About
I am an independent editor with a wide range of experience in book publishing. Most of my experience is in nonfiction, but I've worked on everything from cookbooks to comic books, from self-help to true crime, from esoteric translations to textbooks for lawyers.
Services
- Developmental Editing
- Line Editing
- Copyediting
- Proofreading
- Permissions Research
- Project Management
Resume
Copyeditor, line editor, permissions researcher, developmental editor, project manager, and proofreader with experience in self-help, psychology, spirituality, Eastern religion and philosophy, Buddhism, yoga, martial arts.
Work Experience
- Freelance Editor (November 2001 – present)
- Production Editor, Wisdom Publications (July 2016 – present)
- Senior Assistant Editor, Shambhala Publications (April 2013 – October 2015)
- Assistant Editor, Shambhala Publications (August 2002 – April 2013)
- Assistant Editor, Tuttle Publishing (January 2001 – November 2001)
- Editorial Assistant, Tuttle Publishing (April 2000 – January 2001)
Clients
A selection of publishers and organizations I've worked with:
Recommendations
"Ben Gleason’s brilliant editing helped bring coherence to my work. His careful reading and editing of the manuscript helped shape the book into its current form. As a scholar and practitioner of Zen Buddhism, Ben’s own spiritual insights helped me clarify some of my own thoughts. I have learned a great deal from him about the wisdom of not knowing through the back and forth process of editing the book together."
—Estelle Frankel, author of Sacred Therapy and The Wisdom of Not Knowing
"Ben has demonstrated himself to be hard-working, meticulous, and unflappable in the face of shifting deadlines. His knowledge of editorial issues is extensive, and his ability to deal with authors of all sorts with tact and diplomacy has been exemplary. He has worked on a wide range of subjects, including many books related to Buddhism and Eastern Religion, and he has a good deal of expertise in the editorial issues specific to those subjects. He is an excellent copyeditor, proofreader, and project manager."
—Dave O’Neal, Senior Editor, Shambhala Publications
"Special gratitude to my copyeditor, Ben Gleason. I am astounded at your knack for picking up those minute errors in a book as only a gifted editor like yourself could do. You have made the text sparkle with clarity."
—Jason Gregory, author of Fasting the Mind and Enlightenment Now
Highlights
- Project management for books produced by the Center of Traditional Taoist Studies, 2018–2025
- Copyedit The Faceless Ghost by Sean Michael Wilson (Shambhala, 2015)
- Copyedit new translations of Buddhist scriptures for 84000, including the Dashabhumika, the Samadhiraja, and the Saddharmapundarika
- Proofread Make Mead Like a Viking by Jereme Zimmerman (Chelsea Green, 2015)
- Developmentally edit The Wisdom of Not Knowing by Estelle Frankel (Shambhala, 2017)
- Copyedit The Karate Way and In the Dojo by Dave Lowry (Shambhala, 2006, 2009)
Contact
Email: bpgleason@gmail.com
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