Book editing services

Have you written a book and need it edited? Editing is a key part of the process to produce a successful book – it is worth every cent invested.

Send us a copy of your manuscript and our senior editor will provide a professional assessment for $125.

The level of editing for your manuscript is based on how much work your manuscript needs.

Proofreading

Your book is pretty much complete. It’s a “good read” and you just want to clean up the text for printing.

We’ll read your book and correct the following:

spelling
capitalisation errors
typos
punctuation errors
minor grammatical errors
formatting

Full Edit

Here’s where we help you turn a good story into a great one. We’ll examine your style, organisation, sentence structure, word choice and more…

In addition to proofreading we’ll look at:

sentence structure
word choice
repetitiveness
grammatical choices
clarity and sense
awkward phrasing
rhythm

Rewrite

Some books have problems that are embedded in the structure. We’ll look for loose ends, poor characterisation and plotting, and other issues that keep a book from realising its full potential. We would also consider it a rewrite if the sentence structure or word usage is extremely poor.

In addition to a full edit we’ll also look at:

structural choices
characterization
plot consistency
overall structure
loose ends to tie up
momentum

Depending on the number of words and the amount of work that’s necessary our rates are as follows:

(please notes prices are ex GST)

Number of Words	Proofreading ($)	Full Edit ($)	Rewriting ($)
20,000	200 + GST	400 +GST	600 +GST
30,000	300 + GST	600+ GST	900 +GST
40,000	400 + GST	800 + GST	1200 + GST
50,000	500 + GST	1000 + GST	1500 + GST
60,000	600 + GST	1200 + GST	1800 + GST
70,000	700 + GST	1400 + GST	2100 + GST
80,000	800 + GST	1600 + GST	2400 + GST
90,000	900 + GST	1800 + GST	2700 + GST
100,000	1000 + GST	2000 + GST	3000 + GST
110,000	1100 + GST	2200 + GST	3300 +GST
120,000	1200 + GST	2400 + GST	3600 + GST

Editing – Terms of Service

The cost of editing services are out lined above based on the number of words to be edited.

Our editors will review your finalised manuscript as a Microsoft Word document using the track changes tool so that changes and the reason for those changes are clearly visible. Comments will be seen in the margin of the document returned to you. Upon completion of editing and your review of the edited document, the editor will be available to discuss the edited manuscript by telephone.

Additional significant work on the manuscript may be subject to additional charges but this will be confirmed after negotiation. This is a rare occurrence and might apply when the author requires major structural changes to the document. Additional charges can be costed at an hourly rate.

Please note that re-submission of an altered manuscript (subsequent to the submission of the finalised manuscript) may incur additional cost especially if the editor has to commence the process from the beginning. Editing a resubmitted manuscript, after the author has implemented changes, often requires the manuscript to be re-edited in its entirely and incurs new editing fees.

However if the author uses Microsoft Word track changes on sections of the manuscript, and as a result the changes can be easily identified by the editor, then the editor can edit these sections on an hourly rate basis.