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Prices & Explanation of Services

Here's what each service costs:

• Custom formatting: $2.00 per page for the final page-count of the manuscript. Gives your manuscript the professional touch in page and book design - review and corrections limited to formatting issues, unless we also copyedit the book.

Formatting includes setting the margins, justifying the text so both margins are straight, setting paragraph indentation (which often needs changing), setting headers, page numbers, and heading styles for chapter titles, creating the title page, copyright page, dedication page, acknowledgment page, creating the table of contents -- and just generally making it look like a book in digital form, which the printer then turns into a physical, paper-ink-and-glue BOOK.

• ISBN numbers are available for $50.00 each. To do a book in both hardback and paperback will require two ISBN numbers, as the number must be changed if the format is changed.

• Editing: 2¢ per word for the entire word-count of the manuscript. Complete proof-reading and correction of errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar - you get a free review for corrections or changes, included - review and corrections limited to copyediting issues, unless we also formatted the book.

Editing involves more than just spell-checking, which most word-processing programs aren't truly capable of, anyway. Editing is a full proof-reading with corrections made as the reader goes along. Corrections may include spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, sentence and paragraph structure, checking for redundancy (how many times a word or phrase is repeated in a paragraph or page, etc.). We catch missing commas, quotation marks, periods, extra spaces between words and sentences, line-spacing, paragraphs that are too long, commas that should be semi-colons, etc.

We also check spelling for phonetic accuracy when dealing with the delicate matter of speech between characters. We are careful to maintain speech patterns and habits for each of the characters' personalities, so if they talk with a drawl or British accent, the spelling of the words in their dialog matches their accent, and readers can feel the accents as they are spoken in conversation.

Note:   Editing is not ghost-writing or rewriting. Your content remains virtually unchanged, except that it reads better. We do offer ghost-writing and rewriting services, however, so if you feel you need this type of work for your book, contact us for pricing and details about the actual services offered. We can review your manuscript or a substantial sample of it and consult with you about what it needs.

• Image Placement: $15.00 per image, includes scanning, retouch, repair, cropping, contrast/color adjustment, if needed

Image placement is more than just putting the images on the pages where you want them. It may include scanning of your original artwork or photos, usually includes contrast and brightness adjustment to be sure your images are presented in the best way possible, and can include color correction, and retouching. It can also include the application of special effects such as textures, buttonizing, soft edges, frames, or even turning it into a negative image. All for one low fee.

• Illustrations for children's books or custom cover art: see the Artists page. Price varies, depending on image complexity. Price includes image placement fee. Price does not include cover design charges.

• Custom cover design: $200.00 - softcover only (see Portfolio for samples) Note: Does not include fee for custom illustration, if done by one of our artists. Contact us for details. Hardcover calculations for size and alignment are more complex and time-consuming - hardcover designs are $300.00.