• Speculative fiction
• Technology user manuals and instruction books
• Natural history and biology
• History
• Biography
• Children’s books
• Educational materials and textbooks
• Periodicals and newsletters
• Cookbooks
• Family Histories

We charge by the page for proofreading and related services. Most people want to know exactly what the cost of such services will be before committing to them. Hourly rates can be extremely misleading, because you don’t know how many pages an hour an editor can read. One editor may take an hour to do 10 pages, whereas another equally-qualified editor may do 15 pages in an hour. If you pay by the hour, you may have an unpleasant surprise when you are billed, when the proofreaders’ time estimate is off.

The accepted industry-standard page is 250 words.

The turnaround time for most jobs is five to ten business days from receipt of your documents. (This does not include weekends.) When our schedule permits, we can also do rush jobs, but there may be an extra charge for the service.

Basic Proofreading
Minimum: $35.00 per job.
$3.75 per page for marking up hard copy plus return shipping of documents or manuscript.
$3.45 per page for correcting electronic copy in a Microsoft Word file.
We will correct spelling mistakes and inconsistencies, typos, punctuation, errors in capitalization, and incorrect or awkward grammar.

Standard Proofreading and Editing
Minimum: $35.00 per job.
$4.75 per page for marking up hard copy plus return shipping of documents or manuscript.
$3.75 per page correcting electronic copy in a Microsoft Word file.
In addition to Basic Proofreading, we will look at the overall structure of your manuscript, the clarity of your writing, cliches, the aptness of your word choice, credibility of your characters, inconsistencies in timelines, and continuity errors. (An example of a continuity error might be the change of appearance or dress of a character in the same setting and timeframe.)

Extended Proofreading and Advanced Editing
Minimum: $50.00 per job.
$5.75 per page for marking up hard copy plus return shipping of documents or manuscript.
$4.75 per page correcting electronic copy in a Microsoft Word file.
In addition to Standard Proofreading and Editing, we will deal with character dialogue, high level stylistic considerations, pacing, flow, and plot.

Rewrite Service
Minimum: $50.00 per job.
$12.00 per page for hard copy edits, plus return shipping of documents or manuscript.
$10.00 per page for electronic edits in a Microsoft Word file.
Most people never need this service, as the extended proofreading and editing covers what most people need. However, if your documents need an extensive rewrite or your manuscript needs a real overhaul, we can do it.

Website Editing and Copyediting
$50 per hour, minimum one hour.