Opportunity Guide for Freelance Editors

This is the companion guide to the WIP2025 panel "Creating Business from Gaps in Publishing" with Tara Whitaker, Neva Talladen, Brittany Dowdle, and Linda Ruggeri.

The publishing industry employs a vast number of professional freelancers. There are many non-traditional business opportunities for editors that are not specifically about editing. How can you identify those? Which ones make sense for you? What if it doesn’t work out? In this guide you’ll find the thoughts of four different editors who have built their editing business on more than copyediting and proofreading. Come join us with an open and curious mind to discover what opportunities might be out there for you.