Editing
When you submit your nonfiction book manuscript to Stonebrook Publishing, we will carefully evaluate it to determine its editing needs.
All manuscripts require a professional edit, which is included in the Complete Publishing Package. Below are the editing services that are part of that package:
1: Copyediting
Every author needs a great editor, and if your book hasn’t yet been professionally edited and is sound in its structure and flow.
We’re different from other editors. By the time you submit your manuscript, we know that you’ve had enough of it. You’re done! So we don’t annoy you with making suggestions about how you should incorporate different word choices or sentence structure and suggest you make those changes; we make those changes for you, always in compliance with the Chicago Manual of Style.
During the copyedit, we focus on the following:
- Spelling
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Sentence structure
- Punctuation
When finished, you’ll receive a copyedited version of your manuscript, complete with the “track changes” markings for your review, and you can accept or reject each change as you see fit. After this step, your manuscript is ready for publishing
2: Developmental Editing
It’s not uncommon for a first-time authors to need some help with the structure and flow of their book manuscript, and that’s what we do with a developmental edit. Developmental editing can involve significant restructuring of your manuscript in order to create a professional, publishable book product. During this process, we concentrate on your book’s:
- Structure
- Focus
- Consistency
- Message
- Pacing
- Plot
- Setting
Our mission as your developmental editor is to make your book the best it can be.