Expert editing for writers, publishers, media companies, nonprofits, and nongovernmental organizations

Are you….​

A publisher or media company looking for an accomplished editor for books, journals, and other publications, print or digital?

A writer looking for a talented, supportive —  and affordable — editor for your book, book proposal, articles, academic papers, website, or other writing projects?

A nonprofit/non-governmental agency seeking an editor for reports, white papers, policy analyses,  brochures, and other informational or promotional materials?

I am George De Stefano, founder and principal of GdS Editorial Services. I have over 30 years of experience in media and journalism, academic publishing, corporate communications, and working with public and private agencies. My services include line editing (language and paragraph-by-paragraph organization of content, and rewriting), copy editing (spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, usage), and developmental editing (structural work, including rewriting, on an existing manuscript or development of a new one).

I also provide manuscript evaluation services, as the first step in a substantive/developmental edit.

My subject matter expertise is broad, encompassing social science, the humanities, popular culture, social and political issues, health, and public health. I am not intimidated by technical material.

I edit nonfiction books for major trade and academic publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Hachette Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Perseus.

My Subject Matter Expertise Includes:

• History (US, Latin American, European, and Middle Eastern)
• Arts and culture
• Pop culture
• Biographies
• Social science
• Politics
• Social issues
• ​Health and public health
• International relations
• Gender/sexuality studies 
• American studies
• Ethnic studies

​I work with various style guides, mainly the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), as well as MLA, AP, the New York Times, and UK (Butcher’s/Cambridge). I edit and proofread using Microsoft’s “Track Changes” feature and Adobe Acrobat’s editing tools.

I hold a Certificate in Editing from Poynter News University and the American Copy Editors Society. I am a member of the American Copy Editors Society (ACES), the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA), and the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC).

My Editing Credits Include:

The University of North Carolina Press.

Prince’s Minneapolis: A Biography of Sound and Place. Rashad Shabazz

Hachette Publishing Group

This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality. Peter Pomerantsev

“Can We All Get Along?” Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics. Paula McClain

Monthly Review Press

Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent during World War I. Eric Chester

Monopoly, Finance, and the Crisis of Capitalism. Amos Cecchi

Metabolic Rifts. Ian Angus

The Knowledge Economy and Socialism. Agustin Lage Davila

How the Workers Parliaments Saved the Cuban Revolution. Pedro Ross

Beyond Plague Urbanism. Andy Merrifield

Endless Holocausts: Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire.  David Michael Smith 

Inequality, Class, and Economics. Eric Schutz

Work, Work, Work. Michael D. Yates

Perseus Books

Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest. K.K. Downing with Mark Eglinton

Latin American Politics and Development. Wiarda and Kline

The Modern History of Iraq: Fourth Edition. Phebe Marr and Ibrahim al-Marashi

US Constitutional Law, Vols. 1 and 2. Rossum and Tarr

The Nation Books

In Days to Come: A New Hope for Israel. Avram Burg

Cambridge University Press

• Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865–1914. Julie-Marie Strange
• Law and the Economics of Possession. Yun-chien Chang
• French Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity during World War II. Raffael Scheck
• Reading William Blake. Saree Makdisi
• Parliamentary Bills of Rights: The Experiences of New Zealand and United Kingdom. Janet L. Hiebert and James B. Kelly
• The International Law of Disaster Relief. David D. Caron, General Editor
• Choosing in Groups: Analytical Politics Revisited. Michael C. Munger
• Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina: Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking. Ernesto Calvo
• Covering the United States Supreme Court in the Digital Age. Richard Davis
• Philosophy of Microbiology. Maureen A. O’Malley
• Introduction to Accelerator Dynamics. Stephen Peggs, Todd Satogata
• Ferdinand II, Counter-Reformation Emperor, 1578–1637. Robert Bireley
• Inferences during Reading. Edward J. O’Brien, Anne E. Cook, Robert F. Lorch, Jr.
• European Condominium Law. Van der Merwe
• Making Religion Safe for Democracy. J. Judd Owen
• Global Environmental Constitutionalism. Jim May and Erin Daly

Cambridge Scholars

Ralph F. Turner, A Criminal Forensic Scientist Pioneer. Frederick L. Honhart

Balone Publishing

By Any Means Necessary. John Tsukayama

Palgrave Macmillan

• European Bank Restructuring During the Crises. Malgorzata Iwanicz-Drozdowska (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
• Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730–1850. Richard Dunn and Rebekah Higgitt, eds.

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Action Against Hunger (nongovernmental organization)
Shifting gender roles in Northern Uganda: An analysis of violence against women in post-conflict areas

Prevention First (nongovernmental organization)

Fact sheets, training curricula, manuals, guides, and public information campaigns for NGO providing health and mental health services

United Nations World Food Program

• Scoping Study on Social Protection and Safety Nets for Enhanced Food Security and Nutrition in the Central Asia Region
• Gender Risks and Urban Livelihoods: Study in Three Cities in Syria: Aleppo, Homs and Lattakia
• World Food Program Scoping Studies: Country Reports (Tajikistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan Republic)

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• NYC Vital Signs: Hearing Problems and Headphone Use in New York City; editor
• NYC Vital Signs: Promotion of Tobacco Products in New York City Retailers; editor
• Active Design: Guide for Community Organizations; editor
• HIV, Gay Men and Other MSM: What You Need to Know; writer
• How to Adopt a Shop: A Guide to Working with Your Local Food Retailer; editor
• Living Healthy, 2009-2011 (NYC Health Department Triennial Report); editor

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