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Editors & Proofreaders
7 Madronas Communications
JoAnne Dyer offers line and copy editing, proofreading, writing; specializes in mysteries, thrillers, and nonfiction; will also help with web copy and marketing materials.
Academic and Professional Editing Services
Elizabeth Marx has 20+ years experience in editing theses, dissertations and business documents and offers copy-editing and proofreading in both American and British standards for spelling and punctuation.
Affordable Editors
specializes in sci-fi/fantasy, nonfiction, comic books, and more; offers developmental editing, copy editing, line editing, and proofreading services
Angela James
Former editorial director of Samhain Publishing and Carina Press, now offers freelance services in developmental and line editing for genre fiction, in particular romance and mystery. She also offers manuscript assessments, consultation and mentoring, and she teaches editing courses and workshops.
Anne Pottinger
offers proofreading, developmental editing, copy editing, line editing; former Avalon Books editor, also offers manuscript evaluations
Annie Seaton
offers developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading, manuscript critiques, also edits other book submission materials.
Anselm Audley
freelance editor specializing in history and science (fiction and non-fiction) offers three levels of editing: appraisal of overall strengths and weaknesses, structural/developmental editing including the appraisal and line editing, and proposal editing (line editing of a proposal or up to 10K words of your manuscript). Also offers typsetting and conversion services.
Ascend Editing
content editing, copy editing, proofreading, contest submission evaluation, beta reading — offers quick turnaround
Athans & Associates
Philip Athans specializes in adult and YA fantasy and science fiction, but also edit other fiction genres as well as non-fiction and even technical writing
Blue Moon Creative Author Services
Karen Anders (aka Zoe Dawson) offers proofreading and developmental critiquing
Blue Otter Editing
Amy Knupp offers copy editing, line editing and proofreading services; works in Word using comments and track changes.
Bev Katz Rosenbaum
offers critiques, developmental editing and line or copy editing for picture books, chapter books, complete manuscripts, query letters, cover letters and synopses. She’s a former editor for Harlequin and McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Book Edits by Jessi
Jessi Rita Hoffman has been helping authors for over 15 years. She edits both fiction and nonfiction, specializing in business, literary, memoir, and Christian.
Book Helpline
Judith Henstra offers developmental editing, content editing, copy editing, story analysis and publishing assistance. Free sample edit available.
Boom Essays
Carol Wise and the team offer editing of essays, theses, dissertations and all forms of academic papers, including math and science.
C.P. Proofreading & More
Jen FitzGerald offers basic level and critique partner type proofreading, as well as manuscript cleanup/basic formatting and series bible compilations.
Camden Park Press
offers line editing or proofreading. The site has an online calendar that lets you view their availability.
Careful Copyediting
Amanda Sumner edits for mechanical errors, consistency and clarity of the text.
Carol Tietsworth
Offers copyediting and proofreading for all genres of books as well as term papers and web content
Chaotic Proofreading
Kelly has branched out from reviewing to proofreading, where she’ll check for typos, misspelled words, repeated words, verb tense agreement and more.
Christopher M. Park
computer artist and indie games developer Christopher Park shares a program he developed to analyze a manuscript for repetitive word usage.
Chromoschema Editing Services
Eric Anderson provides copy editing, content editing, proofreading, editorial evaluation, copy writing, book reviews and more.
Collaborative Editorial
Andrew Buss offers copyediting and proofreading, specializing in nonfiction books and academic papers.
Crazy Diamond Editing
Jane Haertel offers proofreading, copy and line editing, manuscript evaluations and will review your submission package or website.
Creative Manuscripts
Wendy Ely offers story structure and line editing
David Haviland
David Haviland is a bestselling writer, editor and literary consultant. He’s worked in most genres of trade fiction and non-fiction, including crime, thrillers, commercial-literary and comic fiction, memoirs, biographies, and true crime.
Deep Cover Edits
Kerri Nelson offers content editing, line editing, beta reading, critiques.
Demon for Details Manuscript Editing
Faith Freewoman offers copy and line editing as well as content and developmental editing.
Diana Orgain
offers private Manuscript Consulting and Editing services. She works with writers in various stages of the process from Chapter One to manuscript submission, including chapter-by-chapter feedback and overall critiques.
Diane Garland
Diane Garland specializes in continuity and story bibles for series and also offers proofreading services
Dickinson Copy Editing
Vince Dickinson provides affordable proofreading and developmental editing services for indie authors; offers a free sample edit so you can evaluate the quality of his services.
eBook Prep
offers full proofreading against the original (scroll to bottom of their services page to find info).
eBook-ed.it
offers copy editing, detailed critiques. Prices quoted in Euros.
Edited by Caitlin
Caitlin Alexander offers manuscript evaluation, developmental and structural editing, line editing, copyediting, query letter review, digital publisher consultation and uploading services.
