Looking to hire a book editor for your novel or manuscript? We offer book editing services for fiction authors. A dedicated book editing company that cares about your story as much as you do.
No commitment. No risk. · 2-day turnaround on samples.
20+
Years of Experience
3
Editors on the Team
475,086
Words Edited, Year-to-Date 2026
2 Days
Sample Edit Turnaround
After receiving their final edits and editorial assessment, my jaw dropped at the depth of what was provided. They listed many things that worked, and many things that didn't — but they didn't stop there. They provided solution options on how to improve what I had. I'm so impressed that I'm already looking forward to contracting with them again. They gained a loyal fan for life. 10/10 Experience.
The feedback I received was spot on. As it's my first book, his guidance was pivotal in making me understand how to approach the story. Very happy with his services.
ProjectK Publishing provided invaluable insight, cutting through that heady complexity to bridge the gap between my vision and the audience. They opened up the world in ways I hadn't fully considered, making the story more accessible without losing its soul.
Premium Tier
The deepest level of editing. We focus on the big-picture elements of your story: structure, pacing, character arcs, plot, tension, and setting utilization.
We work at the level of the story as a whole, not just a sentence-level edit.
Every developmental edit includes a full editorial assessment, a detailed written report identifying your manuscript's strengths and weaknesses with the specific changes to improve it. In-document comments are used for targeted notes that reference the assessment directly, plus bookmarks that make applying the changes even easier.
All Tiers
The foundation of every well-written book is a strong copy-edit. We focus on clarity, consistency, and correctness at the sentence level. Put simply, we make sure your prose reads clearly and communicates your ideas.
In this pass we focus on proper grammar, punctuation, syntax, word choice, repetition, flow of the prose and more.
We take a surgeon's care over your work, retaining your style and voice, while cleaning up the prose. All copy edits include in-document comments explaining each edit. If we've stepped on anything, you can approve or deny every edit we provide. Your manuscript is still yours, now with a fresh coat of paint.
Standard Tier
A professional reader's perspective on your manuscript before it goes further. We read your work the way your target audience would, then provide honest, structured feedback on what's landing and what isn't.
Our beta read goes beyond personal opinion. We evaluate engagement, pacing, character relatability, and genre expectations, giving you actionable insight from readers who understand fiction deeply.
All Tiers
The final pass before your manuscript is ready for submission or publication. We catch continuity slips, spelling errors, punctuation mistakes, formatting inconsistencies, and any remaining grammatical issues that slipped through earlier stages.
Proofreading assumes your manuscript has already been edited and isn't meant to stand on its own. If you're not sure which service is the right starting point, send us a message and our team will help guide you.
Basic
Proofreading + essentials
$11/ 1,000 words
$8.80 / 1,000 for first-time customers (20% off)
Ensure your story is clean and correct with a copy-edit and proofreading pass.
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Standard
Manuscript review + Basic
$18/ 1,000 words
Get fresh eyes on your story from an experienced beta reader. Includes everything in Basic, plus a full manuscript review.
Premium
Developmental editing + Standard
$25/ 1,000 words
The full experience, from rough manuscript to polished novel. Includes everything in Standard, plus a developmental edit.
Estimate your edit
Calculated per 1,000 words (rounded down to the nearest 1,000). This is the expected price and turnaround time, details will be finalized prior to contract submission.
We edit fiction exclusively, across all genres and manuscript sizes, including incomplete drafts. Our team has a particular specialization in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
If you're looking to hire a professional book editor for your fiction manuscript, you're in the right place. We live and breathe fiction writing.
First, we were readers. Then we became writers. Now we're editors.
We understand your genre, your readers, and we probably love the same books you do. If your shelves are filled with Tolkien, Herbert, Tchaikovsky, or Sanderson to name a few, then you're in good company.
You shouldn't be priced out of professional editing. Your story deserves more than the average freelancer you'd find on Fiverr or Upwork.
With the recent flood of rushed, unedited books on the market, readers are more scrutinous than ever. A misspelt word, a misplaced phrase, the slightest hint of something awry, any of it can turn an impressed reader leaving a four or five star review into a vocal detractor.
