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 2  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 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job