Proof-right

Do you care about mistakes in your promotional material?

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:35:56 +0000

We have been looking into whether potential customers take notice of mistakes in promotional and
advertising material and how it affects their choices of where they do business.

We have discovered that yes, potential customers do think twice if there are mistakes. To many people,
mistakes imply shoddy workmanship or carelessness, not just in a business’s advertising, but in the business as a whole. What is of great interest to us is: as a business owner do you care enough to make sure your material is correct?

We think that if a business goes to the trouble and expense of generating promotional material, then it’s worth making sure that mistakes don’t detract from the message.

Do you think twice about doing business with a company that has mistakes in their material?

Survey results

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:16:02 +0000

Those who left comments on our survey overwhelmingly wanted to keep reading print books, loved
browsing bookshops and touching books. They were also intrigued by the e-book
phenomenon and were interested in learning about it and giving it a go!

It surprised us that only 20% of our respondents had an e-reader and they were fairly evenly
spread between the Kindle and Ipad.

Local libraries are still popular as is passing books around amongst friends. There
was certainly a mix of buying e-books and reading free ones.

Overall our survey told us that the printed version of a book is still alive and well but
people are becoming interested in e-books and e-readers. I guess nothing new
there!

There were comments regarding the editing standards of e-books and that is where we come
in. Email or call us and we will be happy to let you know how we can help you
put the best product you possibly can out onto the world stage!

We loved reading your responses to our survey and thankyou to those who filled it in.

Survey now closed

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:51:29 +0000

Our survey has now closed. Thankyou to those who filled it in. We will have a look at the results and let you know what we discovered!

Survey update

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:00:29 +0000

Our survey has been up for two weeks and thankyou to all those who have responded. We will keep it open until 19 August and then we’ll post the results.

E-book survey

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:05:18 +0000

Winter is here and it’s time to find a cosy spot to curl up with a good book. Our question is what do you curl up with? Is it a print book or an e-reader? Janine has just purchased a Kobo e-reader and is very excited about figuring out how it all works.

We are interested in finding out how you are embracing the world of digital publishing and would appreciate a few minutes of your time to answer some questions for us.

We are not connected with any publisher or distributor; we just want to know how you are embracing this new chapter of publishing. Click on the survey link to let us know what you think.

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CMV6T8UBY

At Proof-right we are currently working on:

Learning all we can about e-books and e-publishing.

What we do

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:42:24 +0000

First impressions are vital. We will ensure that the first impression your document makes is the best one. At Proof-right we will fine-tune your document, manuscript or sheet music by correcting errors of spelling, grammar and punctuation and improving the formatting. We are often asked why a proofreader is needed to do something the author can do him or herself. The answer is simply that we have been trained to find errors and will examine the document with fresh eyes. Got a question? Feel free to contact us for more details. Send us a small sample of your work so that we can give you a firm quote for proofreading and/or copyediting it. Whether you are a published author or writing your first novel or book Proof-right can ensure your manuscript will make a great first impression when it arrives at the publishers.

New website

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:22:27 +0000

Welcome to the new website for Proof-right. We are very excited about this new stage in our business and look forward to you dropping in to say hello. Let us know what you think of it.