Peter Ginna has been a book editor and publisher for four decades. He is the author of What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing. Peter was the founder, publisher and editorial director of Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury USA; before that he held editorial positions at Oxford University Press, Crown Publishers, St. Martin’s Press, and Persea Books. He has taught in New York University’s publishing program and in the Columbia Publishing Course. Peter comments about books and publishing on the blog Doctor Syntax and on Bluesky at @doctorsyntax.bsky.social. 

Now a freelance editor and ghostwriter, Peter is a member of the Independent Editors Group. For more information on his editorial consulting and collaborative writing services, see his page at the IEG website.