Editorial Rate Card
Need editorial support for your literary projects? This award-winning Southern author of novels, stories, creative nonfiction, screenplays and poetry is here to help you polish your work.
I have had clients reach out based on this page only to suffer sticker shock once the full quote is delivered. I am a seasoned author, editor, designer and ten-year college-level creative writing instructor. These services cost what they cost.
Example: You want the developmental package for your 75,000 word novel manuscript. That’s 75,000 times .0375, which is $2,800.00. What you get back is a publication- or submission-ready manuscript which will be as slick as I can make it for you. Market prices for such intensive work tend on the high side. Sorry.
MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION I
- 10 pages + 1-2 page synopsis or outline
- Includes general evaluation and recommendations regarding formatting, overall literary style and storyline
- $25.00 flat rate
MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION II
- 20-50 pages + 1-2 page synopsis or outline
- Includes recommendations regarding storyline, voice, style and other narrative elements like dialogue, transitions, etc
- $50.00 flat rate
LINE EDIT PACKAGE
One edit of manuscript + review.
- Background formatting of document
- Line Edit (Copyediting)
- Sales copy/Cover blurb/Plot summary
- Manuscript Review
- Rate: $.015/word
DEVELOPMENTAL PACKAGE
Two edits of manuscript + proofread.
- Background formatting of document
- Line Edit (Copyediting)
- Conceptual Edit (structure, pacing, dialogue, character)
- Sales copy/Cover blurb/Plot summary
- Manuscript Review
- Proofread
- Rate: $.0375/word
PUBLICATION PACKAGE
All editing + publication-ready interior, ebook, and cover files
- Background formatting of document
- Line Edit (Copyediting)
- Conceptual Edit (structure, pacing, dialogue, character)
- Sales copy/Cover blurb/Plot summary
- Manuscript Review
- Pre-publication Proofread
- File formatting (print interior design and ebook files)
- Print and Ebook Cover design
- Upload of files to distributor of client’s choice
- Rate: $.06/word
E-BOOK FILE FORMATTING
- $150.00 flat rate
INTERIOR PRINT FILE FORMATTING
- $250.00 flat rate
COVER DESIGN
- EBOOK $125.00 flat rate
- EBOOK + PRINT-READY PDF $250.00 flat rate
- DELUXE KEY ART PACKAGE* – custom quote ($500.00 minimum)
*includes additional artwork like isolated title logo, bookmark, business card, graphics for social media posts, etc, per client preference
LOGO DESIGN
- BASIC LOGO DESIGN $75.00 flat rate
- DELUXE LOGO PACKAGE* – custom quote ($200.00 minimum)
* same as above. Whatever additional application of logo client needs—business card, etc.
For additional details about any of these services, please contact me at
before submitting work. Put ‘CLIENT SUBMISSION’ as the subject line of your email.
Payment accepted via Paypal, Venmo, cashier’s check or money order; major credit cards also accepted (with an additional 3% processing fee).
Disclaimer: Mind Harvest Press reserves the right to reject unremarked any particular request for manuscript evaluations, editorial or design work. MHP also offers no guarantee of future publication through its own imprint, nor of ‘success’ for any particular project beyond the scope of the editorial or design input, such as marketing. Only authors can effectively sell their own work.
