How to become a proofreader in the UK (2026)
Want to become a proofreader but don’t know how? We are a leading UK proofreading company with a wealth of experience in selecting and hiring proofreaders. What are the things agencies like us look for?
Complete guide to becoming a professional proofreader ebook
Well, in our new ebook, we tell you everything you need to know to become a proofreader… whether it’s for academic proofreading companies, publishers, novelists, or businesses, our ebook reveals everything you need to get started.
Our ebook answers dozens of questions we regularly receive from prospective proofreaders.
The ebook is the only one of its kind, written by the people who know proofreading best: a leading proofreading company. It is NOT a “how to do proofreading” ebook, it is a comprehensive grounding in “how to become a proofreader“.
The ebook consists of:
- 80 information-packed pages
- Access to our private mastermind group on Facebook
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The ebook will detail how you can become a proofreader in the UK. It goes beyond the “what proofreading course you need to take” and looks at:
Section 1: The personality, qualifications, experience and skills you need
- Personality
- Qualifications
- The approach if you don’t have any qualifications
- Free proofreading courses: Worth it?
- UK proofreading courses: The best ones to take
- Experience and skills
- Jobs with transferable skills
- How to get experience if you don’t have any?
- How to prove this experience?
- Tools and technology
Section 2: The proofreading market: An overview
- Differing definitions of ‘proofreading’
- Academic documents
- General versus specialist academic proofreading
- Business/corporate documents
- Novels
- Publishers
Section 3: Working for an agency vs. getting your own work
- Price-accepter versus price-setter
Section 4: How to find work
Through a company
- Finding work with academic proofreading companies
- Finding work with publishers
- Find work with novelists/writers
On your own
- Finding your own academic proofreading clients
- Finding your own business proofreading clients
- Finding your own self-publishing author clients
Section 5: The life of a proofreader
- Working part-time versus full-time as a proofreader: pros and cons
- Feast versus famine: Seasonality of the work
- How much you can earn
- How many hours you will work
- Types of documents: PDF and Word
Section 6: How to make yourself more marketable
- What additional skills you should develop to stand out in the competitive proofreading market
Section 7: Setting up as a self-employed freelancer
- Registering as a sole trader
- How much tax you will pay
- Expenses you can claim
The ebook is based on years of experience in hiring and managing proofreaders and dealing with proofreading clients worldwide
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Based on your unique situation, you will get help with:
- how to enter the industry
- where to find clients
- full CV review
- freelance pricing
- getting your first customers
- passing proofreading tests
- building a proofreading business
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