Free quote
Get a free quote for your book
An editor reads your manuscript, then you get a written scope and one itemised price. Free, no obligation, and your rights stay yours whatever you decide.
- A real editor reads it, not a word-count calculator
- A written reply within one business day
- One itemised figure, fixed unless you change the scope
- No sales calls you did not ask for
You keep your rights
Full copyright and royalties stay with you
Fixed written quotes
The quote you accept is the amount you pay
Australian owned
Local team, AUD pricing, GST invoices
Work you approve
Nothing goes to print without your sign-off
What you get back
What you get back
Four things, within a week of sending the manuscript.
An editorial read
What the manuscript needs, what it does not, and what you should not buy yet.
An itemised quote
Stage by stage in AUD including GST, so you can see exactly what to cut.
A dated plan
Stages with dates, so you know when the book could realistically be on sale.
No strings
You keep every right in the manuscript, and nobody follows up more than once.
After you send it
What happens after you send it
Four steps, about a week.
- 01
Acknowledged
A person confirms it arrived, the same business day where possible.
- 02
Read
An editor reads the manuscript or a substantial sample of it.
- 03
Scoped
A written plan and one itemised price, with the optional stages marked.
- 04
Your call
Proceed, cut it down, or walk away. There is no third email.
Questions authors ask
Before you send your manuscript
Yes. The read, the written scope and the price cost nothing and carry no obligation. We do it because quoting without reading produces wrong numbers, and because telling an author honestly what their book needs is the best advertisement we have. You keep every right in the manuscript either way.
All of it if you are comfortable, or the first three chapters plus a synopsis if you would rather. The more we read, the more specific the quote. A description of the book with none of the writing is the one thing we cannot quote from accurately.
Most full projects fall between $4,000 and $9,000, with editing the largest part, and editing alone starts lower. The figure depends on word count and the condition of the manuscript, which is what the free read establishes. Our pricing page sets out the three packages in detail.
No. You get the quote, and one follow-up email a fortnight later if you have not replied. After that we leave you alone. Publishing decisions take months and nobody has ever been helped into a good one by being pestered.
Yes. It is read only by the people assessing it, it is never shown as a sample, and we will sign a confidentiality agreement before you send anything if you would prefer. Copyright is yours automatically in Australia, and nothing about sending it to us changes that.
We will say so, and say why, and tell you what would help. That answer is free too. Plenty of authors go away, revise for six months and come back with a much better book, which then costs less to edit than the first version would have.
Put your next chapter in motion
Send your manuscript for a free read
An editor reads it and replies within one business day with a written scope and one itemised price.