Manuscript Review: "Project Decisions"
An editor for a publisher reached out to me via LinkedIn on January 8, 2019 with an opportunity to provide input on the second edition of a book in exchange for a flat fee. I was given 1 calendar month to complete the review, and I submitted my feedback on February 9, 2019.
While I've reviewed quite a few technology and business texts over the years, including those at the request of authors and publicists, this was the first time I was paid to perform a review.
In addition to providing me the book manuscript in Microsoft Word format, the editor also posed a number of questions that she wanted me to address, so my deliverables to the editor were two-fold: (1) an edited book manuscript with my inline comments, and (2) a 4-page document that I wrote to address her questions. My work on this manuscript review, including a reading of the book, was performed in 1 calendar day.