| Date | Referee | Company | Status | Email | Reference |
| 5 Jan. 2003 | Kaz Oishi | Keble College, Oxford, UK | Postgraduate | kaz.oishi
@keble.ox.ac.uk | Millions of thanks for your efficient and excellent proofreading [of thesis on poverty and charity in 18th century England]. It was marvellous. I very much appreciate your efforts and kind assistance.
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| 29 Oct. 2001 | Nick
Wells | The Foundry Creative Media Company Ltd, London, UK | Managing Director | nick@foundry.
co.uk | 'Close to perfect!' (of detailed brief for writers of A-Z guide to the Internet (New Illustrated Guides series).
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| 22 October 2001 | Tomoko Sato | Graduate student | Author of MA Dissertation on Conflict Resolution. | abeam.ocn.
ne.jp | Thanks a lot for your support in completing my dissertation [The Current Stagnation and New Perspectives in the Okinawan Peace Movement] and for your superb work and flexibility. I owe a lot to you for finalising this work as I needed help and advice here in Japan.
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| 19 October 2001 | Alison Smith | Novelist | Author of the fantasy fiction novel, The Three Witches and Fleabag | macand
whiskey
@yahoo.
co.uk | I think you have done an excellent job - particularly regarding the setting out of the speech which now makes it more realistic.
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| 11 October 2001 | John Hills | Course tutor in intermediate family systemic training, Tavistock Clinic, London | General editor / contributing author, Rescripting Family Experience (Whurr, 2002) | august@
cathcity.
demon.co.uk | Thank you throughout for being so clear, thorough and supportive. I have felt you have been a rigorous ally in this process - and I have valued what you have done.
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| 29 September 2001 | Dr Mohamed Osman | Dr M. Osman, Chelsea, London SW10, UK | Post-graduate researcher on UN and peace enforce-ment | osmanma@
hotmail.com | Thank you for the work you have done in editing, correcting the English and ensuring consistency in spelling, grammar, punctuation and the hectic work on the footnotes. Only I, from my six years' work on this thesis, can fully appreciate the efforts you have made to put all this into shape. Beyond any doubt, I will remain indebted and grateful for everything you have corrected or added. I am only too aware of the extra help and support which you have given me.
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| 18 July 2001 | Timothy Collings | Sports reporter and sports news agent | Author of The Piranha Club (Virgin, 2001) | Timothy
Collings
@cs.com | Special thanks ... to Martin Noble for turning late and rushed copy into, I hope, a readable book. (The Piranha Club, Acknowledgements)
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| 19 June 2001 | Tom Caine | Tom Caine, Basingstoke, Hants, UK | Writer | p.hall10@
ntlworld.com | I am am most grateful for all the work you have done on my story. I have certainly learnt that simply putting words on paper is not all that is involved and I thank you once again for all your dedication and experience in bringing my story up to a professional standard.
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| 1 June 2001 | Dr Cor Meijer,
Project Manager | European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, Teglgaard-spaarken 100
Middlefart
DK-5500
Denmark | Special Needs Education | c.j.w.meijer@
ppsw.rug.nl | Thank you for the great work! It looks wonderful and I am very happy with it! I not only like what you have done to the text itself, but also appreciate the way you process things. Thanks again!
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| 18 May 2001 | Mark Starbuck
| Starbuck, Mark, Dept of Psychology
Oxford University, UK | Social psychologist | mark.
starbuck@
green.
oxford.
ac.uk | I am very pleased with the clarity that you have bought to my writing..
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| 8 Jan. 2001 | Daniel Halfon
| Daniel Halfon, Jerusalem, Israel | Novelist | danielhalfon@
consultant.com | I would like to thank you for the work that you did, and hope that it contributes towards the successful publication of Quicksilver.
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| 26 Sep. 2000 | Kit Temple
| PMP Research, Lower Road
Chorleywood
Herts WD3 5LB, UK | Information research | kit@pmp.co.uk | An absolutely splendid job. I was very happy with the results, I couldn't fault a single correction within the document (it got to the point that I wondered why I was bothering to continue checking).
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| 15 Feb. 2000 | Viatcheslav
Abramian
| Northeastern University, Boston, MA, US | Historian | vabramia@
lynx.dac.
neu.edu | Thank you for your scrupulous editing of my article. Your editing is great.
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| 27 Jan. 2000 | Lisa
Hyde
| Hodder & Stoughton Educational, London, UK | Project Manager | lisa.hyde@
hodder.co.uk | I am an Editor and Project Manager at Hodder Educational Publishing, working in the FE, IT, Childcare and Teacher Education areas. I have worked with Martin Noble as part of my work with freelance editors and indexers. Martin's work for me over several projects has been of a high standard, and I plan to continue to forward new projects to him. He is very helpful and reliable, two very important features in my work. His skill as an indexer and his knowledge of IT in particular has been of great value to me, as is his cooperation and ability to meet deadlines. I would have no hesitation in recommending him to other publishers, and I have already recommended him to colleagues in my division.
