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David S.
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David S.

Expert Ghostwriter, Editor, Designer, and Publishing Professional

✅ Upwork Expert Vetted Status 🏆 Top-Rated Plus, Top 1% of Providers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All Five-Star Reviews (Over 150) 🅰️➕ Rating | Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accredited With over 15 years of experience ghostwriting and editing, I’m the author of "The Influencer Machine: How to Extend Your 15 Minutes of Fame into a Lifetime of Thought Leadership". I will deliver made-for-you books on time and on budget, for Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). And as a longtime book editor and former magazine editor-in-chief, I also have an excellent editorial and design team in place. Ask me about the Self-Publisher Package, which includes Ghostwriting, all phases of edit (Developmental Editing, Line Editing, and Proofreading), Cover Design, Blurb, and Final Formatting for ePub and print-on-demand, as well as audiobook companion.

🇺🇸Denver, United States$50/hr100% JSS4.64 (82)Since Jul 2022

Earnings and projects

MRR
$6.4k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#3,423 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,303 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$10k

Last 6 months: $38k

World#1,450 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#664 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$1.67M

Billed in all: $1.67M

World#154 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#82 / 62.1k
Per project
$7.1k

$564 in the last 6 months

World#23,837 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,927 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
68

Across 72 contracts

99% fixed1% hourly
World#494 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#103 / 62.1k
Projects in all
235

Across 286 contracts

98% fixed2% hourly
World#7,553 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,363 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$1.67M+$10.1k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$1.66M$1.67M$1.68MOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.15% in English

Top 1% in 13 of 15 skills, ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 2Writing Critique591 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 0.34%
  2. 2Native Fluency347 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 0.58%
  3. 3White Paper Writing330 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 0.91%
  4. #4Line Editing910 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 0.44%
  5. #7Thought Leadership Content258 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #6Top 3%
  6. #11Content Editing3,676 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #6Top 0.30%
  7. #19Ghostwriting5,395 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #8Top 0.35%
  8. #26English17,148 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #9Top 0.15%