The Independent Editors Group is the premier professional affiliation of New York City-based, freelance editors/book doctors/ghostwriters who work with writers, editors, publishers and agents in trade book publishing.
We provide:
- manuscript evaluations
- developmental and line editing
- consultation on book proposals and conceptual development
- ghostwriting and collaboration
- coaching
- project development (esp. for self-published books)
Whenever you have a project calling for freelance editorial expertise, get in touch with the best editors in trade book publishing today to solve your manuscript problems.
Writers, contact us when...
- You need a professional's evaluation of your manuscript—not your family's, your friends', or your writers group's
- You would like your draft manuscript critiqued before...
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Agents & publishers,
contact us when...
- A contracted manuscript is about to be cancelled unless it gets major re-writing/cutting— and the clock is running
- An author is unable to finish a book due to...
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The IEG visits SPBE...
Saturday, October 2: Boy, what a difference one year makes! Last year's Self-Publishing Book Expo at the Statler Hilton on 7th Avenue in NYC was a lackluster, uninspiring affair. Not so this year's!...
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