Book Editing Services
Four editing stages, run in the order that stops work being wasted.
Structure before sentences. Sentences before consistency. Consistency before the final read. Get the order wrong and you pay for the same page twice.
You keep your rights, your royalties and the final word on every decision.
Tell us about your book
What you get
Why authors choose this
The right stage for your manuscript
Not every book needs a developmental edit. The free review tells you which stages yours actually needs.
Editors who work in your category
A picture book, a thriller and a business book need genuinely different editorial instincts.
Queries, not silent rewrites
Anything debatable is raised with reasoning so you can decide. Your voice stays yours.
A sample pass first
On line editing you see the editor's touch on a short section before committing the whole manuscript.
How it works
Five stages, in order.
Each stage finishes before the next begins, and you see the work at every point where your decision changes what happens next.
Free review
We read the manuscript and report on what it needs.
Scope agreed
The stages your book requires, in sequence, with a schedule.
Editing
Tracked changes and margin queries throughout.
Your decisions
You accept, reject or discuss every change.
Clean manuscript
Reconciled and ready for design.
Straight answers
What we will not promise you.
The absence of these claims is easier to trust than their presence.
- No guaranteed sales, rankings or bestseller status.
- No package prices, because a quote given before reading your manuscript is a guess.
- No services recommended that your manuscript does not need.
- No transfer of your rights. You remain the author and rights holder.
- No testimonials or statistics on this site that have not been verified.
Questions
Before you enquire
That is exactly what the free manuscript review answers. Guessing is expensive.
It should sharpen it, not replace it. If an edit makes your book sound generic, it has been done badly.
Yes, and it often means less work. Tell us what has been done and the review accounts for it.