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This service was designed to be highly flexible and is easily tailored to accommodate the scope of the feedback required, the author’s budget for the review, and the preferred method of feedback. It’s ideal for addressing ongoing developmental efforts requiring a good deal of back and forth, or for our editors to provide assistance on matters not addressed by flat-rate services.

What to Expect

Ongoing communication with and help from your editor with whatever small or big sections of your manuscript need work. Feedback can be provided by phone, e-mail, notes in the manuscript, or any combination that best suits you. If phone consultation, the editor will explain over the phone what he/she feels is working and not working in the specified section and discuss with the author the best solutions. If e-mail, the editor will write up a set of notes in a separate document that reflect the parts of the specified section that need work and constructive suggestion/direction for improvement. If notes in the manuscript, the editor will read through the specified section electronically and insert notes and comments providing specific feedback and direction attached to the exact areas in the manuscript that need work.

Other Considerations

Manuscript consultation is most useful for authors who like to work in sections or for authors who work best in closer contact with their editor where they can ask questions and get feedback as things come up. All time is tracked by the editor, and each section submitted will be billed the reading fee and a deposit on the consultation time predicted for completing that section.

Pricing

$0.75 per page (counting as 250 words) for reading plus $75.00 per hour for feedback in whatever form the author chooses. Time is tracked by the editor and charged in 15-minute increments.

renni_browne Special note regarding Renni Browne. Renni is available for manuscript consultation services on a select basis, but at different rates from those published above. Please contact the Tucson office for details.

Get A Quote

Please use the form below to send us your manuscript electronically and receive a free no-obligation quote for any service that might be of interest.You can call (520) 546-9992 if you have any questions.

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Welcome to our manuscript consultation submission form. Its purpose is to gather some information and to confirm our authorization to proceed with this hourly-billed service exactly as you wish us to. You can use the 'Comments' field to limit the billable time your editor will spend on the project to ensure that we stay within your spending limit.

Upon hitting the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page, you’ll be sent an e-mail confirming our receipt of your submission, which will be followed shortly by an invoice that can be paid by check, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover. (You can click here for a complete guide to our payment policy and billing procedures.)

If you have any problems with this form or any questions about this service, please contact the Tucson office.

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Author Testimonials

I have nothing but wonderful things to say about my experiences with the professionals at the Editorial Department. They helped me write my second book, from initial concept to manuscript completion, in less than two months.

Steven Knope, MD (Author of Concierge Medicine)

Tucson, AZ

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