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Learn Freelancing offers the most comprehensive proofreading course available at the best price.

The training is easy to follow but highly effective. You’ll enjoy working on the structured exercises. Many people taking this course, who began as complete beginners with no previous experience, have gone on to find regular, well-paid work as freelances. Others have found editorial work "in-house" with publishing houses.

It was the original proofreading course, a concept since copied by many others.

Learn Freelancing still offers the ultimate distance learning course for proofreaders.

Most successful freelances (also known, particularly in the US, as "freelancers") have outstanding fees, sometimes as much as £1,500 to £2,000 waiting to be paid. Most publishers pay within one month or so.

Beginners will appreciate the clarity of the material, and The Pocket Book of Proofreading, with interesting tips, advice, quotes, a list of the main proofreading marks, and some sample exercises to test and develop your skills.

Enjoy reading about Sir John Betjeman’s teddy bear, Archibald Ormsby-Gore ("Archie"), and his contribution to the book!

How does it work? Proofreaders work on (and are paid for) about 10 pages per hour (on average). 

If you are sent a set of proofs of, say, 300 pages, it may take you around 30 hours to complete.

At the suggested 2008 minimum freelance rate of £19.25 per hour, this works out at a gross total for the job of £577.50. So, imagine having to read, say, The Cloudspotter’s Guide (about 330 pages and £12.99 in the shops).

If proofreading this readable book, for example, you would be sent a cheque by the publisher for about 33 × £19.25 = £635.25, plus return postage. 

If you get a generous publisher paying £21 an hour, this would mean a cheque for £693.

If you can find the work, this is very good for working just over 30 hours, at home, in peace and comfort, reading and checking through what may well be an interesting book.

You'll find Learn Freelancing's new Proofreading and Editing Course offers you superb quality and the best value.

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