Tokyopop hiring freelance copy editor

[stacer]

Just found this on copyeditor.com. I don't know much about manga, but this would be great for any of you who do who are looking for an editorial position. You have to have quite a bit of experience, though.

Title: Fantasy Fiction Copy Editor
Posted: 8/17/2004
Job Number: 1310
Description: Leading graphic novel (manga) publishing company seeks experience Copy Editor for new novels line. Especially interested in eagle-eye canidates with a serious flair for fiction and firm grasp on dialogue. Must be well-versed in Chicago Manual of Style, and a genius with tense, grammar, and punctuation. Knowledge of Japanese culture/anime/manga a definite plus.

Experience: Requirements:
1. Full-time freelance status
2. Ability to meet tight deadlines
3. Minimum of five years experience copyediting & editing fiction/novels with a listing of published titles.
4. Ability to use Microsoft Word tracking and comment features
5. Do not use the reply function on this Web site (send resume as Word doc or RTF attachment)

On-Site? No
Status: Freelance
Salary:  
Contact: Nicole Monastirsky
Email: [email protected]
Phone: n/a
Fax: n/a
Company: Tokyopop
Address: 5900 Wilshire Blvd, St. 2000
City, State: Los Angeles, CA
ZipCode: 90036

[Peter Ahlstrom]

note: this isn't for manga but for the so-called "manga novels." Like Slayers, etc.

Nicole is definitely cool.

[Spriggan]

Too bad that's not freelance translator.  Oh well.

[EUOL]

Five years with published titles.  That'll make it tough for anyone around here, I think.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Yeah, I'd love the job, but don't think I can make it.

[stacer]

Yeah, I noticed that. I didn't know if anyone had anything they could make a case for. Oh well.

[fuzzyoctopus]

Well not all companies are strict on what they advertise in the way of experience.  It depends on the company. If it were something I were interested in, I'd apply anyway, because the worst they can do is turn you do.

[Brenna]

I almost kinda sorta qualify--I do have four books that I've worked on that are published. Unfortunately, two are academic, one is religious nonfiction, and the other is poetry. The only fiction I've helped publish is contained in magazine format.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

no, they COULD come by your house and shoot you and your dog in the face.

They're unlikely to do so, but they COULD.

[stacer]

Brenna, I think I'd apply anyway if I were you. I won't, because I don't have any fiction to speak of, unless you're talking TLE slush, and my books are all either electrical motors or textbooks, none of which I've been a key editor on. But you might be able to make a case for yourself.

[EUOL]

Heh.  Peter's the only one with any edited published novels, and he already works for them!

[Peter Ahlstrom]

yeah Brenna I think you might apply anyway, since you've done TLE for so long. If it's something you'd be interested in. I doubt the pay will be very much at all though. Probably $14-15 an hour.

These novels are short. Each one probably has less text than an issue of TLE.

Spriggan: if you have translation stuff you can show as an example, you could still apply for translating even if they're not advertising. Not to Nicole though.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I talked to Nicole tonight. People who are interested in various stuff should definitely apply. Not just copyeditors but translators and rewriters.

What's a rewriter? Basically someone who takes the literal translation and writes a version that makes a good read in English. I've read some of the raw translations, and though they're grammatical and very faithful to the original, they just are terrible stylistically. The rewriter only gets $2000 though, I believe, for what is basically writing a whole book, though the books are only around 40,000 words or so.

They might just need writers too. Well, TOKYOPOP is going to be doing original fiction. Things are kind of in the air at the moment, but stuff we publish will probably be fantasy. At least the original writers will get paid pretty standardly, though the advance is probably not that great.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

well, maybe I'll apply. I can write 50k original words in a month, I can certainly REwrite 40k in a few weeks as spare time work.

[fuzzyoctopus]

I\What's a rewriter? Basically someone who takes the literal translation and writes a version that makes a good read in English. I've read some of the raw translations, and though they're grammatical and very faithful to the original, they just are terrible stylistically. The rewriter only gets $2000 though, I believe, for what is basically writing a whole book, though the books are only around 40,000 words or so.

Heck,  I'd take $2000