Editorial Services
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Oil on canvas
Virginia Historical Society
These men were not writing an English paper. Neither are you.
It’s not enough for a manuscript to be error-free and in proper form. It must engage the reader. Even the best storytellers benefit working with editors. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings worked with Maxwell Perkins. Margaret Mitchell relied on a fellow alumna from Smith College. Lois Dwight Cole polished Gone with the Wind into a timeless masterpiece.
An editor should understand his client’s work and his client’s audience. In certain instances we may be able to help you connect with yours.
Editing Services
Editorial Consulting: This is a fee-based service. Fees depend on the condition of the manuscript. Commonwealth Book Publishers of Virginia will provide you with a letter proposal summarizing the service and the fee. 50% of the agreed upon fee will be due in advance.
The objective of this work is to prepare your manuscript to be commercially successful. After reading it, we will provide you with an editorial letter in which we itemize changes, if any, that we think will improve its form and clarity, and hence, its appeal. No line editing will be done.
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Line Editing: Having reviewed your manuscript and provided the editorial recommendations described above, we will insert line-by-line changes in the text. These changes will reflect our view of the revisions needed for the work to be commercially successful. You will have the option to implement or delete our recommendations.
Commonwealth Book Publishers of Virginia may be interested to publish revised texts, but it makes no guarantee that it will publish edited texts. Click Here to Request Line Editing