Format and edit books from manuscript through print-ready publication. Responsibilities include creating InDesign layouts and style samples, performing AI-assisted and manual quality assurance, handling revisions, developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading. The intern will learn professional book production workflows, editorial feedback, style-guide application, and collaboration with authors under real deadlines.
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What You'll Be Doing
You'll help authors cross the finish line. Your north star? Clean, beautiful, error-free books that authors are proud to hold. 📚
Formatting & Layout Design
- 🔍Run AI and human-eye QA on layout deliverables before they go to authors
- 🎨Prepare style samples in InDesign (short sections with style options) for books starting layout
- 🔁Handle revision rounds on books that are already laid out, making author fixes and requests
- 📖Complete full book layouts in InDesign
Editing
- 🧭Perform developmental edits and write an editor letter covering areas for improvement in structure, content, and more
- ✍️Copyedit manuscripts for grammar, clarity, consistency, and style
- ✅Proofread manuscripts so nothing slips through before publishing
- 🛠️How a book goes from manuscript to print-ready file, step by step
- 🖥️Professional InDesign workflows for book interiors
- 🧠How developmental editors diagnose structure and give feedback authors can act on
- 📏Copyediting and proofreading to a professional style guide
- 🤖How to use AI in quality checks without losing the human eye
- 🤝How to work with real authors, real feedback, and real deadlines
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