Manuscript edit prior to publishing physical/ebook

Editor / Proofreader RFQ: Still Becoming

Hello,

I am seeking a focused human proofread/final editorial review for my nonfiction book, Still Becoming:

Built for Transition, Reinvention, and Relevance in the Age of AI by John M. Lowe.

This is a self-published leadership and reinvention book. The manuscript has already gone through

multiple AI-assisted and human review passes, so I am not looking for a full developmental edit or a

rewrite. I need a careful final human pass that helps make the manuscript credible, clean, readable, and

ready for KDP/Kindle publication.

Budget and Scope

Target budget: $350-$400 fixed price.

Please quote only if you can work in or near that range.

What I Need

Primary requested pass:

 Proofreading for grammar, spelling, punctuation, repeated words, wrong words, awkward

phrasing, and typos.

 Light line-level notes only where a sentence is unclear, clunky, or likely to distract the reader.

 Consistency checks for names, terminology, capitalization, chapter/tool references, and

website/app references.

 Citation, credit, and permissions-risk review.

 Credibility flags for any claim, legal-risk, medical/mental-health-risk, financial-risk, or AI-related

statement that feels unsupported or risky.

 Comments and tracked changes in Word.

Citation, Credit, and Legal-Exposure Check

Please specifically flag:

 Direct quotes that need a citation, attribution, or permission review.

 Paraphrased ideas that should be credited to an author, book, article, or framework.

 Missing or incomplete book/source references.

 Brand, trademark, tool, or company mentions that should be cleaned up or credited.

 Claims that need source support, softening, or removal.

 Any excerpts that may be too long or too close to the original source.

Still Becoming - Budget Editor RFQ

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 Any place where a legal review or permissions check may be prudent before publication.

I am not asking you to provide legal advice, but I do want a practical publishing-risk pass that helps avoid

plagiarism, copyright, trademark, attribution, or unsupported-claim issues.

What I Do Not Need

 No full developmental edit.

 No ghostwriting.

 No major rewrite.

 No attempt to make the book generic, corporate, or overly polished.

 No removal of the author's conversational voice.

Voice and Positioning To Preserve

The book should feel conversational, warm, direct, vulnerable, practical, and no-BS. It blends personal

story, leadership lessons, career transition, grief, practical worksheets, and AI-era reinvention. It is not a

memoir-only project and not a faith-based book, although spirituality appears where relevant to grief

and resilience.

Deliverables Requested

Please quote:

1. Fixed project price.

2. Timeline.

3. Whether you can provide a short sample proof/edit on 1-2 pages before full engagement.

4. Final deliverables:

 Tracked-changes DOCX.

 Short note summarizing the biggest issues found.

 Separate list of citation, credit, permissions, legal, trademark, or claim concerns.

Files To Review

 Still_Becoming_EDITOR_REVIEW_COPY_editable.docx

 Still_Becoming_ORIGINAL_REFERENCE_DO_NOT_EDIT.pdf

Thank you,

John M. Lowe

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