Editing Services Crafted with You in Mind
Naturally, you want to publish a book that gives your audience the best reading experience—one without the disruptions of typos, misplaced words, or embarrassing spelling mistakes. If you publish with us and use our editing services, we can lend a hand in tightening up your book's content to transform it into the best version it can be.
Take a look at our selection of editing services below. Take note that these may come bundled with your chosen publishing package or may be purchased at an added cost.
Core Editorial Services
Editorial Assessment
Not sure which of our editorial services to sign up for? We can edit and evaluate sections of your manuscript and provide a report on what level of editing your book may need.
Cover Copy Polish
We will review and optimise your book's cover text—the title and subtitle, the text on the back cover or dust jacket flaps, your short author bio etc.—to help you better catch buyers' attention.
Original:
Author bio:
Rhonda Glover is a 19 year old entrepreneur, taking her studies in agri-culture. As the youngest of the three, she grew up wtching her sisters work hard in helping their parents, making sure that there farm is good and in it's best condition and they are given a good educaton. She loves to read and participates in a lot of volunteer works, wheire she have met her friend anna whose also a volunteer. they spend a lot of time together and share a lot of stories. And even after the volunteer works, they still talk to each other. Anna iss sendign her letters, sharing her stories of her hometown—green land. she is fond of reading funny and scary stories too, and dreams that one day she can visit her friend anna in green land.
Edited:
Author Bio:
Rhonda Glover is a nineteen-year-old entrepreneur taking up studies in agriculture. As the youngest of three, she grew up watching her sisters work hard in helping their parents, who made sure that their farm was good and in its best condition and that they were given a good education. She loves to read and participates in a lot of volunteer work, where she met her friend Anna, who's also a volunteer. They spend a lot of time together and share a lot of stories. And even after their volunteer work, they still talk to each other. Anna is sending her letters, sharing her stories from her hometown—Greenland. Rhonda is fond of reading funny and scary stories too and dreams that one day she can visit her friend Anna in Greenland.
Copy-Editing
We will review your manuscript for spelling and grammatical errors, plus offer suggestions to ensure coherence in your transition of ideas and consistency in style.
Original:
I hate suny days on summer time.
Its very hot on the morning, like you are about to get a burne. Its like this every day. The weather in Africa is abnormally hot. Its all year around, from January to December. If I am a writer I might decide to write a book about summer and how hot that weather is. After all it is the only things you do because their is no tv, and radio.
Edited:
I hate sunny days in the summertime. It's very hot in the morning, like you are about to get burned. It's like this every day. The weather in Africa is abnormally hot. It's all year around, from January to December. If I were a writer, I might decide to write a book about summer and how hot that weather is. After all, it is the only thing you can do because there is no TV or radio.
Advanced Editorial Serivces
Line Editing
We will edit your manuscript, focusing on issues in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and the structure of your words at the sentence level. We may also provide recommendations on word choice and suggestions to improve overall readability.
Original:
If I am a writer I might decide to write a book about summer and how hot that weather is.
Edited:
If I were a writer, I might decide to write a book about summer and how hot the weather is.
Content Editing
A trained eye will review your work and rewrite sentences if needed. He or she will also correct errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, consistency, word usage, and syntax.
Original:
These tales excite me because I never been to a cold land, so i would like to experience this experience.
Edited:
These tales excite me because I have never been to a cold land, and I would like to experience that.
Content Editing Plus
A content editor will do a more thorough evaluation of your work, focusing on more extensive restructuring of sentences. This is especially suited for manuscripts that need translation and were written by authors whose first language is not English.
Original:
After all it is the only things you do because their is no tv, and radio.
Edited:
After all, it is the only thing you can do because there is no TV or radio.
Developmental Editing
We will perform an extensive review of your work, giving your manuscript the utmost attention. This covers high-level stylistic considerations, including content, plot and pace.
This is a combination of services accomplished in three steps:
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Phase One: Developmental Evaluation
Your manuscript will be evaluated to identify areas that may need overall revision. -
Phase Two: Content Edit
A content editor will identify and correct errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. -
Phase Three: Quality Review
An additional review will be performed to ensure that no additional errors were introduced during editing.
Prepare for Publication
To speak with a Publishing Consultant, call us on +65 3165 7531 (Singapore) or +60 3 3099 4412 (Malaysia). You may also send an e-mail to publishing.singapore@partridgepublishing.com to find out which of our digital publishing packages best suits you and will give you the opportunity to share your story with the widest possible readership. We are here to help you every step of the way.