Copy Editing Services Many authors find the most difficult part of completing their manuscript is editing their work. Copyediting and proofreading your own work can be daunting process and even the greatest authors overlook small mistakes. We recommend some form of editing for any book you are planning to have printed. At BookMark Copy Editing, we can help you put the finishing touches on your manuscript and free you up to do the more important work, like writing the next book. We offer three levels of service to fit most authors needs.

Proof Reading

Proof reading will give your manuscript that final once over, before it goes to print and covers the following areas:               Grammar               Spelling               Capitalization               Punctuation               Hyphenation We also check the formatting of your manuscript, to make sure no layout problems will happen when it goes to print. Cost: $0.01 a word

Basic Copyediting

This service is meant to help improve the readability of an author’s book and includes:               Grammar               Spelling               Capitalization               Punctuation               Hyphenation               Suggestions to improve syntax               Suggestions to improve word choice               We may recommend light structural changes We also check the formatting of your manuscript, to make sure no layout problems will happen when it goes to print. Cost: $0.015 a word

Advanced Editing

This level of copyediting may be required for a special reference or technical book where critical language and structure are required:               Grammar               Spelling               Capitalization               Punctuation               Hyphenation               Suggestions to improve syntax               Suggestions to improve word choice               We may recommend light structural changes               Suggestions to improve consistency of information and ideas.               Suggestions to improve consistency in the characters and/or time line We also check the formatting of your manuscript, to make sure no layout problems will happen when it goes to print. Cost: Minimum $0.02 a word (we prefer to quote on individual cases for this item)

How the proofreading/editing process works To get started using one of our proofreading or editing services, please contact us and let us know what service you’re interested in using. If your manuscript requires Advanced Editing (such as technical or advanced text books) please detail what you need, the number of words in the manuscript, and request a price quotation from us. We prefer manuscripts in Word, WordPerfect and RTF format, as these formats work the best for editing purposes. If your manuscript is NOT in one of the above formats, please contact us BEFORE you send it to us, and tell us what type of file you are sending and the version of the software it was created in.  Important Note: If you are sending us a manuscript that has been created in an older version of software no longer available, in order to edit file we may need to use a newer version of the same software, which means we will create a new edited file. Under some circumstances this new version file may NOT be able to be read by your older version software, which means you may be required to upgrade your own software in order to read edited files. After you have contacted us and we have received your manuscript for review, one of our copyeditors will contact you with total costs and timeframe. Payment is required in advance of work performed.

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