COPY EDITING
PRESERVE THE WRITER’S VOICE AND TECHNICAL STYLE
CORRECT SPELLING, GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION (UNLESS CHANGES AFFECT THE AUTHOR’S OR CHARACTER’S VOICE)
CORRECT NONVERBAL DIALOGUE TAGS
STYLE CONSISTENCY: CAPITALISATION, HYPHENS, DASHES, ELLIPSES, ETC.
FLAG CONTENT INCONSISTENCY FROM CHAPTER TO CHAPTER
VERIFY BASIC FACTS
FLAG TRACKING/CONTINUITY PROBLEMS
FLAG PLOT HOLES
FLAG POTENTIAL LIBEL
FLAG ANY POTENTIAL COPYRIGHT ISSUES
FLAG REPETITION
FLAG ANACHRONISMS
FLAG AMBIGUOUS VOCABULARY
FLAG AWKWARD PHRASING
FLAG JARGON
A STYLE GUIDE WILL BE CREATED AND PROVIDED
AUD $0.03 per wordPROOFREADING
MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY AND PRESERVING THE WRITER’S VOICE
CORRECTING ERRORS IN SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, GRAMMAR AND FORMATTING
CHECK ACCURACY OF OBVIOUS FACTS
AUD $0.02 per wordPROOFREADING (BOOK COVER / VISUAL CONTENT)
CORRECT TEXT OR NUMERAL ERRORS
FLAG INCONSISTENT SPACING AROUND MARGINS AND BETWEEN ELEMENTS
CHECK DETAILS AGAINST DESIGN BRIEF, SYNOPSIS, SUMMARY, BOOK COVER COPY OR ANY DESCRIPTION PROVIDED
MAINTAIN ANY SPECIFICATIONS IN THE STYLE GUIDE (IF PROVIDED)
FLAG LOOSE LINES
CONSISTENCY IN TEXT ALIGNMENT
CONSISTENCY IN FORMATTING OF TEXT
PRICE TO BE DETERMINED DEPENDING ON BOOK TYPEEDITORIAL ESSENTIAL BUNDLE (COPY EDITING + PROOFREADING)
AUD $0.04 per wordAUTHOR’S PROMO BUNDLE
PROOFREAD:
AMAZON BOOK SUMMARY
MARKETING MATERIAL
LAUNCH MATERIAL
PRICE TO BE DETERMINEDAUTHOR PA
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT
WEBSITE MANAGEMENT
EDM/NEWSLETTER MARKETING
CONTENT CREATION
CONTENT PULLS
ARC TEAM MANAGEMENT
GENERAL ADMIN TASKS
PRICE TO BE DETERMINED DEPENDING ON NEEDS