Our pricing is competitive but fair, and our process is transparent from the first conversation to the final delivery. You'll never be caught off guard, and you'll be amazed at the state of your manuscript when we're done.
Our team came to editing through a love of fiction, not the other way around. We've spent years writing, self-publishing, and reading deeply in the genres we edit. If your shelves include Sanderson, Tchaikovsky, Cixin Liu, or Pierce Brown, you're in the right place.
Professional editing should be accessible to writers at every stage. We've built our pricing to sit at the quality end of the market without putting it out of reach. Your story deserves serious editing. It shouldn't cost you an arm and a leg to get it.
Handing your manuscript to an editor takes trust. We make that easier with a free sample edit, up to 3,000 words, returned within two days, with no obligation to continue. See exactly how we work, how we communicate, and what our edits look like on your writing before you decide anything.
Every project is backed by a signed contract with clear scope, pricing, and timelines laid out before any work begins. You'll always know exactly what you're getting and what it costs. If something isn't clear, we're easy to reach.
Most editing relationships end when the file lands in your inbox. Ours doesn't. Once your manuscript is back with you, we're still available to answer questions, clarify our reasoning, and think through your next steps together. Your story doesn't stop being our concern the moment the work is technically done.
Up to 3,000 words edited and returned within two days. No risk. No obligations.
You can expect an email from thepkpteam@gmail.com within 2 business days.
If you have a general message or inquiry, please reach out at our contact page.
Hiring a professional book editor should feel like a partnership, not a transaction. From the first email to the final delivery, you work with the same small team, you always know the scope and the cost up front, and every change to your manuscript comes with the reasoning behind it. Here is how a project runs.
Send us up to 3,000 words of your manuscript. Within two days we return the edited file, with tracked changes and comments, so you see exactly how we work before committing to anything.
We discuss the edits and ensure we're on the same wave-length. We build a plan with your goals in mind. When we agree on the level of editing your manuscript needs, we provide you a fixed price and timeline in writing.
Your manuscript moves through the team. Our junior editor starts with a copy-edit. Then our senior editor improves his work with a line-edit and proofread. Lastly, our developmental editor verifies the quality of all edits and makes his notes before sending it off.
You receive the edited manuscript, with our notes and assessment. If you selected the Premium tier of editing services, this includes a full editorial assessment for developmental work. Afterwards, we're here to support your plans and workshop the edits.
A real team, fixed pricing, and edits with clear justifications. In other words, the difference between a professional book editor and the average freelancer.
You absolutely can — and to a degree, you should. At least one or two self-editing passes is an important step in the editing process, especially if you made changes partway through your manuscript. But it's also important to understand where self-editing falls short if your objective is to publish a polished story.
It's common for writers to be too close to their own work. We naturally develop blind spots to weaknesses in the story, or even basic punctuation errors. We've seen it with hundreds of frustrated self-publishing authors who've done countless passes and still missed basic mistakes. If you're one of those people, it doesn't mean you're a bad writer. It just means you're human like the rest of us.
Our position: self-editing is important, but it isn't the end-all-be-all. Even the most experienced writers with decades behind them don't edit entirely on their own.
At ProjectK, we encourage you to reach out at any stage of your writing process, but whether the help will be impactful depends on what you need. If you're confident in your story and looking for polish, we suggest finishing the manuscript, completing one or two self-editing passes, and then contacting a professional editor.
If you're stuck partway through your story, or you're looking at your outline and suddenly seeing the holes, please reach out. It's much easier to address problem areas before they grow large and unwieldy, and sometimes that means taking a pause mid-draft and seeking help.
For us, it comes down to three core traits: attention to detail, creativity, and strong communication skills. Attention to detail is especially important for copy editors, line editors, and proofreaders; they must remain consistent and attentive across an entire manuscript. Creativity plays a smaller role for proofreaders but is central for developmental and line editors. Strong communication skills might be the most unexpected of the three, but we'd argue it's the most important.
Being able to communicate clearly within our team, and to convey our feedback clearly to the client, is absolutely paramount. It's not hard to find an editor who does good work. It is hard to find one who communicates clearly and takes the time to understand you and your story. When you're making the all-important decision of choosing an editor, a strong communicator is non-negotiable.
