CS Editing & Writing
Editing | Manuscript Evaluation | Copyediting | Content Editing | Consulting | Writing | Proofreading | Indexing | What We Don't Do
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Editing
What is editing anyway?
The purpose of editing is to make a piece of writing as clear, accurate, focused, interesting, and grammatically correct as possible.
-- Author Nancy O'Connor, Ph.D., Letting Go With Love
A good editor makes a writer’s work better – in content and/or presentation. CS Books will work closely with you to make your manuscript as good as it can be -- ready to meet your publisher’s requirements or grab the attention of potential agents and publishers.
Writers have compared editors to midwives, teachers, ideal readers, book doctors, carpenters, etc. Good editors, like those at CS Books, provide whatever kind of professional attention the manuscript needs, while retaining the writer’s ideas and voice.
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CS Books copyedited several books for LuraMedia.
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Thank you also to Carol Sowell for her excellent copyediting.
-- Author Jeanne Raffa, LuraMedia, The Bridge to Wholeness and Dream Theatres of the Soul |
A professionally edited document places your work ahead of the pack.
For publishers, CS Books offers developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, and indexing.
What does CS Books edit?
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Autobiography of Oscar-winning Hollywood editor and director. CS Books performed content editing and copyediting.
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We edit any type of writing: fiction, nonfiction, articles, books, how-to and instructional material, business reports, op-ed columns, essays, letters to the editor, query letters, brochures, newsletters, academic journal articles or theses, promotional materials, news releases, Web site
copy, and complete periodicals.
Editing Examples:
Everyday Life With ALS: A Practical Guide
Quest Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 6
How does CS Books edit?
We offer the following editing services.
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Copyedited for Syracuse University Press
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Writing
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When giving gives back — in $$$
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Writing Examples:
History of Earrings
Lottie's Lot
Starting Over
TV With a Twist: Senior Soap Keeps the Plot Bubbling page1 & page 2
Arizona funeral board investigating low-cost mortuary
Tucson diocese facing major program funding cuts
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Proofreading
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Proofread book of recipes for famous local restaurant
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CS Books can proofread a manuscript before submission, or page proofs of a book after typesetting. We’ll look for errors in spelling and punctuation, and consistency with style. Proofreading doesn’t include any assistance with content.
Indexing
CS Books offer fast turnaround for books in the page proof stage.
Not sure what you need? We’ll look over the material and make recommendations.
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Books for middle school readers copyedited by CS Books
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What We Don't Do:
Please e-mail CS Books Editing Services with a brief description of the work you require. We’ll respond shortly with a proposal, rates, and turnaround time.