PUBLICATION EDITING SERVICES

At Balance Point, our goal is to help writers achieve that near-perfect version of their work. Our Editing Services focus on not just proof reading, but copy editing, ensuring that the manuscripts are clear to your target audience, have appropriate organization and flow, and, at the same time, ensuring that the client’s voice is preserved.

The Publication Editing Services Provides you with the following:

• The standard corrections of spelling and grammatical errors;
• The correcting of typos and the identification of inconsistencies;
• Detailed Editing that scrutinizes each line of text;
• Critical Commentary and Review regarding methods to strengthen points being made, including the need for additional supporting evidence (where relevant);
• Overall Suggestions on ways to improve the manuscript, again with the target audience in mind.

Types of Manuscripts for Balance Points’ Publication Editing:

• Non-Fictional Writings
  • Memoirs
  • Biographies
  • Books based on academic research
• Fictional
  • Novels
  • Novellas and Short Stories
  • Plays and screenplays
  • Advertising scripts

Balance Point Pricing

Standard fee

For Proofreading and Copy Editing, the fee is $0.03 per word or $7.50 per 250 word manuscript page.  If your manuscript includes tables and figures, each one will be counted as having 50 words.  

Example

Number of words to be edited	2,500
Total number of tables in manuscript	5
Total words associated with table	250
Total number of words	2,750
Cost per word	$0.03
Total	$82.50