Peggy Richardson

Current

CEO - Senior Editor at Humanus Publishing, Inc.

Past

Business Analyst at BC Ministry of Attorney General
Buyer at Canadian Memory

Education

Simon Fraser University

Recommendations

6 recommendations

Connections

72 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

Peggy Richardson’s Summary

Here's the short version;
- I create and edit books and eBooks for myself and others
- I offer a series of day-long workshops about eBooks: how to create them, and how to make money from them
- I do some one-on-one consulting, but I prefer to steer people into my workshops, as I find they often get more out of working in a group of other Authors (peer mentoring is one of my personal missions)

Here's the long and boring version;

I've been editing since 1994, but I studied it formally around 2000 – 2001 at SFU, and have never looked back. I work entirely in non-fiction, especially business, self-help, and lifestyle topics. I prefer to work with renegade entrepreneurs who are as passionate about communication as I am.

I've had good success as a consultant on so-called "problem projects", because I can give clear and objective feedback, and spot obstacles very quickly. My marketing and business experience is especially valuable at times like this.

Over the last few years, I've become more and more involved with online content management, especially using open-source applications like WordPress. I often act as a WordPress coach to entrepreneurs of all types, helping to get their web presence back on track. Most of the speaking that I now do relates to eBooks, WordPress, and how I market them using social media. (And other cool stuff, like affiliate marketing.)

Peggy Richardson’s Specialties:

- book editing (for content and style, as well as copy editing)
- book cover design
- typesetting and design for both print books and ebooks
- book marketing
- book and eBook affiliate marketing
- social media book marketing

Peggy Richardson’s Experience

CEO - Senior Editor

Humanus Publishing, Inc.

(Publishing industry)

2004 — Present (6 years )

Peggy Richardson is a Self-Publishing Specialist, who splits her time between the West Coast of Canada and Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. With a background in technology, she made the turn to technical writing in 2001, focusing on web-based eLearning.

Since that time, she has worked on writing, training, and digital publishing projects in both the USA and Canada for TELUS Canada, The Worker’s Compensation Board of BC, and the BC Ministry of Attorney General, among others. She has personal experience in the arena of self-publishing since 1994.

She now works primarily with self-publishing authors in the area of non-fiction, mostly related to business and lifestyle topics. Her renaissance approach to self-publishing includes not only book publishing, but also audio and video production, internet marketing, and publicity events.
Business Analyst

BC Ministry of Attorney General

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )

I managed a variety of projects related to training and infrastructure for the BC Ministry of Attorney General IT dept. My wonderful boss, Julian Borkowski, made every day a pleasure by trusting me and giving me increased responsibility. I was also privileged to work under Pete Madill while he was still with the Ministry.

My duties dealt with project management and training, mostly for Court Services, Crown Prosecutions, and the Judiciaries, including the Supreme Court.

My favourite projects were the Air India special prosecutions office, and working on the new jail when it was being built at 222 Main St., the largest courthouse in the province.

I still miss the great people I worked with there, including Susan Bellamore, Kirby Mah, and Heidi Gable, plus many others. It was an extremely rewarding job, and I truly miss all the great people I worked with.
Buyer

Canadian Memory

(Publishing industry)

1993 — 1997 (4 years )

Peggy Richardson’s Education

Simon Fraser University

Writing and Publishing Program

Additional Information

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Check out my all-time most popular blog post: "Self-Publishing in a Recession", from August 2008. http://www.humanuspublishing.com/2008/08/20/self-publishing-in-a-recession/