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What is Copyediting?
Copyediting is the process of reviewing a draft of a document or manuscript to reveal and correct content and style errors. Copyeditors ensure that the document is clearly written, uses the correct style, and is grammatically accurate. To do this, a copyeditor must read every word of the document or manuscript and pay close attention to every detail. Following are some of the items that may be included in a copyedit:
- Read document word-for-word.
- Make suggestions to improve the clarity and quality of the language.
- Check for run-on sentences, wordiness, sexist language, awkward constructions, vague language, and passive voice.
- Check for proper copyright and trademark usage.
- Insert suggestions regarding items such as misused technical words, inappropriate content or tone, major organizational problems, and awkward or confusing passages.
- Check cover, title page, and copyright page for consistency.
- Check that abbreviations and acronyms are used correctly.
- Check for spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors.
- Check front matter for appropriate copyright information and date, acknowledgments, table of contents, list of conventions and trademarks, when appropriate.
- Check Table of Contents and Index for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
Who Can Benefit from Copyediting?
- Product Developers
- Engineers
- Publishers
- Authors
- Website Developers
- Graphic Designers
- Technical Writers
Copyediting Services and General Fee Schedule
Borrego Publishing offers the following copyediting services: a light copyedit (grammar, punctuation, spelling and consistency only); a medium copyedit (style plus grammar, punctuation, spelling and consistency; or a heavy copyedit (developmental/structural rewrite plus grammar, punctuation, spelling and consistency). Our copyediting fees are generally between $1.50–$5.00 per page.
FREE SAMPLES OFFERED
We're so sure you'll find our services valuable in your publishing business that we are pleased to offer a FREE, no-obligation copyedit, proofreading and composition/layout as a sample of what we can do for you.
Just send us a maximum of six standard, double-spaced text (approximately 1,500 words) pages and we'll provide a review and/or sample layout of your text for FREE. We'll point out the good, the bad and the ugly, but the best part is that you can try out Borrego Publishing for FREE—there's no obligation so you have nothing to lose.
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