Noah Perkins Email and Phone Number

• Edited fifty-six full-length manuscripts for form and grammar• Provided managing editor with notes for development of novel’s characters, story arc, and tone

Assistant to agency president Jane Dystel

• Oversee production from MS to printer file for four imprints; prepare manuscripts for copyediting; code manuscripts for design; review and collate proofreader, editor, and author edits; slug page proofs; commission freelancers; communicate with clients, freelancers, and authors through all stages of the editorial process• Proofread jacket copy, cover mechanicals, praise pages, and back ads; review and assist in the creation of epub files• Redesigned and run remote internship program, instituting guest speaker series and one-on-one professional development meetings

• Copyedit and proof front and back matter as well as mechanicals for forthcoming titles• Slug page proof in iterative process, learning proofreaders and manuscript markup and symbols• Evaluate adult fiction and nonfiction manuscripts for editorial staff and write reader’s reports• Compile lists of media contacts through Muck Rack and assemble ARC mailings• Assist managing editor on publishing workflow and processes

• Assessed submissions to determine if they were suitable for representation • Developed Middle Grade author’s first novel into a publication-ready manuscript through numerous rounds of edits and revisions which is currently being shopped to publishers

• Reviewed contracts to ensure changes requested by the agency were present• Assisted in the development of content and story of a graphic novel by investigating conditions of Soviet era, Russian Jewry

• Reviewed manuscripts sent by agents and wrote reader’s reports• Conducted cold reads of manuscripts, proofing them for spelling, grammar, and consistency• Generated and input metadata keywords for online catalogue • Proofread captions for photographic inserts• Assembled mailings of upcoming releases to send to reviewers and critics