Some things are better said in a book.

 

 

Editing Services

 

A good copyeditor can make all the difference in your writing, helping to bring consistency and accuracy to the style, grammar, word usage, and structure of your manuscript. We provide both copyediting and content editing services.

 

Our light copyediting provides the following:

 

Corrects faulty spelling, grammar, punctuation, and incorrect word usage;

Checks specific cross references and sequencing (alphabetical ordering, etc.) in lists and other material;

Records first references to figures, tables, and other similar elements;

Verifies consistency and accuracy in spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, numerals, and fonts.

 

Our medium copyediting goes further to deliver the following:

 

All light copyediting tasks;Identify inappropriate figures of speech, ambiguity, incorrect statements;

Make headings and text follow a consistent, similar structure;

Ensure consistency of voice, change passive to active if appropriate;

Track the continuity of plot, setting, character traits (fiction);

Provide consistent tone and style in a multi-author manuscripts;

Verify that previews, summaries, and end-of-chapter questions reflect content;

Check key terms, vocabulary lists, index, and other similar matter for consistency within established criteria.

 

Our content editing is a substantially higher level of copyediting that provides the following:

 

All light and medium copyediting tasks;

Remove wordiness, triteness (overused or unoriginal content), and inappropriate use of jargon;

Suggest additions and deletions of content (including rewriting);

Assign new levels to heads to improve logical structure;

Smooth transitions and move sentences to improve readability.

 

Our copyeditors are experienced in Chicago Press editing guidelines (our house editing style), as well as Modern Language Association (MLA) and Associated Press (AP) styles. We give you the right editing style for your type of writing: literary, scholarly, or journalistic.

 

Writing Services

 

Writing is considered an art as well as a skill for good reason: It’s hard. And good writing is harder. We provide the following writing services for those in need.

 

Copywriting

 

Copywriting is writing that promotes a business, person, idea, or opinion, and is used to persuade its readers in advertising media such as television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. You are reading our copywriting right now. (If you like it, let’s do business.)

 

Public Relations Writing

 

PR writing is a specific type of copywriting. Its purpose is to gain “nonpaid” editorial mentions of a client’s business or product through news releases, product announcements, and the like, using AP style guidelines. Critical to any public relations effort, these are the words that make editors want to include your product—and we know how to write them.

 

Ghostwriting

 

When a writer’s work is credited to another person, it’s ghostwritten. Ghostwriting is much needed in the entertainment, business, and political realms for varying reasons, primarily the lack of time to write. Our ghostwriters—humble folks, all—work directly with you to fashion a book (or other writing) from start to finish, or we can help you enhance and edit existing material.

 

 

Translation Services

 

Language is culturally defined, and an expert translator understands not only meaning but also sense. We provide accurate and meaningful translations for English to Spanish and English to French. Our talented translators are not, however, technical writers, so we do not accept technical works for translation.

 

 

Editing, writing, or translation—we can help you make it happen.

 

 

Quote

 

To receive a free, no-obligation quote on your writing or translation project, please download our Project Work Request for Quote Form (require Acrobat Reader).

 

All of our Request for Quote forms are available in hard copy through the mail. Just ask us.