● BARE-BONES BLUE-PENCIL EDIT   We'll read your manuscript carefully, noting our observations and suggestions in the margin. The comments will broadly detail what changes you should consider, but we as editor won't actually make them.

Estimated price range (depending on the work's length and complexity, to be quoted on receipt of material): $200 - $2000.

● FULL-FLESHED SUBSTANTIVE EDIT   Under this customized interactive arrangement, you can submit your original draft either as a completed document or sequentially in segments as a work in progress. Either way, we'll return discrete sections as soon as we finish editing them, making frequent use of the Web. This enables the author to move swiftly and securely into a polished draft.

Estimated price range (depending on its length and complexity, to be quoted on receipt of material): $500 - $5,000.

● BOOK AUTHORS AT ANY STAGE   Would-be authors aspiring to selling a full-blown academic or trade book can first test the waters by supplying us with a sample chapter plus a detailed outline of the remainder. We'll work with you by e-mail, developing your manuscript step-by-step into a marketable entity. To submit a concept to publishers or agents, even a seasoned book author is obliged to prepare a formal proposal.  Inevitably, this is a formidable undertaking, presented in its own binding and containing at minimum a sample finished chapter, a table of contents, some clippings of previously published work, and a well-researched appraisal of the retail market for the subject-matter involved.

Estimated price range (depending on length, complexity, and author's native prowess), to be quoted upon receipt of sufficient material): $2,000 - $75,000. Details to be discussed.

In all cases, payment to be provided in advance installments as editing progresses.