You finished the book. A professional book editor reads every chapter and tells you where it stands and what it needs to be ready to publish. You leave with a clear roadmap whether or not you work with us, and if you do, the full $500 goes toward your fee.
This is your strongest idea. Move it to Chapter 1 so the reader meets it first.
Chapter 2 makes this point already. Cut here and keep the client story.
Only you can add this: a worked example from your own company.
"Editing" means something different to everyone. Guess at it and you get the wrong scope, the wrong price, and a process that frustrates you and your editor.
So before we quote anything, an editor reads the whole book, and both of us know what it needs.
You'll leave with what you need to make the best next step, even if that step is with someone else.
Send your manuscript and the $500 evaluation fee.
A professional book editor reads every chapter and gives substantive feedback on each one.
Your written Manuscript Evaluation lands [within X business days], reviewed and approved by your editor.
[Walk through it on a call. We'll recommend a path and, if it fits, quote the work.]
Honest and encouraging. Real strengths, real problems, and a clear next step. Click through a sample.
The core method is strong and the reader is clear. The book needs a focused developmental edit before line editing: the method arrives late, and two middle chapters cover the same ground.
The client stories in the opening chapters are specific and earn trust. Keep the plain, direct voice through revision.
1. Introduce the method in the first chapter. 2. Merge the overlapping middle chapters. 3. Add a worked example to the final framework.
Restructure the table of contents first, then revise chapter by chapter against the priorities above.
The material is here. The order is what's holding it back.
Work with us and the full $500 is applied to your fee. Go your own way and you keep the report and the roadmap.
[Credit window TBD]
Does the table of contents still feel right to you?
Does a reader get to your method early?
Would you write the same book again today?
Our standard editing (line edit, copyedit, proofread) is already included in Publishing Only.
Reorganizing, cutting repetition, getting to the method sooner, filling specific gaps. We quote a fixed fee for a clearly defined scope before anything starts.
One recent manuscript went from 22 chapters to 12 without starting over.
Your manuscript becomes source material for our full Publish process.
The scope matches what your book needs and nothing more. Whichever path fits, the report and roadmap are yours, and plenty of authors take them and revise on their own.
"The best editing doesn't happen by handing it off to an editor and letting them run with it. You're the expert, this is your book… it also doesn't work well if you're just left to your own devices."
Your editor restructures the manuscript, edits directly in the document, and leaves margin comments on the things only you can change.
A written assessment of what's working, what to improve, and the specific revisions for your second draft.
You revise with one-on-one working calls with your editor throughout.
Your editor confirms the revised draft is ready for copyediting.
Our editorial team runs a final QA edit (line edit and proofread). You read it aloud until nothing sounds off, then sign off and it moves to design.
Your voice and expertise stay in the book, and scope and cost stay predictable.
Author.Inc's editorial team is behind four New York Times bestsellers. [Editor names, photos, and bios if approved.]
A written Manuscript Evaluation: an overall assessment, what's working, ranked priorities for revision, a recommended next step, and a bottom line. [Plus a call to walk through it.]
No. The report and roadmap are yours either way.
If you move forward with Author.Inc, the full $500 is applied to your fee. [Window TBD.]
A professional book editor reads your full manuscript and reviews and approves every report before you see it. [Confirm wording.]
No. Our editing is collaborative. The editor restructures, cuts, tightens, and directs, and you supply any new material.
The evaluation will say so, and we'll recommend the right path, including starting in our full process.
[X business days.]
Good. The evaluation tells you what's left.
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The strategy call is free and covers fit and goals. The evaluation is a full editorial read of your manuscript.
Upload your manuscript and an editor starts reading. If you work with us, the full $500 goes toward your fee.
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