Editorial

All writers need a good editor.

Flatpage offers a comprehensive set of editing services for nonfiction writers across various genres and disciplines. Whether you’re a general nonfiction or academic author needing assistance with the grammar or style of your writing, a journalist seeking to publish a long-form manuscript, a corporate executive launching a blog, an NGO staff member preparing a report, or a museum curator developing an exhibition guide, we can help you. Our authors have entrusted us with everything from smaller publications to book manuscripts for independent, trade, or university presses.

We provide high-quality editing with fast turnaround and, because we work as a team, we’re able to meet your scaling needs while applying our own best practices. Our editors have master’s degrees and PhDs in various subject areas, as well as specialized training and years of experience as manuscript editors. Many have published their own books and articles, including online and with renowned publishers.

Academics

Editing for graduate students, researchers, and professors at universities and scholarly institutions.
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Artists

Expert editing for visual and performing artists.
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Businesses

Fast and scalable editorial services for industry leaders across multiple sectors.
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Museums

Editorial support tailored to the needs of museums and cultural institutions.
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Philanthropies & Social Impact Organizations

Fast, scalable editorial support for mission-driven work.
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We help you write accessible texts and connect with audiences.

Coaching

Coaching provides authors with a tailored, 1:1 experience with a trained professional who can assist in strategizing your manuscript as a whole, crafting your research into a digestible and engaging narrative, and providing accountability and moral support throughout the writing process. It’s ideal for authors who need help beyond the manuscript itself.
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Developmental Editing

Developmental editing will help you shape the content of your document so that your contribution takes center stage. Our developmental editors have served as managing editors of academic journals and published widely. We can help you shape the argument, evidence, organization, and flow of your manuscript.
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Line editing

Line editing is used to address the style of your writing so that it has maximal impact. Our line editors are experts at the craft of writing and have published widely themselves. We can help you maintain a consistent tone, improve word choice, identify text to be cut or expanded upon, and write clear sentences in native English.
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Copyediting

Copyediting involves a rinse of your manuscript, with attention to grammar, punctuation, and mechanics (i.e., conforming it to house style or manual like the Chicago Manual of Style). Whether you’re a novice or experienced writer, this service will ensure that you deliver a clean document to your respective publisher, journal editor, or advisory committee.
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Proofreading

Proofreading is the final stage in the publication process and is reserved for minor typos and consistency between manuscript sections on page proofs. By the time you are ready for a proofread, your manuscript should have already gone through a content (developmental) edit and a copyedit. This service will ensure that your manuscript is publication-ready.
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Indexing

Our trained indexers can help you create a guide to your book’s contents so that readers can find important information as quickly and easily as possible. Alongside their final read of the book’s page proofs and compilation of names, terms, and themes, the indexer will also generate a list of errata for your publisher.
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Pricing

Minimum project budget $100

Coaching

Each 60-minute session includes up to one additional hour of reading/research (e.g., reading a book chapter or manuscript). It does not include editing of the manuscript itself (see other services below).

One session

Six sessions

Twelve sessions

Developmental Editing

Note that the rates for developmental editing do not include front/back matter or citations/bibliographies.

Manuscript Assessment – Report + Call

Up to 50k words

50k words and up

Full Developmental Edit – Draft markup + Report + Call

Up to 50k words

50k words and up

Graduate Student Manuscript Assessment – Report + Call

Book Proposal Evaluation – Report + Draft markup + Call

Up to 5,000 words; $30 per extra 250-word page

Job Application Document Evaluation – Cover letters, statements, proposals

Up to 1,000 words

1,001–1,500 words

1,501–2,000 words

2,001–2,500 words

2,501–3,000 words

Line Editing

Note that the rates for line editing do not include front/back matter or citations/bibliographies.

Line Edit

Up to 50k words

50k words and up

Graduate Student Line Edit
For dissertations and theses (only one editorial pass included). Proof of enrollment required.

Copyediting

Our project manager can help you determine the level of copyediting your text needs.

Light Copyedit
Correct grammar and punctuation, apply style guide to text and citations

Medium Copyedit
Correct grammar and punctuation, improve word choice or sentence flow, apply style guide to text and correct citations

Heavy Copyedit
Correct language, grammar, and punctuation; reformat text; apply style guide to text; overhaul citations

Grad Student Copyedit
For dissertations and theses (only one editorial pass included). Proof of enrollment required.

Proofreading

Indexing

Other Services

Citations
Apply a house or style manual to foot/endnotes and/or bibliography (CMoS, APA, MLA, others)

Per citation (not per note)

Convert biblio <–> notes (per note citation)

Manuscript Formatting
Correcting layout issues, including front matter, pagination, figures and tables, headings, and page margins according to a style guide (e.g., CMoS, APA, or university guidelines)

Editorial Portfolio

Our Portfolio

Artists & Museums, Copyediting

Venice Biennale Catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue Copyediting

The team at Flatpage provided copyediting services on the exhibition catalogue and guide for the 2024 Venice Biennale, Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere.

Academic, Line Editing

Benjamin Tausig

Academic Book Line Editing

An academic author needed help weaving together the distinct threads of research in his academic book manuscript, which had already undergone peer review at a university press. After a long writing process, he sought an outside editor who could assist him with tightening the text and making it intelligible for scholars in different disciplines.

Developmental Editing, Line Editing

Ellie Phillips

New Edition Nonfiction Book Updates

A previously published nonfiction author wanted to transform and update her book about dental hygiene for a new edition. She needed developmental and line editing assistance in order to better integrate new research and reorganize her chapters before submitting the revised manuscript to her publisher.

Academic, Developmental Editing, Coaching

KB Dennis Meade

Academic Book Coaching

An early-career academic was developing a book manuscript from her dissertation research and needed assistance from a book coach as she developed a new direction for her first book’s thesis.

Artists & Museums, Indexing

Columbus Museum of Art

Exhibition Catalogue Indexing and Proofreading

A modern and contemporary art museum needed proofreading and indexing support for an exhibition catalogue about American quilting.

Business & Nonprofit, Copyediting, Line Editing

NYU School of Law, Open Global Rights (OGR)

Human Rights Blog Line and Copy Editing

New York University’s School of Law engaged Flatpage to provide ongoing content and copy editing for the articles posted on their Open Global Rights platform, which posts articles written by multilingual authors on a range of topics related to human rights.

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