3 Great Resources for Prospective Proofreaders
1. Apply to ProofreadingServices.com
This is our favorite option: Apply to join our team.
2. Apply to Everyone Else
Since we can only hire so many people, check out this guide we wrote called 104 Places to Find Work-from-Home Proofreading Jobs. It's available for any price you want. (Want to pay us a million dollars? Great, but it's whatever you think is fair. We think the world should be a little more fair.)
3. See What Our Proofreaders Are Reading
Stephen King brutally but honestly said it best: "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." The same is true for proofreaders.
To help you separate the wheat from the chaff, I asked our wonderful proofreaders to name their favorite books—a tough task for any booklover! Here's what they said:
- Brenda - A Tale of Two Cities
- Lindsey - All the Light We Cannot See
- Erin - Anne of Green Gables
- Kate - Brideshead Revisited
- Randy - Cat's Cradle
- Jennifer - Cat's Eye
- Anjannette - Face of Deception
- Amanda - Fifth Business
- Elaine - Gift from the Sea
- Mary - The Harry Potter series
- Donna - Hop on Pop
- Rebecca - If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
- Jennifer - Jane Eyre
- Talia - Lives of Girls and Women
- Vicki - Pawn of Prophecy
- Georgette, Catherine, and Stephanie - Pride and Prejudice
- Mike - Rock of Chickamauga: The Life of General George H. Thomas
- Jill - Sophie's Choice
- Jana - The Cider House Rules
- Judith - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Alma - The Dispossessed
- Rose - The Handmaid's Tale
- Michelle - The Help
- Christopher - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Kathryn - The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
- Emily - The Name of the Wind
- Brandon - The Silmarillion
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