Editing 720
freelance editing of theses, novels, screenplays and non-fiction by Arran; he doesn’t offer tiered services but does a complete edit of the full project.
Edits and Formatting by V
Victoria Bright offers content editing, line editing and proofreading in a combined package (no a la carte proofreading).
Eilis Flynn
with 35+ years’ experience, offers copy editing, line editing and proofreading for fiction, non-fiction and articles.
Emily Eva Editing
Emily Hetherington offers editing and proofreading
The Error Eliminator
Liz Dempsey offers copy editing, proofreading, add final read-through services from New Zealand.
Excellence in Editing
Gina Ardito does a comprehensive conceptual edit, line edit and copy edit of your manuscript, including a written critique and analysis.
Fasttype Publishing Services
Lizabeth Rolfson offers copy editing, proofreading, formatting and ghost writing
Finish the Story
Claire Ashgrove, Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Alicia Dean offer manuscript critiques, editing services, final proofreading and formatting for digital and print books.
Firebrand Publishers
publishing services company created and run by authors and professional editors, offering content editing, editing, proofreading and ghost writing
formatting4U.com
offers copy editing and full story editing by Judi Fennell
Hedanicreations
H. Danielle Crabtree offers editing to independent authors.
Helen Hardt
offers copy editing, deep editing and mentoring
Helen Woodall
freelance editor of fiction, non-fiction offers editing in both U.S. and Australian English.
Help Me Edit
Candace Havens and her team offer editorial assistance for fiction, non-fiction and academic writing. Can also assist with cover design, digital book formatting, marketing, social media and media training.
Hill House Proofreading
Keri Hill offers proofreading and editing services in a variety of fiction genres. Also note: 20+ years proofreading, copyediting, medical terminology, and transcription.
hkdbooks
Hollie (British) and Kim (American) offer basic content editing and line editing of romance books. Also offer assistance with book covers, formatting and promotion.
Invisible Ink Editing
three-person team provides basic and detailed editing, beta reading, formatting, cover design and marketing assistance.
iProofread and More
copyediting, proofreading plus substantive and developmental editing
Jan Carol
Former court reporter Jan Carol edits your manuscript by physically retyping it. Has edited 70+ books since 2012 in almost every genre. Affordable rates. Also offers CreateSpace formatting.
Jennifer Bray-Weber
offering critiquing and editorial services.
Karen Dale Harris
freelance editor specializing in romance offers substantive/content edits and line edits; will provide a sample edit. Her focus is on authors that self-publish or have hybrid careers.
Kirkus Reviews
offers an array of services to indie authors, collaborative editing, copyediting, proofreading, promotional copywriting. Sample fees: copyediting $.02/word; proofreading $.015/word.
Lea Schafer
line editing, proofreading, and manuscript critiques
Lisa Costantino
Lisa Costantino offers developmental critiques, substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading.
Literary Services by Laura
Laura Watkins offers creative, technical and website editing. She does not work on material that is R or X-rated. She also offers coaching, ebook formatting, and publicity assistance.
Little Alien
Parisa Zolfaghari has 10 years editing experience of fiction and nonfiction as both a freelance editor and content editor for one of the Big 5 publishers. Provides content editing on all genres of fiction, as well as narrative nonfiction and memoirs, proofreading, and ebook design and formatting for both fiction and nonfiction.
Looking Glass Editing
offers proofreading and light or heavy copy editing.
Lucky Bat Books
offers proofreading, line-editing, book editing, cover design.
Michael Mandarano
has 7 years’ experience copyediting and proofreading for a major publishing house, works in American and British English, edits fiction and non-fiction and can work with a number of softwares and even on hard copy; also formats digital book files for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Kobo and Smashwords.
Manuscript Proofing
proofreads full manuscripts and submission partials.
MeganEdits
Megan offers comprehensive editing and formatting services with the skills she learned as an editor for a POD publisher.
The Midnight Line Editor
Caro Carson offers editing, proofreading, author’s final proof, critique.
Mountainview Books
Family-owned independent publisher offers proofreading and copyediting services.
Nan Reinhardt
Nan is a copy editor with over 25 years of experience working with nonfiction and fiction editing for major publishers and indie authors.
Ninja Essays
provides professional editing assistance, proofreading, formatting and sentence structure conversion for essays, dissertations and other academic papers.
A Novel Edit
Beth Hill offers a full edit or the first thirty pages.
Novel Needs
provides manuscript editing as well as other virtual assistant services, formatting and cover design.
Novel Proofreading
uses the Track Changes tool in MS Word to communicate suggested changes.
One on One Book Production & Marketing
Complete copy/content editing, and proofing to prepare your book for production. Over 35 years publishing experience on hundreds of different projects. Other services include: Cover and Interior Design, Typesetting, and complete Marketing-Promotion and Distribution.
