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This editing service is used to coach or guide an author's work to the next level by offering suggestions for improvement.
We not only mark errors in the text, we assist you with making changes to strengthen your writing and develop your story or manuscript to its best potential.
A developmental editor may rewrite some sections for you. We work with you on all elements of book development including front matter, back matter,
and strengthening your writing.
Starting at $8 per 250-word page (the average word count per page in a paperback book), we will serve as a shepherd or mentor for aspiring authors
to improve their overall writing skills. Price depends upon how much rewriting is required of the editor.
See a list of books we have written or edited for clients.
See our client list and current book writing
and editing projects.
Our editor will go through your manuscript and complete the needed
changes to include:
- Correcting mechanical, grammar, and usage errors.
- Correcting spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
- Check for proper alignment and spacing of text. Mark
inconsistencies.
- Mark inconsistencies and ask author to consistently format dates,
headlines, numbers, and alphabetized, bulleted, and numbered lists.
- Note awkward transitions, redundancies, and hyperbole.
- Note any biased language or stereotyping.
The editor may query the author to clarify suggestions for
improvement, and ask the author to rewrite some sections. We do not
rewrite for you at this level of edit. We will proofread the entire
document one time once the author has accepted or rejected all
changes and sent us a near-perfect document. Fee: $6 per 250-word
page.
See a list of books we have written or edited for clients.
See our client list and current book writing
and editing projects.
We will mark or note the same things as outlined in the medium
copy edit; however, the author is responsible for making all
changes. The fee is $4 per 250-word page. We will proofread the
entire document a second time once the author has accepted or
rejected all changes and sent us a near-perfect document. Fee for
second proofread is $1 per 250-word page.
See a list of books we have written or edited for clients.
See our client list and current book writing
and editing projects.
Proofreader will mark all technical errors and return manuscript to the author as a digital document.
The author is responsible for completing the suggested changes. Cost for proofreading is $2 per 250-word page.
One of our editors will read your book or manuscript (up to 70,000 words) and give a written assessment of its commercial potential.
A kind but honest opinion of the author's strengths and weaknesses will be given along with tips for improving the overall quality of writing.
The evaluation includes an assessment of the manuscript's publishing condition and what it would take to get it ready to submit to an agent or publisher.
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