Copy editing
Your draft corrected for clarity, consistency and accuracy, with every change tracked.
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Founded 2014·Built and operated in Europe·3 days to 3 weeks
About this service
Copy editing sits between proofreading and rewriting. We fix grammar and spelling, cut repetition, untangle long sentences and make terms, numbers and capitals consistent from page one to the end. Your voice and argument stay yours. Every change is tracked and every question we cannot answer is left as a comment.
Proofreading, copy editing or rewriting: which do you need
These three are often confused, and buying the wrong one is the most common disappointment. Proofreading is a last check for typos and slips in a text that is otherwise finished. Copy editing also changes sentences: it tightens wording, fixes muddled structure inside paragraphs and makes the text consistent. Rewriting changes the content and the argument itself.
A quick test: if you would be happy to publish the text with the spelling fixed, you need proofreading. If you suspect parts of it are hard to follow, repetitive or inconsistent, you need copy editing. If you are not sure the text says the right things at all, you need a content review or a rewrite first.
The style sheet is half the job
Long documents written by several people drift. The same product is spelled three ways. Numbers appear as "10" on one page and "ten" on the next. One chapter says "customers" and another says "clients". Each slip is small. Together they make a document look careless, and readers notice before they can say why.
So before editing line by line, we decide the conventions and log them in a style sheet: spelling standard, capitalisation, how numbers and dates are written, preferred terms. Every later decision follows it, and you keep it for the next document. Points only the author can answer, such as whether a figure is right or which of two names is current, go back as queries instead of guesses.
- Spelling standard and dictionary: British or American, and any exceptions
- Product names, job titles and terms with their agreed form
- Numbers, dates, currencies and units
- Headings, lists and how bullets are punctuated
What you get
Everything below is in the price. Nothing here is an upgrade.
- Edited document with tracked changes
- Clean copy with all changes accepted
- Style sheet listing every spelling, term and convention decided
- Query list for points only the author can settle
What changes
- Spelling, grammar and punctuation corrected to one stated standard, British or American
- Terms, names, numbers and capitalisation consistent across the whole document
- Sentences that need a second reading rewritten to read once
- Factual doubts flagged as queries instead of silently changed
How it runs
Read through
The whole text first, before a single change, to understand the argument.
Set the style
Spelling, terms and conventions decided once and logged in a style sheet.
Edit
Line by line, with every change tracked so you can reject any of them.
Query
Doubts about facts or meaning left as comments for the author, not guessed.
Compare the sizes
The standard price for each size. Extras are priced beside it, not hidden behind a call.
| Included | Up to 5,000 words€2903 working days | Up to 15,000 words€5001 week | Up to 40,000 words€1,0502 to 3 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy edit with tracked changes | Included | Included | Included |
| Clean copy | Included | Included | Included |
| Style sheet | Included | Included | Included |
| Author queries | Included | Included | Included |
| Heading structure checked for logic and consistency | Not included | Included | Included |
| Tables and figure captions checked against the text | Not included | Included | Included |
| One check of the author's responses to queries | Not included | Included | Included |
| Structural note on order, repetition and gaps | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Cross-references and numbering checked | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Final proofread after your revisions | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Order | Select | Select | Select |
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Your total€500
ContinueThe standard price, plus whatever you add. Confirmed in writing before anything starts; nothing is charged until you accept it.
Questions
What is the difference from proofreading?
Proofreading catches errors in a text that is otherwise finished. Copy editing also changes sentences, wording and consistency. If you are still unsure the text reads well, you want copy editing.
Will you change our tone?
Only where a sentence is unclear. We edit towards your voice, and the style sheet records any choice you might disagree with.
Do you check facts?
We flag anything that looks wrong or inconsistent. Verifying every claim against sources is a separate fact-checking job.
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