Online Prose Pros: November 1999

Interesting how, even in the point-and-click Internet age, you still have to know how to write. Sort of. CyberEdit, launched in July, will take care of that task for you--for a modest fee. The site, founded in 1997 as EssayEdge by then-Harvard undergraduate Geoff Cook (pictured above), claims to be the Net's only comprehensive editing portal, offering resume writing and Web posting, business document production, and admissions essay editing services. Most of CyberEdit's business comes from resume consultation, but it has tackled bigger projects, including a wholesale catalog for an online candle seller. And--gasp--the company is profitable. "The costs aren't all that high; our editors work from their homes," says Mr. Cook. CyberEdit intends to launch a major online ad campaign sometime soon. Flawlessly edited, we expect.

-Gwendolyn Mickelson