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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Are you not describing a proof reader there? I do all that stuff, but I don't call myself an editor. Editors to me are the people who cut out all the unnecesary self indulgent crap and/or rearrange chapters/plot points to make them flow better. Finding mistakes and punctuation abuse is an entirely different skillset, something that is severely lacking in both indie and professionally published books.
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The editor in question proofs
and finds plot holes and flow problems. She made several very good suggestions on the book I sent to her.
It may be a different skillset, but she is fluent at both.