Single pass
$39per 60k words
- One editing pass of your choice
- Paragraph-level suggestions
- Voice profile modelling
- DOCX export
Editing Studio · Developmental · line · copy
Professional book editing that keeps your voice
Developmental, line and copy editing returned as paragraph-level suggestions you accept one at a time — never a silent rewrite of your manuscript.
- < 1 hrTurnaround
- ~$3960k novel
- 3Edit types
She waited -- one breath, then two. . . and stayed 'til the lamps went out.
--→—Double hyphen to em dashCMOS 6.85. . .→…Spaced periods to ellipsisCMOS 13.50'til→’tilElision apostrophe curls rightCMOS 6.117
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In short
AuthorsPack Editing Studio is an AI book editing service that performs developmental, line and copy editing on a full manuscript. It builds a voice profile from your own prose, then returns paragraph-level revision suggestions with reasons attached, so the author reviews and approves every change. A 60,000-word novel is typically edited in under an hour for around $39.
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Editing Studio standards
The rules this department works to
Taken from the house specification every AuthorsPack department shares. Each rule says whether it is enforced by code, bounded for the model, or left to your decision.
Chicago Manual of StyleCode
Typographic copyedits
Ellipses, em dashes, curly quotes and elision apostrophes are corrected mechanically, and each change cites the Chicago section it follows.
Anchor verificationCode
No silent rewrites
Every suggested edit must match the exact source text it replaces. An edit that does not anchor is rejected before you ever see it.
Author approval
Your voice decides
Edits arrive as paragraph-level suggestions with a stated reason. Nothing reaches the manuscript until you accept it.
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What you get
Built for the part that actually matters
01
Voice profile first
Before a single edit, your sentence rhythm, diction and point-of-view habits are modelled from your own text. Suggestions are measured against you, not a generic house style.
02
Paragraph-level deltas
Edits arrive as discrete changes with a stated reason. Accept, reject or revise each one. Nothing is overwritten without your approval.
03
Three passes, separately billed
Developmental for structure and pacing, line for prose rhythm and clarity, copy for grammar and consistency. Run one or all three.
04
Continuity aware
The editor reads against a persistent book memory — character facts, timeline, established terminology — so chapter 30 stays consistent with chapter 2.
How it works
4 steps, start to finish
- 1Upload the manuscript
DOCX, TXT or Markdown. Chapters and scenes are parsed automatically.
- 2Choose the pass
Developmental, line or copy. See the exact cost estimate before anything runs.
- 3Review the diff
Work through suggestions chapter by chapter, accepting what serves the book.
- 4Export
Take the edited manuscript straight into formatting, or download as DOCX.
Who it’s for
- Novelists preparing a draft for beta readers or agents
- Self-publishing authors who can't justify $2,000 for a freelance editor
- Non-fiction authors needing structural and clarity work
- Writers on a second language editing English-language prose
Your manuscript stays yours.Used only to produce your book. Never used as training data.
Pricing
Pay per book, not per month
Every job shows an exact estimate before it runs, and is charged only when the work completes.
Full edit
$89per 60k words
- All three passes: developmental, line, copy
- Continuity checking included
- Chapter-by-chapter review UI
- Unlimited re-runs for 30 days
- Priority processing
Series
$249up to 4 books
- Everything in Full edit
- Shared voice profile across books
- Cross-book continuity memory
- Series bible generated
Prices are indicative for a 60,000-word manuscript. Longer books scale by word count, and the estimate always appears before you commit.
Questions
Answered plainly
Not covered here? Start with one chapter — the estimate shows before anything is charged.
Still deciding?
Every rule we work to is published, with who enforces it — code, model or you.
No. The system builds a voice profile from your existing prose first, and every suggestion is checked against it. Because edits are returned as individual paragraph-level changes with reasons, you see exactly what would change and reject anything that doesn't sound like you.
Charged on completion · Files stay yours
Ready to run the Editing Studio?
Upload a manuscript and see the estimate. Nothing is charged until the work completes.