Logogog’s director Paula Marais and editor Leonie Duncan are members of PEG, the Professional Editors’ Group, which strives to promote the highest standards of editing and proofreading possible.

As such, Logogog is bound by the same code of ethics as other PEG members, ensuring clients of quality work, timeous delivery and confidentiality at all times.

Whether you are a large corporation, a government organisation, a technikon or a first-time author, we can assist in making your work look its best. Whether you need help with writing a speech or personal résumés, drawing up a newsletter, brochure or corporate report, Logogog has the expertise to assist.

Editing work includes the following:

• Writing and Rewriting
• Copy-editing
• Proofreading
• Structural or Substantive Editing
• Fact Checking
• Picture Research

Writing and Rewriting
This involves creating a new manuscript or parts of a manuscript based on content and research supplied by the author. Rewriting may also include adding original material to a draft, deleting material, reorganising material, collaborating with other editors or producing a new draft.

Copy-editing
This involves clarifying meaning, eliminating jargon, polishing language by editing for grammar, language usage, spelling, punctuation and other mechanics of style; checking for consistency of mechanics and for internal consistency of facts; inserting head levels and approximate placement of art; editing tables, figures, and lists; ensuring that references in the text are correctly cited in the bibliography; notifying the designer of any unusual production requirements.

Proofreading
This requires checking proofs or final formatted, edited material for adherence to design and for minor, mechanical errors in copy (such as spelling mistakes or small deviations from the style sheet), using standard proof-correction marks. Logogog is also able to compare the document with earlier versions to ensure corrections have been made, checking the accuracy of running heads, flagging locations of art and page references, verifying computer codes, and inserting page numbers in table of contents and cross-references.

Structural or Substantive Editing
Here Logogog edits a manuscript for ‘global’ issues – clarifying or reorganising a manuscript for content, structure, style, length and level. This may involve copy-editing, rewriting and negotiating changes with authors.

Fact Checking
We can assist in checking the accuracy of facts and quotes by reference to original sources used by the author or to other sources.

Picture Research
Logogog can locate suitable photos or artwork. We can obtain camera-ready reproductions; prepare descriptions, working sketches and/or artist’s references or co-ordinates for illustrations, maps and diagrams; supervise production of final artwork; obtain permissions from and/or conducting financial negotiations with picture sources and artists; prepare labels, captions and sources for typesetting; and organising pictures for scanning.