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Barbara DeSantis has more than twenty-five years of professional experience in the book publishing industry specializing in literary marketing and promotion and publishing consulting while also providing clients with writing expertise and editorial support.
Barbara began her career at Simon and Schuster where she worked as an Associate Director of Publicity for the Adult Trade Division. Currently she freelances for major Houses including Penguin, Dutton, Plume, Viking, MacAdam/Cage, Newmarket Press as well as smaller publishers, independent presses, and individual authors and writers.
Editorial services include manuscript review, book proposal writing, catalog and dust jacket copy and other marketing materials such as press releases, author bios and Q & A’s, feature and op-ed pieces.
Barbara offers line editing and developmental editing for mainstream, literary or women’s fiction, and memoir -- whether the manuscript is in the advanced or early stages. She helps writers, including unpublished and first-timers, improve and polish their work, identifying problems, inconsistencies and weaknesses, trouble shooting through honest evaluation, one-on-one feedback and constructive support.
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