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Originally Posted by LuvReadin
Excellent point. A good place to start is trade organisation for editors in your country (the Society for Editors and Proofreaders in the UK; the Society for Editors in Australia; the American Copyeditors Assocation; Editors' Association of Canada, etc.), but bear in mind that membership isn't necessarily a guarantee of quality, and lack of membership doesn't mean the editor's not worth looking at. More important (IMHO!) is to have an editor who is familiar with the medium (I wouldn't hire a fiction editor to work on a technical manual, or vice versa, because they're two quite different disciplines). Also, consider having an editor (not necessarily the same one) if there's any specialist knowledge required; for instance, if the book is about a crime-fighting duo of gardeners, or a mystery-solving pathologist, then unless the author knows these subjects very well, a couple of hours of an expert's time to check that the technical aspects are correct is likely to be money well spent. Readers come from all walks of life, and they will spot if the Latin name isn't capitalised correctly or the flowers are blooming at the wrong time of year!
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I agree. Incorrect Latin is my personal pet peeve in books. I see it much more often than one would think. An expert to do fact checking would be money well spent.