Experienced Authors

This package is for authors who are ready to publish and need a final quality check for errors and formatting consistency.

Includes:

• Proofreading: Corrects grammar, spelling, punctuation, and minor typographical errors. Ensures the text is clean and error-free.
• Basic Formatting: Applies consistent formatting for print or ebook, including chapter headings, page breaks, margins, font consistency, and spacing.
• Light Consistency Check: Ensures uniformity in capitalization, hyphenation, and other minor stylistic choices.
• Simple Style Consistency: Checks basic consistency in style choices like the use of numbers (numerals vs. spelled out), abbreviations, and tense usage.

Best for:

• Authors with a polished manuscript that requires only final corrections.
• Self-publishing authors who need help with technical aspects like formatting for print or ebook platforms.

£20 per 1,000 words.

This package ensures the manuscript is polished at the sentence level, improving clarity and fluency while offering additional support for authors who want to submit to publishers or agents.

Includes:

• Copyediting: Focuses on correcting grammar, syntax, punctuation, and style issues, while ensuring readability and fluidity. This service looks closely at sentence-level concerns such as awkward phrasing, word repetition, and overuse of passive voice.
• Consistency Checks: Ensures consistency in style, tone, and factual accuracy. This includes verifying character names, dates, terminology, and overall factual consistency in non-fiction manuscripts.
• Light Structural Edits: Addresses minor issues in paragraph structure or chapter transitions, ensuring logical flow and coherence without altering the overall structure.
• Submission Package Support: Includes a review of the query letter, synopsis, or book proposal to help authors who want to present their work professionally to agents or publishers.

Best for:

• Authors preparing to submit to traditional publishers, agents, or competitions.
• Writers aiming to refine their manuscript’s language, flow, and professional presentation without the need for major structural changes.
• Both fiction and non-fiction authors seeking support for clear, compelling writing.

£30 per 1,000 words.

This package provides the most in-depth editorial support, combining developmental and line editing with final proofreading and formatting. Suitable for both fiction and non-fiction, it ensures the manuscript is fully refined, polished, and ready for publication.

Includes:

• Developmental Editing: Provides an in-depth analysis of the manuscript’s structure, looking at plot (fiction), argument flow (non-fiction), pacing, character development (fiction), or strength of ideas (non-fiction). Offers specific suggestions for improving the manuscript’s coherence, focus, and impact.
• For fiction, this includes feedback on plot development, character arcs, pacing, world-building (if applicable), dialogue, and themes.
• For non-fiction, this involves assessing the clarity and persuasiveness of arguments, the organization of ideas, and whether the information is effectively presented to the target audience.
• Line Editing: Focuses on sentence-level concerns, improving the manuscript’s tone, style, and readability. Enhances word choice, sentence structure, and overall flow, while maintaining the author’s voice.
• In-depth Feedback: Detailed editorial report outlining the manuscript’s strengths, weaknesses, and actionable suggestions for revision. Includes a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of recommended changes.
• Pre-publication book review: After a Meet the Author event with our reviewers, receive honest, transparent reviews from the Literary Review Team, ready to be shared across various social media platforms on your publication day. Authors receiving a book review from the Literary Review Team will show their gratitude by sending each reviewer a personalised, signed copy of their published book.
• Follow-up Consultation: After the author reviews the edits, a one-on-one consultation is provided to discuss the feedback, clarify suggestions, and answer any questions about the revision process.
• Optional Second Round of Edits: Once revisions are made, a second, lighter round of copyediting and feedback is offered to refine the final version.
• Final Proofreading: After all major revisions are complete, a final proofreading pass is conducted to catch any last errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, ensuring a flawless manuscript.
• Final Formatting: Includes professional formatting for both print and e-book, ensuring compliance with industry standards (e.g., chapter headings, margins, page breaks, font consistency, and layout).
• Submission Package Support: Includes a review and revision of the query letter, book proposal, and/or synopsis to ensure the submission is polished and market-ready.

Best for:

• Authors who want comprehensive feedback on both the content and style of their manuscript, whether fiction or non-fiction.
• Writers seeking to significantly improve the structure, coherence, and impact of their work through in-depth revisions and polishing.
• Manuscripts that are nearing publication and require final proofreading and formatting to ensure they meet industry standards for both print and digital formats.

£50 per 1,000 words