RESPONSE: Contact Information for Good Copy Editors

What seems like a very long time ago, Balambigai Balakrishnan of the University of Malaya asked for help in finding a copy editor willing to process English language manuscripts for a fee.  His request generated a nice list of names and contact information which now resides at

  http://www.marketingpower.com/content.php?Item_ID=31989

The request also inspired the two general responses below

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Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 02:09:04 +1100
From: Colin Jevons <colin.jevons@buseco.monash.edu.au>

Editing is a profession, just as academia is.  In this country at least the minimum entry standard is a postgraduate qualification.  Just as using unqualified amateurs in the business of teaching or researching marketing is fraught with potential disaster, so is using unqualified amateur editors.  As a former professional editor myself, but inactive
for some years, I strongly recommend from experience that only professionally qualified and accredited editors be considered.  A listing of such editors in Victoria, Australia, can be found at

 http://www.socedvic.org/redirect/public_php/freelance.php

Links to similar organizations in other countries (including North America) are at

  http://www.socedvic.org/redirect/public_php/links.php

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Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:57:33 -0600
From: Victor Barger <vbarger@bus.wisc.edu>

ACADEMICWORD provides editing, proofreading, and translation services for a fee:

  http://www.academicword.com/

They also have a "Tools for Authors" page,

  http://www.academicword.com/tools_author.asp

with links to a variety of writing resources on the web.