Simple reason – every manuscript is different, so it’s not possible to say, “A 100,000-word manuscript will cost X amount”.   One manuscript of 100,000 words may come back with a revision count of only 2% whereas another may end up with 20% of revisions.  It would be unfair to charge both authors the same amount when the second author was having ten times as many changes made, but paying the same price.  Our prices are therefore tier-based and are dependent entirely on a completed sample edit.

• Tier 1 – £5 GBP per 1000-word block
  For manuscripts whose sample edit came back with a revision count of between 0% and 5%
• Tier 2 – £10 GBP per 1000-word block
  For manuscripts whose sample edit came back with a revision count of between 5.1% and 10%
• Tier 3 – £15 GBP per 1000-word block
  As above, but for manuscripts with revisions between 10.1% and 15%
• Tier 4 – £20 GBP per 1000-word block
  This is our final tier, covering manuscripts with a revision count of between 15.1% and 20%

Everything thereafter would be charged at £25 GBP per 1000-word block.  Regardless of whether we made revisions amounting to 21% or 80%, you would be charged at £25 per 1000 words.  While it’s unlikely that you’d ever fall into that category, it has been known, and our highest revision count thus far was 46% on a manuscript whose author’s primary language was not English.

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