Editor: Dave Gardiner
Xmplar
Tel: 0416 833 993 Email: info@xmplar.biz
Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing (USQ), Master of Natural Resources (UNE), Postgraduate Diploma in Remote Sensing (Curtin).
Services
- Editing—Substantive editing, copy editing, proofreading, plain English editing
- Other services—Website design and content development; plain English writing; science and academic writing; desktop publishing for book design; PDF production; digital image processing; expertise in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat; XML and ebook editing and production, single-source publishing.
- Subject fields—Science, academic theses, natural resource management, climate change, aviation, legal, family history, biography, corporate reports, general non-fiction books
- Media—Reports, conference papers and proceedings, ebooks
Specific projects
Substantive editing, redrawing scientific figures, managing copyright permissions and liaising with academic authors for Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions (Cambridge University Press 2011) and Australia’s Biodiversity and Climate Change (CSIRO 2009).
In-house editor for a legal publisher (2008 to present), using XML-based content management systems to produce print and online updates of looseleaf publications.
Editing various scientific and environmental reports; proofreading conference papers and abstracts; ghost-writer of a scientific conference paper; editing a family history book (included digital photo compilation). General experience includes six years of freelance editing, four years copy editing corporate reports, and 14 years of writing and presenting scientific conference papers.
Thesis editing to APA style, website content development, usability and accessibility design, XHTML and CSS code validation, PDF document creation, desktop publishing, image editing and reformatting for the Web. Developing desktop XML editing and publishing workflows for PDF, ebook and website publications (xmleditoz.net.au).