PaperFixr
an online editing and proofreading service that specializes in academic papers, research journals, business documents, technical writing, and other shorter document types.
Pat Thomas Editor
offers substantive editing, copy editing, proofreading.
Pendley’s Pro Editing
Heather Pendley offers indexing, proofreading and copy editing for fiction, non-fiction, blog posts, and resumés
Pikko’s House
Crystal Watanabe offers beta reading, developmental editing, line editing and proofreading services.
PlagTracker
Web-based professional service offering editing and proofreading of academic papers, dissertations, resumes, cover letters and more. Be sure to check home page for a discount code.
Practical Proofing
Jena O’Connor offers Quick Clean-Up (read of scanned published book to correct scanning errors in digital file), copy editing and proofreading services.
Rainbow Tales Editing Service
offers services ranging from content editing to proofreading for full manuscripts of fiction (almost any genre) and non-fiction, as well as short stories and anthologies; also does academic editing, including for writers for whom English is not their native language.
Red Circle Ink
Jessa Slade offers offers critique service and “friendly advice” of romance, science fiction, fantasy and thrillers.
The Red Pen Coach
offers synopsis review, proposal package deal, line edits, story review.
Red Pen Reviews
Laura Ownbey offers freelancesample segment edits, manuscript overviews and line editing; she’s also an editorial assistant for Spencer Hill Press; will work on fiction of any genre, but specializes in fantasy, science fiction and YA.
Rhonda Edits
offers line edits, content critiquing, more.
Rock Editorial Services
Former Writers House literary agent Maya Rock offers developmental editing specializing in memoir, YA, romance, thriller and literary. She also offers query and synopsis services.
Romance Refined
Rachel Daven Skinner offers substantive editing, line editing and copyediting services for publishers, self-publishing authors and writers seeking to refine manuscripts before submitting to agents or publishers. Works with nearly all genres of romance genre fiction and romantic fiction, including young adult, new adult and adult fiction.
The Rebel Christian
Vee Garris offers beta reading, proofreading and editorial services for authors of YA, fantasy, romance and Christian fiction
The Romantic Editor
sample edits, critiques, content édits, line edits, copy edits, proofreading and more services from Kristin Anders
Sandra Sookoo
author Sandra Sookoo offers comprehensive editing (including plot issues and character development) as well as line editing and digital and print book formatting services
Sharon, Storytelleur
Sharon provide developmental editing, line editing, proofreading and ghostwriting. She also provides editorial critiques and assessments. Her clients span the fiction and nonfiction genres.
SPS
SPS, or Self-Publishing Services, offers developmental, substantive, copyediting and proofreading of full manuscripts and 3-chapter partials for submission to contests, agents and editors. Also offers formatting, uploading, marketing assistance.
Story Therapy
Lynda Hilburn offers beta reading and developmental editing, plus a specialized service focusing on overall plot/character feedback with an emphasis on emotions and relationships.
Susan Helene Gottfried
offers content editing, copy editing, proofreading.
Susie Halliday
offers editing, submission analyses, book critiques and book packaging services
Tanya Saari, Fiction Editor
offers proofreading, copyediting and substantive editing.
Tessa Shapcott
former Harlequin Mills & Boon editor with 30+ years’ experience offers developmental editing, line editing, and second reads, as well as assistance writing synopses, back cover copy, author bios and advertising copy.
Thelma Mariano
offers story critique, developmental editing and line editing for women’s fiction and light paranormal.
There and Their
Dhwani Swadia offers book editing and proofreading services. Also offers book reviews and social media-based marketing packages. Based in India, prices are quoted in rupees.
Tom Zelman
SFF author and freelance proofreader proofreads novels and court transcripts. Works with authors, publishing houses and court reporters.
Trish Milburn
offers copy editing, proofreading.
Unleash Creatives
Founder and co-owner, Jen Knox, earned her BA from Otterbein and MFA from Bennington College. An award-winning author and a creative writing instructor for over fifteen years, Jen offers 1:1 coaching, developmental editing, and creative workshops to writers at all stages of their careers. She takes writers from idea to draft and draft to publication. Her partner offers illustration and formatting support for authors and artists.
Victoria Mixon
offers copy editing, line editing and developmental editing
Victory Editing
Anne Victory offers line editing with secondary services of proofreading and “oops” detection.
Whelan Writing Services
offers book editing.
Wicked Dragon Writer Solutions
Amber Kallyn and Jami Gray offer content editing and proofreading of manuscripts, as well as feedback on queries.
With Pen in Hand
offers editing, query letters, short stories.
Word Witlox
Cathy Witlox offers stylistic editing, copy editing, proofreading.
The Write Edge
Ekta Garg offers content editing, copy editing, proofreading.
YA Book Editor
Ivelisse Rodriguez specializes in editing young adult and middle grade literature books and offers manuscript critiques. Free sample edit available.