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More Than an Editing Service – We’re All About the Details
From manuscript to published work
ISBN assistance
Distribution options
Cover and interior artwork
Self-publishing and professional publishing options (we can help you decide)
ISBN assistance
Distribution options
Cover and interior artwork
Self-publishing and professional publishing options (we can help you decide)
Copy Editing
($20/1,000 words)
Copy editing focuses less on the content of a piece, and more on the mechanics, especially as they compare to the style guide in use. It includes identifying and fixing errors related to spelling and grammatical typos, tone and style inconsistencies, awkward syntax, and poor word choice.
Copy editing involves "five Cs": making the text clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent.
Copy editing focuses less on the content of a piece, and more on the mechanics, especially as they compare to the style guide in use. It includes identifying and fixing errors related to spelling and grammatical typos, tone and style inconsistencies, awkward syntax, and poor word choice.
Copy editing involves "five Cs": making the text clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent.
Proofreading
($5/1,000 words)
Proofreading comes after copyediting. In most cases, it’s the last edit to find any errors missed during the copyedit, as well as to makes sure formatting is consistent.
An integrity edit focuses on the cross references that occur in large articles, such as journal pieces, and in non-fiction work. For example, if a manuscript notes "See table 3.1" the editor will verify that the table is present where it's supposed to be and says what it's supposed to say.
Proofreading also includes checking a clean, new document against an old, edited document to make sure every correction has been made.
Proofreading comes after copyediting. In most cases, it’s the last edit to find any errors missed during the copyedit, as well as to makes sure formatting is consistent.
An integrity edit focuses on the cross references that occur in large articles, such as journal pieces, and in non-fiction work. For example, if a manuscript notes "See table 3.1" the editor will verify that the table is present where it's supposed to be and says what it's supposed to say.
Proofreading also includes checking a clean, new document against an old, edited document to make sure every correction has been made.
Content (Substantive) Editing
($25/1,000 words)
With developmental editing, the focus is on the content. For example, story problems, such as inconsistencies, are identified.
Developmental editing specifically fixes the document at a content or structural level: paragraphs, pages, clarity (to make sure the reader can understand the idea the writer is trying to convey) flow, organization, format, improving characters (in books), fixing style issues and adding and deleting material.
Developmental editing specifically fixes the document at a content or structural level: paragraphs, pages, clarity (to make sure the reader can understand the idea the writer is trying to convey) flow, organization, format, improving characters (in books), fixing style issues and adding and deleting material.
Formatting
Document formatting refers to the way a document is laid out on the page—the way it looks and is visually organized. Formatting checks for widows and orphans (broken lines or paragraphs), consistent paragraph indents, correct graphic placement, page numbers, etc. Formatting decisions include:
- Font type
- Font size
- Page size
- Margins
- Justification (left, full)
- Indentation (usually each paragraph)
- Word/sentence spacing (single space after period)
- Text line spacing
- Paragraph style (ie indent with no line space or no indent with line space)
- Page break between chapters
- Page numbering
- Insertion and formatting of images