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I work with authors, publishers, and creators on two interlocking practices: nonfiction editing (especially technology, history, and design), and crowdfunding consulting and production management for book projects. I bring 40 years in printing and graphic design, 30 years in e-commerce and internet marketing, and more than a decade of crowdfunding success.

Crowdfunding & Production

I help authors and creators build, manage, and deliver crowdfunded book projects. I’ve project-managed the #1 all-time Kickstarter tech book (Shift Happens, $750,000 raised and 4,500 sets sold in the campaign) and Tom Tomorrow’s blockbuster five-year compendium (Our Long National Nightmare, $130,000, 3,000 copies). I’ve also funded 11 of my own projects, raising over $500,000.

What I Offer

I like to say my superpower is budgeting: for most projects, I start with what is you want to create and your desirable product and financial outcomes. I then model the a set of goals you can choose among to ensure your campaign doesn’t wind up short—and can finish a success.

More generally, I can offer any or all of the following:

• Strategy & readiness : Scoping the project, analyzing your audience, planning the time line, and building a budget.
• Printing & manufacturing bids : Soliciting, comparing, and negotiating with domestic and overseas printers and binderies.
• Revenue modeling : Reward-tier pricing, stretch-goal math, fulfillment-cost forecasting, contingency planning.
• Reward design : Structuring tiers, add-ons, and limited editions.
• Story & video : Writing the campaign page, scripting the pitch video, planning press outreach.
• Business mechanics : Advising what to ask tax professionals, accountants, and lawyers; handling lost packages, refunds, and customer service.
• Production management : From signed-off PDFs through proofs, press oversight, and finished books on the dock.
• Fulfillment & logistics : Picking a warehouse, budgeting freight and shipping costs, developing a strategy for international shipping.

Free 30-minute discovery call: Reach out for a discovery call. The best time to talk is several months to two years before a planned launch.

What Clients Say

“Glenn’s decades of experience are matched by curiosity and an excellent problem-solving attitude; he was a helpful and attentive partner during the few critical moments of the campaign. The book was a success both in terms of writing, producing a well-made object, backer interest (#1 tech book in the history of Kickstarter), and even as a campaign itself.”

—Marcin Wichary, author of Shift Happens

“I really have to give all possible credit to Glenn. He had this surgery scheduled and he still agreed to take on my big project, and timed it out so well that we hit every mark we needed to hit.”

—Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow), Our Long National Nightmare

Editing

I edit nonfiction: reported stories, longform features, product reviews, research coverage, and books, especially about technology, history, design, science, and culture. I work hourly or by project; for books, I typically start with a developmental review, then move into line editing across one or more passes.

My approach preserves authorial voice while addressing weak points—from structural issues to word choice and punctuation. I add depth and texture where they help, and ruthlessly cut where they don’t. The goal is crisp, evocative writing tuned to the intended audience.

Get in touch: If you have work that needs anything from a short look to a multi-year editing commitment, drop me a line.

My Editing Background

I’ve had a long and varied career as an editor, starting—legitimately—in elementary school. More relevant to your needs, here’s a history of my current work and that dating back over a decade:

• Editor and production manager on Marcin Wichary’s Shift Happens, 2018–2024. Roughly 200 hours of editorial work shaping a 350,000-word manuscript into a 260,000-word three-volume set across three passes—developmental editing, line editing, coordinating proofreading and indexing, design critique, and printer negotiation.
• Executive Editor of Take Control Books, current. Editing and writing titles focused on Apple hardware and software.
• Developmental editor on Ben Zotto’s Go Computer Now! How Sphere Corporation Invented the Modern Microcomputer—Then Disappeared, 2025–2026. We worked on reorganizing chapters and shortening an initial draft into one that was ready for copy editing.
• Editor and publisher of The Magazine, 2012–2014. Commissioned and edited roughly 300 reported stories and essays.
• Contract editor at Wirecutter and The Sweethome, editing buying guides on cameras, battery packs, rain jackets, surge protectors, razors, and Android phones.

What Writers Say

“I hired Glenn initially to help with higher-level editing of my first book, Shift Happens, but over the years of our collaboration, as Glenn’s talents and expertise became more obvious to me, I involved him in many more aspects.”

—Marcin Wichary

“Glenn is one of the very best editors I have worked with. Not only does he scrub copy until it shines, catch errors both obvious and obscure, and ask the most useful awkward questions, he also adds genuine weight and substance.”

—Mark Harris

“Glenn is the best editor I have ever worked with. He is prompt, respectful, friendly, energetic, enthusiastic, and demands the highest standards in the most polite way imaginable.”

—Naomi Arnold

“I’ve written for Glenn in various capacities on and off for longer than a decade. He’s as good as it gets from start to finish…your story went from decent to top notch.”

—Nancy Gohring

“Many aspects of my interaction with Glenn now strike me as rare: He plucked my pitch from a blind submissions pile and then provided advice, encouragement, and eagle-eyed edits in equal measure.”

—Colleen Hubbard

“I always felt good filing a story for Glenn—I knew the draft was about to get a lot better. He’s great at helping to work through hangups on structure.”

—Gabe Bullard

“Glenn Fleishman is the kind of editor I love to work with: He has high standards and focuses on what’s best for the piece, but always leaves room for the writer’s voice.”

—Matthew Amster-Burton

“Glenn edited a dozen of my feature stories for The Magazine, and I learned how to be a better writer in the process. Glenn was always honest and direct in the editor/writer relationship.”

—Chris Higgins

“Glenn is a writer’s dream editor: His guidance makes your arguments stronger, your sentences pithier, and, most importantly, he keeps you from being a danger to yourself and others.”

—Erin McKean, founder of Wordnik

“Glenn came out of nowhere and launched himself to the top of my list of favorite editors. He treats his writers fairly and with respect, winning their loyalty.”

—Joe Ray

“Glenn was an excellent editor to work with on my story…proficient, professional and personable. I highly recommend his services.”

—Julian Smith