A book is only as good as its editor. Beth McAuley edited my first two books and I went back to her for my latest because I knew I could trust her to 'get it'—and to get it right!
Kim Anderson
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I am extremely pleased with the permissions editing work you did for me. My follow-up communications with the numerous copyright holders have gone smoothly and respectfully, and I have the impression that I was very well represented. You provided thorough communications that enabled me to take over the process quickly and easily, with full clarity
Marianne Neill, Author
The Record; Mind, Matter, and What Happened in 1987 (2019)
Thank you again for your team’s help. This has really been a great experience working with you and I am very happy with the results.
Tasha De Luca
MA, Interior Design, University of Manitoba (2019)
My experience with The Editing Company on this challenging permissions project was outstanding. Their work was highly professional, timely, and displayed a high degree of initiative.
Professor George B. DeLancey
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus, Stevens Institute of Technology (2012)
Your ideas and suggestions and work at cleaning up the text looks extremely comprehensive and will improve the book greatly. Thank you again for your professionalism and hard work. I will not hesitate to use your services again in the future. Many thanks.
Greg Stott
author of Arkona: A History of an Ontario Community (2011), Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, University College of the North
I was extremely impressed with the depth and thoughtfulness of Nina's indexing work. She was able to skilfully capture the essence of the book and create a succinct but very user-friendly index…I am also so appreciative of Beth McAuley, who provided editing genius and moral support and truly gave this project the makeover it
May Friedman
author of Mommyblogs and the Changing Face of Motherhood (University of Toronto Press, 2012)
Thank you for your beautiful work, Beth. You did an awesome editing and proofreading job.
Jean-Marc Champeval
author of Mystic Yukon Nights (November 2013)
The Editing Company truly made what I thought would be a confusing and possibly an expensive process a painless and pleasant experience. Thank you Beth, Mary Ann, and David! For more on David's experience with TEC, click here.
David Christopher Manson
author of A Homeowner's Guide to a Successful Renovation (spring 2014).
I put down my manuscript for several years, filing it away in a folder titled 'Book, Unfinished. ' Then Beth McAuley of The Editing Company stepped into my life. My 'Manuscript Whisperer' gently nuzzled me back to the ring, with calm voice, skill and keen enthusiasm. Beth wasn't going to let go of
Linda Rosenbaum
author of Not Exactly As Planned: A Memoir of Adoption, Secrets and Abiding Love (Demeter Press, 2014)
Working with Barbara on the index was both a pleasure and a relief. Barbara did an exceptional job with the index, and I was more than a bit relieved to not have to tackle the difficult work myself. The quality of her work was apparent in the detail and precision. Plus, she
Jane Nicholas
author of The Modern Girl: Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s (University of Toronto Press, 2015)
Beth McAuley and Melissa MacAulay at The Editing Company patiently went through every line to accommodate the publisher’s style guide that I had completely ignored. They also tried (not the first people to do so) to curb my strange notion that longer and more complex sentences are always better than short direct ones, that
Peter J. McCormick
author of The End of the Charter Revolution: Looking Back from the New Normal (University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division, 2015)
Thank you, Barbara. Your edits were excellent.
Jarkko Jalava
The Myth of the Born Criminal (UTP 2015)
Awesome! The Parent Handbook looks great! Beth and Lesley-Anne, thanks so much for your editing work and for creating a clean and professional-looking document for the Centre. It was a pleasure working with you both.
Meredith Newman, Director of Operations
Trust Child Care Centres, Toronto (2018)
Thank you so much for your diligence and excellence in proofreading our written examinations.
Amandine Perdebat, Director, Examinations
The Royal College of Dentists of Canada (2017)
Just wanted to let you know that the 2015 spring issue of University of Toronto Medicine Magazine, “The Future,” won a bronze award from our regional university communications association. We were competing against university magazines from the mid-Atlantic region (NY, NJ, etc. ) and Ontario. Thanks again for your help on the magazine – your
Heidi Singer, Media Relations Specialist
Office of Strategy, Communications and External Relations Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Thank you for doing such a super job of clearing the music permissions on a very short timeline. I really appreciate your amazing work on this project, and the fabulous results. Your hard work is VERY much appreciated! And, as I say, I’ll be back in touch with regard to permissions for my
Tom Wayman
The Shadows We Mistake for Love (Douglas & McIntyre, 2015)
I am especially thankful to Beth McAuley and her Editing Company for having transformed my endnotes and bibliography into a highly polished final draft.
Jacques Kornberg
The Pope's Dilemma (University of Toronto Press, 2015)
Beth, thank you so much for your editorial assistance in the preparation of my book for publication. Your intelligent and thorough editing made the work that much better. Barbara, thank you so much for your amazingly thorough and intelligent work on my index, and for catching spelling errors in the rest of the book.
Courtney Quaintance
author of Textual Masculinity and the Exchange of Women in Renaissance Venice (University of Toronto Press, 2015)
Thank you Beth and Lesley-Anne for all your help with copy editing and producing the Canadian Journal of Education four times a year. We absolutely cannot do it without you.