It's not as simple as three editors meaning three times the quality or speed of one. But there's a reason publishing houses use a team rather than a single editor working alone: the best teams are built around each other's strengths.
Here's how it works at ProjectK. Our junior editor, Ryan, starts with a copy-edit, cleaning up the prose and leaving comments as they go. Our senior editor, Margaret, follows with a line-edit and proofread, refining and verifying the edits. Finally, our developmental editor, Matthew, reviews the fully edited manuscript, checks the quality of every pass, and prepares your editorial assessment. Each editor builds on the last, which is how we deliver a genuinely layered edit and do it efficiently.
Despite our name, no, we are not an Indie Publisher. We have aspirations to expand into small-scale publishing, but at this time we only offer editing services.
Think of us as a 3-for-1 editing solution for your manuscript.
The best way to find a book editor you can trust is to see their work before you commit. Read reviews and testimonials, ask how their process works, and — most importantly — request a sample edit. That's exactly why we offer a free sample edit of up to 3,000 words. Not only do you get to verify the quality of our work on your writing, but it is your chance to see how a team of editors can come together to execute your vision.
It's straightforward. Start by requesting your free sample edit. Attach your sample and we'll return an edited file with tracked changes. This is where we engage in a discussion to see if we hit the mark for your expectations, explaining our thought process, and ensuring your needs align with what we offer.
Once we're all on the same page, we send a fixed quote. Upon approval, we send an invoice for the deposit, which reserves your manuscript in our schedule. When the project starts, your manuscript moves through our team and we deliver the completed work before the agreed end-date. Everything is clear, straightforward, and we're here to address any questions or concerns.
We're based in Toronto, Canada, and we work entirely remotely with English-speaking authors worldwide. That said, here are the situations where hiring a local editor can genuinely matter:
If you don't fall into any of those cases, you don't strictly need an editor near you, and working with us remotely makes no difference to the quality of your edit.
Yes. In fact, self-publishing and indie authors are exactly who we work with most. When you self-publish, there's no traditional house handling the editing for you, so a polished, professional manuscript is on you. Our editing services for self-publishing authors fill that gap: a full team edit at a fair, fixed price, so your book stands alongside traditionally published titles.
I had this question come up recently with a prospective client, and I'll restate what I told him. Broadly, there are three sticking points that will turn a reader away from your book, and they address them in chronological order, like a checklist.
First: your book just isn't what they're looking for. There's nothing you can do about this reader, assuming your cover and product description are strong. Either your story aligns with what they want and you gain a reader, or it doesn't and they move on. That's fine.
Second: the book is poorly written. Humans have evolved over millennia to detect patterns, and most readers can tell within five pages whether a book is well written. A tolerant reader might push through, but a manuscript riddled with errors will turn away even the most patient. Writing quality is the first filter readers apply — especially if you're a new or unproven author.
Here's a simple way to think about it: a poorly written book might cause 60% of readers to put it down within the first few pages. Of the 40% who continue, they'll only keep going if the story is also good. The numbers are flexible, but the principle holds. A well-known author with strong social-media traction might only see a 20–30% drop-off because readers trust the story is worth pushing through for. An unproven author with only a handful of Amazon reviews might see drop-offs of 80–90% the moment the reader loses confidence in the writing.
It's also worth noting: a poorly written book rarely generates bad reviews, because most readers who don't finish won't bother leaving one. But if your story is genuinely engaging and your writing is rough, expect a string of 2–3 star reviews from readers who cared enough to finish and were frustrated enough to say so.
Third: the story isn't engaging. This refers to the story elements themselves; often a plot that drags, characters that feel flat or unlikable, a setting that has no relationship to the people in it. Readers usually can't make this judgement until they're a few chapters in, which is exactly why clearing the writing quality hurdle first matters so much.
And here's the counterintuitive part: even though an engaging story is the last thing readers consciously evaluate, it's ultimately what determines whether your book succeeds. A well-written story that fails to engage will still fail. But you'll never get readers far enough to find out if your writing doesn't hold them first.
Request a free sample edit, up to 3,000 words, returned within two days, with no obligation to continue. See exactly what we do and how we do it before you commit to anything.
Still have questions? We're easy to reach and happy to talk through anything before you decide.
