Bottom of the Hill Proofreading and Editing rates
admin March 5th, 2012
Recently we have been asked about our editing and proofreading services and rates. Our answer has been “We supply our client authors with these services but not as items on their own.” Well, we have been convinced to reconsider. For 2012, in addition to offering publishing services we now offer expert proofreading, editing and book design services.
This expansion allows us to work with authors searching for a publisher as well as those wanting help cleaning up their work. Our Editing Services include; Proofreading, Editing, Rewriting, Interior Design, and Cover Design.
For our Editing Services we charge by the page. By using this rate method it will be easy for you to calculate how much an edit will actually cost. The industry standard for a page is 250 words.
Let’s say your work has 35,000 words, your page count would be 35,000/250=140 pages. Now multiply your page count, in this example 140, by the service rate you desire, say Basic Proofing at $2.50 per page, and you get the cost, $350.
Using this pricing method you have no concern whether your manuscript is in the right font or type size. You don’t have to wonder if the job will take 5 hours or 25 hours.
Proofreading
Basic Proofreading includes proofing for spelling errors, capitalization errors, typos, punctuation, and grammar.
$2.50 per page
Final Proofing is offered for works that need a quick read through by a new set of trained eyes looking for minor errors.
$1.50 per page
Editing
Basic Editing includes proofreading as well as attention to sentence structure, awkward wording, sense, general clarity, consistency throughout the work and redundancies.
$3.50 per page
Rewriting
Rewriting or Deep Editing includes aggressive editing, reworking your text to improve poor sentence construction, reorganizing blocks of information, improving the overall readability and story flow. With the Rewriting option all changes, notes and suggestions are highlighted for easy review.
$15 per page
Turnaround time is 7 to 10 business days from the date we receive your document. Rush jobs, those needed in fewer than seven days, are accepted from time to time but arrangements must be made in advance. There will be an additional fee for rush jobs.
All rates quoted are in U.S. dollars. There is a minimum charge of $45.00 per job. These rates apply to electronic editing of Microsoft Word documents. If your document is in another format, there may be an additional charge.
We accept payments through PayPal including Visa and MasterCard.
