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Jacqueline Patricks' Editing, Formating, and Book Covers
I am a writer with 30 years of experience, fiction and non-fiction, offering all levels of editing services. Initially I pursued my English degree, but later finished it in medicine. I've been published in non-fiction, and I am self-published in fiction. I find that most books published today, traditionally and independently, could use the final polish of an experienced editor who won't change the writer's voice. Whether you need basic proofreading or the more detailed line-editing, I can help improve your manuscript. I am willing to do substantive editing on a case by case basis, as this is very time-intensive and expensive.
I also do all my formatting and book covers, so if you need those services let me know and we can work out a deal.
Basic proofreading -- going over the text for basic grammatical and spelling errors. This does not include content errors, plot holes, or errors of syntax. I will not rewrite poorly worded sentences, just fix punctuation, spelling, and dropped/added words.
$1 a page up to 50,000 words, manuscripts must be double-spaced with 1 inch margins
$1.50 a page for manuscripts over 50,000 words, doubled spaced with 1 inch margins
Line-editing:If your manuscript has plot holes, limited characterization, factual errors or syntactical problems, line editing is probably more your style. I will point out major problems with your manuscript, as well as the basic proofreading.
$.03 less than 30,000 words
$.04 up to 60,000 words
$.05 over 60,000 words
Digital resizing - Base $10 per image starting depending on complicity
Formatting -
Fiction, no graphics or images
Base $25 with clean source file, + $.50 per 1000 words
Non-Fiction, no graphics or images
Base $35 with clean source file, +$75 per 1000 words
If you have a Word doc/docx that requires clean up, $15
Basic bookcovers- $100 starting, prices vary since each cover is custom. I work in Photoshop. Your final product will be a jpg file and psd if you want it.
I am a writer with 30 years of experience, fiction and non-fiction, offering all levels of editing services. Initially I pursued my English degree, but later finished it in medicine. I've been published in non-fiction, and I am self-published in fiction. I find that most books published today, traditionally and independently, could use the final polish of an experienced editor who won't change the writer's voice. Whether you need basic proofreading or the more detailed line-editing, I can help improve your manuscript. I am willing to do substantive editing on a case by case basis, as this is very time-intensive and expensive.
I also do all my formatting and book covers, so if you need those services let me know and we can work out a deal.
Basic proofreading -- going over the text for basic grammatical and spelling errors. This does not include content errors, plot holes, or errors of syntax. I will not rewrite poorly worded sentences, just fix punctuation, spelling, and dropped/added words.
$1 a page up to 50,000 words, manuscripts must be double-spaced with 1 inch margins
$1.50 a page for manuscripts over 50,000 words, doubled spaced with 1 inch margins
Line-editing:If your manuscript has plot holes, limited characterization, factual errors or syntactical problems, line editing is probably more your style. I will point out major problems with your manuscript, as well as the basic proofreading.
$.03 less than 30,000 words
$.04 up to 60,000 words
$.05 over 60,000 words
Digital resizing - Base $10 per image starting depending on complicity
Formatting -
Fiction, no graphics or images
Base $25 with clean source file, + $.50 per 1000 words
Non-Fiction, no graphics or images
Base $35 with clean source file, +$75 per 1000 words
If you have a Word doc/docx that requires clean up, $15
Basic bookcovers- $100 starting, prices vary since each cover is custom. I work in Photoshop. Your final product will be a jpg file and psd if you want it.
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