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| 18 Jan. 2000 | Dr Priscilla
Alderson
| Institute of Education
University of London
London, UK | Reader,
Social Science Research Unit | p.alderson@
ioe.ac.uk | Thanks very much for doing the excellent index for the Young Children's Rights book [for Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, UK]
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| 13 Jan. 2000 | Haakan
Wiberg | COPRI (Copenhagen Peace Research Institute), University of Copenhagen, Denmark | Director | hwiberg@
copri.dk | Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI) often publishes books in conjunction with Anglo-Saxon publishers, where the author(s) do not have English as their native language, sometimes far from it. We have several times had Mr. Noble do the language editing for such books. He is reliable with deadlines, capable of rendering into readable English manuscripts by authors from several language families while being sensitive to what they want to communicate, has a good grasp of what is technical terminology and what is everyday language and charges moderate honoraria for his services. Haakan Wiberg, COPRI Director
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| 09 Jan. 2000 | Jake
Lingwood | Ebury Press, Random House Group, London, UK | Editorial Director | JLingwood@
randomhouse.
co.uk | Martin was a very good editor on a very difficult book. He put in hours beyond the call of duty and even managed to maintain his sense of humour. He is also, in my experience, one of the still small number of freelance editors who really has got to grip with using e-mail as an editorial tool.
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| 06 Jan. 2000 | Jonathan
Fan | Jonathan Fan, New York, USA | Biologist | jonathan_fan@
hotmail.com | I have been very pleased with the help Martin Noble has given me during 1999 on various papers and I look forward to continuing to use his editorial services in 2000 and beyond. He is always reliable in meeting deadlines and flexible in negotiating rates. I am happy to recommend him as a sensitive and trustworthy editor.
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| 02 Jan. 2000 | Kumiko
Maekawa | Kumiko Maekawa, Tokyo, Japan | Medieval historian | Kmaekawa@
dokkyo.ac.jp | I appreciated your work very much on my book Narrative and Experience: Innovation in Thirteenth Century Picture Books.
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| 23 Dec. 1999 | Belinda
Fenn | Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK | Editor | fennb@ oup.co.uk | When working for me, Martin has been very flexible about discussing all issues that have arisen. In addition, he has taken time to become familiar with the nature of our books, and so can be relied on in the final few stages of production.
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| 22 Dec. 1999 | Karen
Jochems | Hemels European Publishers, Hilversum, The Netherlands | Project Manager UK | kjg@ hemels.nl | We have been pleased to work with MNE-AESOP during 1999. In MNE-AESOP we have found a reliable partner for proofreading of our new UK magazine. The swift turnaround times and the convenience of on-line service particularly impressed us. We certainly intend to continue our co-operation in the New Year.
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| 20 Dec. 1999 | Della
Gray | Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, UK | Editor | post@ jkp.com | Martin Noble's work is meticulous and accurate. He is reliable and always able to meet deadlines.
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| 19 Dec. 1999 | Doris
Lin | Doris Lin, Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK | Foreign student | dorislin@ liverpool.ac.uk | I like the report. And thanks for your help.
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| 19 Dec. 1999 | Dr Adam
Alotaibi | Adam Alotaibi, College of Administrative Science, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait | Professor | Adamalotaibi@ Usa.net | Martin Noble is a superb editor. On the two occasions in which he has edited academic papers for me, it has been a good experience. He has provided first-class professional work and I would recommend him without reservation.
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| 16 Dec. 1999 | Dr. Zlatko
Isakovic | COPRI: Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark | Academic | bmisakovic@ hotmail.com | I hope that your work will continue to be good and successful as much as it has been during this year.
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| 16 Dec. 1999 | Zerrin
Hodgkins | Biomatch, London, UK | Writer | z.hodgkins@ biomatch.com | Martin Noble is a superb editor who really puts his clients at ease with his depth of knowledge. It is a very pleasant experience working with him. His fees are much less than one would expect for such high quality and efficient work.
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| 16 Dec. 1999 | Anna
Valentine | Anna Valentine, New York, USA | Writer | tvalent740@ infoblvd.net | I would like to say that Martin is not only a great editor, but he is also a man with a good heart and compassion for others. Thank you Martin for the work that you have done for me, I was so pleased with it.
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| 16 Dec. 1999 | Delia
Colwill | Pavilion Books, London, UK | Editor | Delia.Colwill@ pavilionbooks. co.uk | A very reliable, thorough freelance editor. Can always guarantee he'll do the job and a little bit more. Always willing to give helpful comments and constructive criticisms.
