Constructive professional book editing for self-publishing writers, which will leave your book ready for publication.

Let’s face it, all writers get too close to their work. It is part of the process, but also part of the problem.

How many times have you read over your writing, convinced it was ready to go, only to have a close friend spot a glaring plot hole?

Now imagine the horror of self-publishing, only to have readers pick up on your mistakes and then tell the world in an Amazon review (I feel the pain just writing the sentence).

We CAN help you to avoid this pain.

Let me keep it simple…

In our structural edit we will check over your book and pinpoint those huge plot holes that, if left unattended, would trip up unwary readers.  We will also check the book flows correctly, assess the book’s readability and look at numerous technical issues, such as dialogue.

The single most important aspect of our constructive professional book editing service is that we look at each word of your book, AND then provide the clear and actionable guidance you need to fix your book.

I can’t emphasize this enough.

We want to make sure that you learn all the skills you need to not make the same mistakes twice. We want you to be a better writer. Why? Because we face a golden age for writers. Never before in publishing history have writers had the opportunity to so easily put their books in front of the eyes of readers (no more waiting to be picked by publishers).  The result is that for the first time in human history ideas are free to flow. If we can edit just one book that helps change the way a reader looks at the world, then we’ve played our small part in the process.

Perhaps the best way to describe this process is through the single word we hear the most often from writers we have edited… ‘insightful’.

 

 

Our service is unlike any other professional book editing service you will find. You can find services that charge thousands for a book edit, only to leave the reader knowing what’s wrong, but not how to fix it. Not only do we assess your book’s plot and structure, but we also carry out a constructive line edit at the same time. Plus… we give you a free ebook cover, just because we can!

As part of our developmental edit, we provide  detailed line editing  AND a very detailed   editor’s report  (by detailed we mean 20 or 30 pages of A4).

Whilst all this is going on your ebook cover  will be designed.

Other companies provide just one of these for the same price as we charge for all three.

So why would we offer both a line edit and an editor’s report?

The answer is because if you need a developmental edit to improve your book, then you need both. Only by having both line editing and an editor’s report can you get the kind of ‘publisher standard’ developmental edit that will allow you to write better books. You see, what we give you is not a list of what is wrong. Instead, we focus on teaching you what you need to do to put things right. If you grammar is wonky, we’ll show you what is wrong and we’ll show you how to fix it - on every line!

 

Line editing is simply the process of reading each and every word and then identifying potential problems. If we spot a typo we’ll correct it, if the sentence is clumsy we’ll correct it, if something is just not right, we’ll correct it. However, these will not be ‘hard’ corrections, they’ll be done using tracked changes. This means you remain in control with the power to accept or reject each individual change (or just accept all changes in one go, if that’s your thing).

If the reasons for the changes we suggest are not obvious, then we’ll use comments (little comment bubbles) to explain our thinking. The aim is to show you why we think the change is needed. As always, it is your choice. If you don’t agree, just reject the change and move on.

Below is a screen shot of a sample line edit, as you will see it contains both tracked changes and ‘balloon’ comments [Click image to enlarge].

 

 

The aim of the editor’s report is to give you an overview to our feedback. The line edit can be pretty overwhelming. It is not uncommon for a book to have hundreds (I am not joking!) of corrections. When you first open the document, and are faced with a sea of changes, it is easy to panic.

So…

It all starts with the editor’s report. This document will be your editor’s thoughts about your book. It will start with a broad overview of what they liked and disliked. It’ll focus you in on the key issues that will have the most impact on your book.

It will also contain details on the thinking behind the feedback and details on new techniques you can use to fix the problems.

Finally, the report will look at each chapter in turn and give you a breakdown of what we thought.

Many writers tell us the editor’s report quickly becomes a valuable tool. Before each editing session they’ll refer back to the report and get a ‘feel’ for the big picture before delving into the nitty gritty of the line edit.

 

Feedback from writers we’ve helped get published has identified one problem that can be a right royal pain in the back side - cover design!

So… to make your life that little bit easier, we are providing all writers with a free ebook cover.

When you submit and pay for your edit we’ll send you an email with details on how to get your design started. The whole process takes about 48 hours and you should have your cover ready before the edit is completed. In essence, you pick from one of hundreds of designs. The design is tweaked for your book and optimised for publication on Amazon. Don’t worry, once you have picked a design it will be removed from the site and be unique to you and your book.

Here’s an example of some cover designs from which you can pick for your book…  Pick a cover!

 

Our prices for professional book editing are all inclusive, with no hidden extras. They include the editor’s report,  in-depth edit and cover design (well we don’t charge you for this), plus all support emails, phone calls etc.

Since we provide our service to any writer, no matter where they are based in the world, we bill in four separate currencies.

• US Dollars: $17 per 1000 words.
• GB Pounds: £10 per 1000 words.
• Euros: €12 per 1000 words.
• Australian Dollars: $19 per 1000 words.

To work out the cost of your developmental edit, first divide your word count by 1000 and then multiply by your currency. For example, a 50,000 word novel would be (50000/1000 * 17) $850.

Word Count	$ (US)	£ (UK)	€ (Euro)	$ (AUD)
10,000 words	$170	£100	€120	$190
50,000 words	$850	£500	€600	$950
100,000 words	$1700	£1000	€1200	$1900

 

OK, I don’t blame you. You’ve probably spent a huge amount of time on your book and you don’t want to waste cash on someone who is just going to tell you your baby is ugly.

Perhaps this will help…

A few books we’ve recently edited…

Discover more books we’ve edited

 

No?

What about some testimonials?

Do you still have a question? Here’s some commonly asked questions.

 

Do you still have a question. Great! We love questions. You have three options…

1. Fire us an email by clicking here.
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Let’s say you are ready to go, what can you expect to happen?

 

x Please note that we will be closed for Easter. This means that we will not be editing between 14 April and 21 April. This will add seven days to return times for any manuscript submitted today.