Affordable Book Editing Services 

Professional book editing can make or break a book.  At Mill City Press, we know how important it is to have your manuscript professionally edited. We also know how expensive book editing can be. The experienced, professional editors employed by Mill City Press will help you make your already great book a masterpiece.

We offer these affordable book editing packages:

Basic Book Edit
Comprehensive Book Edit
Publishing-Ready Book Edit

Indexing - Please contact us for details on having your book professionally indexed. 

 

Our book editors will:

  • Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and syntax
  • Correct errors in sentence structure and language usage
  • Make note of recommended changes in wording or phrasing to improve the readability of the manuscript
  • Insert notes throughout the document where approval from a third-party may be required
  • Correct commonly known errors (e.g. "Hillary Clinton, the senator from New Jersey" to "Hillary Clinton, the senator from New York")

Our book editors for this package will not:

  • Restructure sentences
  • Alter word choices, except in obvious situations

How the Basic Edit process works:

  • The editor will have the entire manuscript edited within 15-20 business days from the date that you upload the manuscript to be edited to the MCP Author Website. The edited manuscript will be uploaded  in a format in which you can see the edits/deletions and can either accept or reject them.

Comprehensive Book Edit ($0.03 per word)

Our book editors will:

  • Include all items in the basic editing package
  • Conduct a telephone consultation with the author (after first review edit) to allow for clarification of any suggested changes, recommendations, editing process concerns, and/or questions
  • Include a second complete manuscript review edit after author revisions and telephone consultation
  • Review the organization of the material to ensure that theories (for nonfiction) or characterization and plot narrative (for fiction) are developed fully and that the manuscript is in a well organized format
  • Provide light research to ensure accuracy (such as commonly used quotations or statistics)
  • Ensure that plotline/narrative, dialogue, continuity, and characterization are consistent
  • Make note of instances where material may stray from its intended purpose
  • Remove erroneous or irrelevant information
  • Ensure consistency throughout by noting or correcting the author's use of specific terminology, etc.

Our book editors for this package will not:

  • Reorganize paragraphs to make them more logical to the reader (for this service, order the Publishing-Prep Edit)
  • Provide a complete fact check of the manuscript

How the Comprehensive Edit process works:

  • The editor will have the entire manuscript edited within 15-20 business days from the date that you upload the manuscript to be edited to the MCP Author Website. The edited manuscript will be uploaded  in a format in which you can see the edits/deletions and can either accept or reject them.
  • After you review the first round edited manuscript, you will upload the revised manuscript to the MCP Author Website and note your availability for the telephone consultation. After you have had your telephone consultation with the editor, the second round edit will commence, and will be uploaded within 10 business days of this date.

Publishing-Prep Book Edit ($0.045 per word)

Our book editors will :

  • Include all items in the comprehensive editing package
  • Conduct two telephone consultations with the author (after first and second review edits) to allow for clarification of any suggested changes, recommendations, editing process concerns, and/or questions
  • Determine the completeness of the content following revisions made after first review edit with attention to the intended readership purpose and use of the manuscript
  • After first round of revisions, evaluate the main developmental issues in the manuscript and provide notes to author indicating areas of remaining concern and suggestions for improvement or restructuring of ideas or format
  • Reorganize paragraphs to make them more logical to the reader
  • Check the appropriateness of all figures (nonfiction), and note comments or questions
  • Review the final interior after the manuscript has been formatted/typeset, just before the book goes to press, and correct only spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax

Our book editors for this package will not:

 Rewrite  your manuscript

How the Publishing-Prep Edit process works:

  • The editor will have the entire manuscript edited within 15-20 business days from the date that you upload the manuscript to be edited to the MCP Author Website. The edited manuscript will be uploaded  in a format in which you can see the edits/deletions and can either accept or reject them.
  • After you review the first round edited manuscript, you will upload the revised manuscript to the MCP Author Website and note your availability for the telephone consultation. After you have had your telephone consultation with the editor, the second round edit will commence, and will be uploaded within 10 business days of this date. When you have reviewed the second round of edits, you will have another telephone consultation with the editor.
  • When you have approved your final interior layout (the typeset book), the editor will review the electronic version and correct grammatical errors within 10 business days of your approval.