October 12 and 13 is 2012 Communication Central, a conference for freelance writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, and others at the Courtyard Baltimore Downtown/Inner Harbor Marriott in Baltimore, Maryland! This year’s theme is “Build Your Business.” On October 13, the Editing Summit will take place, and–yours truly!–April Michelle Davis will be speaking, along with Erin Brenner, Janice Campbell, Laura Poole, John McIntyre, Carol Fisher Saller, and Barbara Hart.
Last month, April Michelle Davis ran for the office of chair-elect for the Mid- and South-Atlantic chapter of the American Society for Indexing. She has won this office and will begin her term May 1, 2012.
A book that April Michelle Davis edited has won the 2012 Small Business Books Awards! And this is just the latest award for Big Wave Surfing!
With over 4,800 votes, Big Wave Surfing was the top pick in the technology category as well as the top pick overall!
Big Wave Surfing is a guide to technology change and how to manage risk and profit from that change. The book provides tips on dealing with disruption—from technology, to marketing and even investment strategies.
Congratulations to author Ken Thurber for his award-winning book!
April Michelle Davis, at Editorial Inspirations, is writing a booklet on indexing, which will be published by the Editorial Freelancers Association in 2012.
In the June-July 2011 issue of Copyediting, April Michelle Davis is mentioned in the article on page 8, “Editors Reveal Their Approaches to Their Websites.” The article states, “April Michelle Davis started with a colleague’s help originally and later hired a branding expert to redesign the site and create some other products, ‘all with the same look and feel, to help build my brand.'”
Being quoted in Copyediting is a wonderful opportunity for Editorial Inspirations. The quote in this article helps to show how Editorial Inspirations has grown over the past ten years. Though the company has grown, we are still very much focused on the individual client, publisher or author, and look for fulfill every client’s needs.