the typesetter, blue for those to be charged to the copy-editor and green which is usually made by the typesetting company. You will also learn about correcting proofs and proofreading symbols, textual marks and marginal marks using British Standard and International Standard. Rates Of Pay For Proof ReadingRates of pay for freelance proofreading and copy editing work vary and are often set by the publishers and editors. You may have to accept a set rate of pay but get the benefit of regular employment. A standard though is between £12 and £20 for proofreading. You can usually ask for a pound or two more for copy editing. Editors and publishers will happily pay the higher rate for people who cause them less work - ie don't return work without spotting errors, always send work back within set time scales and guidelines and are available at short notice. In return a publisher will anticipate that you spend one hour proofreading at least 8 pages of a manuscript for a text book and about 12 for a novel when proofreading against copy. More is expected if you are to proofread blind. Scales of pay do not often include expenses such as paper, e-mail, phone calls, postage, ink cartridges, computers, the latest edition of the Oxford or Chambers Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus etc. However these expenses can be offset on your annual tax return to the inland revenue. Earnings from copy editing and freelance proofreading should be declared to the tax office on your annual self assessment. Read more about copy editing and being a proof reader with Freelance Proofreading and Copy-editing: A Guide 
which has practical advice and exercises to help you in a new career. It explains common editorial words such as front flap copy, blurb, prelims, pageheads and has lists
and examples of the proofreading symbols with their meanings and the textual and marginal mark.
Explanations are given for the difference between typo and lit errors, proofreading against copy or blind and different publishing house styles and the format
of query sheets. You will also learn more about the benefits of project editing, becoming a professional indexer and joining the Society of Freelance Editors
and Proofreaders (SFEP). More importantly you get advice on finding freelance proofreading work and copy editing jobs.
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