You spent months writing your manuscript. The story is there. The ideas are there. But a draft is not a published book. Between the two sits a process that most authors underestimate, editing.
Not because their writing is bad. Because editing is not about fixing bad writing. It is about making good writing work for readers. Structure, pacing, clarity, consistency, voice. These are the things that determine whether a reader finishes your book or puts it down at chapter three.
At Digi Book Studio, editing is not an afterthought bundled into a package to justify a price. It is the foundation of every book we produce. We assign a dedicated editor to your manuscript, build a style sheet specific to your book, and deliver tracked changes with notes you can actually use.
Readers don’t leave reviews about plot holes and say “the story had potential.” They say “I couldn’t finish it” or “it felt unpolished.” They don’t always know why a book didn’t work for them. They just know it didn’t.
What they’re responding to, almost always, is editing that wasn’t done or wasn’t done well.
A typo on page one signals carelessness. A timeline inconsistency in chapter seven breaks trust. A protagonist whose motivation shifts without explanation loses the reader before the climax. These are not small problems. They are the difference between a five-star review and a one-star review from someone who expected more.
Publishing companies like Hemingway Publishers treat editing as a line item. You get a pass-through proofreading service delivered by a contractor who has never read your genre. At Digi Book Studio, your editor is assigned based on genre experience and workload. They read your full manuscript before they edit a single line.
We don’t send your manuscript through a single editing pass and call it done. Every manuscript we work on moves through a structured three-step process before it’s cleared for design and formatting.
This is the big-picture pass. Your editor reviews your manuscript for structure, pacing, character development, narrative arc, and overall readability. They are not fixing commas at this stage. They are asking whether your book works as a whole.
For nonfiction, this means evaluating argument flow, chapter organization, and whether your key points land with clarity. For fiction, it means examining plot logic, character motivation, scene-by-scene pacing, and dialogue function.
You receive a developmental edit report with specific, actionable notes organized by chapter. This is not a vague letter telling you to “tighten the middle.” It is a detailed breakdown of what works, what doesn’t, and exactly what needs to change.
After developmental revisions are complete, your manuscript moves into line editing. This is sentence-level work, clarity, tone, word choice, sentence rhythm, and paragraph flow.
Copyediting follows immediately after. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency of names and terminology, timeline accuracy, and formatting conventions are all addressed in this pass. Your editor builds a style sheet during this stage that documents every decision made about your manuscript. Capitalization rules, hyphenation choices, character name spellings, recurring terminology, all of it recorded so nothing gets inconsistent between the first page and the last.
Proofreading is the final pass before your manuscript goes to design. At this stage, we are looking for anything that survived the previous two passes, a missed comma, a repeated word, a spacing error. This is not a substitute for copyediting. It is a final quality check run by a second set of eyes, not the same editor who did the line edit.
Every manuscript that goes to our design team has been through all three steps. No exceptions.
When your editing is complete, you receive:
You review the changes. You accept or reject them. You have full control over your manuscript at every stage. We do not make final changes without your approval.
We offer editing as a standalone service or as part of a full publishing package. Pricing is based on word count and service level.
Proofreading Only For manuscripts that have already been through professional editing and need a final quality check before publication. Covers spelling, grammar, punctuation, and basic consistency errors.
Turnaround: 5 to 7 business days per 60,000 words.
Copyediting For manuscripts that are structurally complete and need sentence-level correction and consistency work. Includes the full style sheet.
Turnaround: 7 to 10 business days per 60,000 words.
Line Editing & Copyediting For manuscripts that are ready in terms of structure but need sentence-level refinement alongside technical correction. Includes style sheet and editorial notes.
Turnaround: 10 to 14 business days per 60,000 words.
Full Editing (Developmental through Proofreading) For manuscripts that need the complete process from structure to final polish. This is the most common choice for first-time authors and authors working in a new genre.
Turnaround: 3 to 5 weeks depending on manuscript length and revision scope.
All packages include one round of revisions after the edit is delivered. Rush turnaround is available for copyediting and proofreading. Contact us before ordering to confirm availability.
Not sure which level of editing your manuscript needs. Send us the first 1,000 words and we will evaluate it at no charge. You’ll receive a written assessment from one of our editors within two business days, the type of editing your manuscript needs, why, and what it will cost.
No sales pitch. No pressure. Just an honest look at where your manuscript stands.
Every editor on our team has a minimum of five years of experience in professional publishing. We do not use generalist freelancers pulled from content platforms. Our editors are assigned by genre, a thriller manuscript goes to an editor who reads and edits thrillers. A business book goes to an editor with nonfiction and business publishing experience.
Before your project begins, your Publishing Specialist introduces you to your assigned editor by name. You know who is working on your manuscript. You can ask questions. You can communicate directly.
This is not how most self-publishing companies operate. It is how we have operated since 2013.
Send us your first 1,000 words and we will assess your manuscript at no cost.
Request a Free Sample Edit — Tell us your genre, word count, and where you are in the writing process.
See Editing Prices & Turnaround Times — Full pricing breakdown on our pricing page.
Call us: 443-247-5514 Email: kevin@digibookstudio.com
