Services
| Type | Cost | Description | Time |
| Developmental Editing | $0.028 per word | This editing pass will look at the overall plot, pacing, and characters. My genre of expertise is fantasy and science fiction. I will read adult material. I do not have experience with children’s books. I cannot verify nonfiction information for accuracy. This level is a deep dive into the meat of the story and could result in a full rewrite of the manuscript. If a target word count for the final product is requested, edits will be tailored to assist in cutting the fat. Includes a Track Changes copy of your manuscript and a voice call over Discord to clarify any points further. | 1 Month Works over 100k words will add a week per 50k words. |
| Copy Editing | $0.021 per word | This editing pass will focus on the manuscript’s technical quality. This includes reworking unclear sentence structure and fixing typos, capitalization, and punctuation. This service intends to ready the manuscript for final publication and possible audiobook adaptation. Deliverable includes a Track Changes copy of your manuscript. | 2 weeks Works over 100k words will add a week per 50k words. |
| Proofreading/Line Editing | $0.015 per word | This editing pass will focus on the manuscript’s technical quality. This includes reworking unclear sentence structure and fixing typos, capitalization, and punctuation. This service intends to ready the manuscript for final publication and possible audiobook adaptation. The deliverable includes a Track Changes copy of your manuscript. | 1 week Works over 100k words will add a week per 50k words. |
| Typesetting Print | $0.010 per word | This editing pass will check the final document for any unexpected errors that may have occurred in creating the final draft of a manuscript. This will not include comments on sentence structure, punctuation, or characterization. It is merely a last look to verify that no misspelled words exist and that the formatting is consistent throughout the document. | 2 weeks Works over 100k words will add a week per 50k words. |
| Typesetting Ebook | $0.010 per word | This service is not an editing pass, and the text content will not be modified in any way. The final version of the manuscript will be imported into InDesign to create a reflowable PDF. Chapters will be visible as a clickable TOC. Images can be included but must be provided by the customer in separate files with instructions on where they should be inserted. Images will not be edited or typeset. Due to the nature of Reflowable text, the images will appear at the end of the chapter they are inserted into. | 2 weeks Works over 100k words will add a week per 50k words. |
| Typesetting Ebook and Print | $0.015 | This is a combination of the Ebook and Print file service. This service includes all the promised files from the Ebook and Print Typesetting services for a slightly larger fee since I will have to create two files of the same book. | 3 weeks Works over 100k words will add a week per 50k words. |
| Typesetting Cover | $50 flat | The title and author will be set on the provided cover art. This includes spine text and back cover text for print copies. The customer must provide cover art. The customer must provide cover dimensions. The customer must provide all text to be included. DPI and image size will not be changed. Customer must ensure that the image size is the correct dimensions for their cover. If a custom font is required, it will be provided by the customer. Otherwise, a royalty-free font will be used. The final file provided will be PNG. Up to three edits are allowed. Edits include changing the placement of text, font/size of text, and color of text. | 1 week |
| Publishing Tutorial | $10 flat | Document with steps to publish to KDP, including Ebook, Print, and ACX. This guide includes pictures and step-by-step instructions to make self-publishing to Amazon easy and painless. | Instant |