About this service
We proofread book manuscripts before publishing or self-publishing on platforms like Amazon KDP: spelling, grammar, punctuation and typos, with your style and dialogue left as they are. Books need consistency over hundreds of pages, so we track character names, place names, hyphenation, capitalization and number style and record them in a style sheet. Dialogue punctuation is checked against the conventions of your language.
What is included
- What you getThe corrected manuscript, a list of changes and a style sheet with names, spellings and conventions used, which you can reuse for the next books in a series.
- Typos and errors fixedSpelling, grammar and punctuation
- Dialogue punctuationQuotes, dashes and tags done right
- Style sheetNames, places and spelling choices
- Your voice keptDeliberate style and dialect left alone
- List of changesEvery correction shown
How it works
- 1BriefYou send the chapters and style notes
- 2ProofreadingWe correct and build the style sheet
- 3DeliveryYou get the manuscript, changes and style sheet
What we need from you
The chapters pasted into the brief, the language variant, the genre and any style choices you have made, such as spelling of invented names.
We will ask you:
- What genre is the book?
- British or American English, or another language?
- Are there invented names or words with a fixed spelling?
- Is any nonstandard grammar intentional?
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicUp to 5,000 words$20 | StandardUp to 12,000 words$39 | PremiumUp to 25,000 words$75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 2 days | 3 days | 5 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Length | up to 5,000 words | up to 12,000 words | up to 25,000 words |
| List of changes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Style sheet | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Order Basic | Order Standard | Order Premium |
Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
My book is longer than 25,000 words. What do I do?
Order it in parts. Send the style sheet from the first part with the next one so everything stays consistent.
Will you edit the plot or style?
No, this is proofreading. For feedback on plot and characters, order a manuscript critique.
Do you format the book for KDP?
No, we work on the text only. Layout and file formatting are not included.