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| 16 Dec. 1999 | Ian
Powling | The Foundry Creative Media Company Ltd, London, UK | Editor | ian@foundry.
co.uk | Your vast experience in all areas of editing for publishers means that I place a high value on your editorial consultancy.
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| 16 Dec. 1999 | Margaret
Haigh | David Fulton Publishers Ltd, London, UK | Editorial Director | margaret. haigh@ fultonbooks. co.uk | Martin is thorough, quick and efficient, and he always strikes up a good relationship with our authors. He applies common sense and a wealth of experience to each job, I'm happy to recommend him.
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| 16 Dec. 1999 | Gordon
Henderson | Gordon Henderson, Sheppey, Kent, UK | Writer | gordon@ tardis.softnet. co.uk | Martin has dealt with editing my book in a friendly and efficient manner. He has responded immediately to all communications. The editing itself wasn't bad either!
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| 15 Dec. 1999 | Sean
Mooney | Sean Mooney, Yokohama, Japan | Writer | sfmooney@ dyr.co.jp | It is with pleasure that I recommend the services provided by Martin Noble Editorial - AESOP. I found Martin Noble to be conscientious, attentive to my needs and preferences, and highly professional in terms of meeting deadlines. Martin's attention to detail, and the professional perspective of his comments, assisted me a great deal in cleaning up my manuscript. The results speak for themselves... A major US publisher, Quorum (an imprint of the Greenwood Publishing Group), will publish my book, 5,110 Days in Tokyo and Everything's Hunky-dory: The Marketer's Guide to Advertising in Japan, in the summer of 2000. More information on my book can be found at:
http://info.greenwood.com/ books/1567203/
1567203612.html
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| 16 Sep. 1997 | Clara
Wong | Clara Wong, Singapore | Academic | beancurd@ mbox2.singnet. com.sg | I am happy with your editing. Thank you for working so hard.
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| 15 Aug 1997 | Chantal
Boulanger | Chantal Boulanger, Tours, France | Social
anthropol
ogist | shakti@ clara.net | I like your work very much. It is really very good and improves on my text (even occasionally adds meaning to it!) but keeps the simple style I want it to have. You make it even simpler and it's great! I feel you really understand what I want the book to be.
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| 14 July 1997 | Bernhard
Weisbeck
| Bernhard Weisbeck, Seychelles, Indian Ocean | Writer | bernhard@ seychelles.net | I am very pleased with your work. You show sensibility for my style of writing. You make my words clearer, take away and add with caution. You round up the expressions. Great work.
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| 12 Apr. 1997 | Pete
Murphy
| Pete Murphy, New Orleans, Louisiana, US | Writer | salamanders@ earthlink.net | Terrific help ... I love your feedback. Thank you for it. You make me feel able to create a good scene instead of just writing one ... People who really read a book and like it, help fix it up a little or a lot here and there and remember every nuance (as you do) are certainly more apt to sell the book to a publisher than any agent who's looking for a quick fix to pay the rent.
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| 21 June 1997 | Curtis M.
Roberts
| Curtis M. Roberts, Daytona Beach, Florida, US | Writer | cmr_daytona@ msn.com | I enjoyed working with you on this article and look forward to doing it again in the future.
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| 1 Nov. 1995 | Richard Owen | Chapman & Hall, London, UK | Editor | Defunct | Thank you for a very good editing job which had led to very clean proofs requiring little further correction.
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| 23 September 1985 | Richard Collins | Architectural Press, London, UK | Editor | n/a | Many thanks for your index. I appreciated your speed and efficiency, . . . hard work and professionalism.
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| 15 July 1981 | George A. Athans | Peter University, California, USA | Private Investigator | n/a | Dear Mr Noble
Please accept my heartiest congratul-ations on your novelis-ation of Jack Pulman's Private Schulz. It's the funniest book I've read since The Good Soldier Schweik, and that's going back a good few years. I haven't seen the BBC TV series, preferring to read your novelisation instead. It takes a lot to make me laugh when reading a book but you've done it! It really is excellent, and you write so well and descriptively. You are a credit to your metier. I've done a lot of reading recently and have gotten through such books as [long list of books] but yours tops them all!
Cordially,
George A. Athans
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| 10 July 1981 | PD | Evening Echo Southend | Book review | n/a | If you laughed at the frustrated, unfortunate Private Schulz in the recent BBC television series, then you will love the book version, out in paperback this week. Turned into a novel by Martin Noble from the late Jack Pulman's screenplay, Private Schulz (New English Library) is able to go into more detail than the TV original, both in characterisation and plot. The result is a finely drawn and hilarious tale of the SS plan to flood wartime Britain with forged £5 notes - with Schulz as the unwitting and unwilling private using the scheme to make some dishonest money for himself.
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