Book Editing Services That Keep Your Voice

Editing that tightens your story, fixes what readers would trip over, and brings your manuscript up to publishing standard.

Professional Book Editing, From Big Picture to Final Comma

If you’ve been searching for a book editor you can trust, start here. Our editors have worked on fiction, memoir, business and children’s books for independent authors and small presses across the US. We start with a sample edit so you can see how we work before you commit. Then we edit at the level your manuscript needs, from structural advice on plot and pacing to a final proofread. Every change is tracked in Word, with comments explaining why, so you learn as we go and the final decisions stay yours.
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Our Book Editing Process

Each level of editing solves a different problem. We recommend only the ones your manuscript needs.

Manuscript Assessment

An editor reads the whole book and sends a report on its strengths, weak spots and which level of editing will help most.

Developmental Editing

Big-picture work on structure, plot, pacing, character arcs or argument. You get margin notes and a detailed editorial letter.

Line and Copy Editing

Sentence-level work for rhythm, clarity, word choice, grammar and consistency, following the Chicago Manual of Style.

Proofreading

A final check of the formatted pages for typos, missed words, bad breaks and layout errors before the book goes to print.

Your Voice Stays Yours

We fix what gets in the reader’s way, not what makes your writing yours. You approve or reject every change.

Not Sure What Kind of Editing You Need?

Most authors aren’t, and paying for the wrong level of edit is a common and costly mistake. Send us your first three chapters. An editor will read them and tell you, in plain terms, what your book needs and what it doesn’t, at no cost.