Hire an Editor for a Manuscript Assessment

Is your manuscript ready for the spotlight? Our affordable manuscript assessment service offers authors expert insights and practical advice. Let our experienced editors evaluate your book and identify areas for improvement. Unlock your manuscript’s full potential with a professional assessment.

If you have finished writing your book and are ready for your manuscript to be assessed, our experienced editors can offer you practical assistance to guide you on the road to getting your book published by uncovering any areas in the manuscript which could be improved to grab the attention of commissioning editors, literary agents and readers.

Why Hire an Editor for a Manuscript Assessment?

✅ A manuscript assessment can improve your chances of being signed and having your book published.

✅ Our manuscript assessment service provides you with expert guidance to further your writing goals.

✅ Our manuscript assessors are all trained sensitivity readers.

✅ 58% of our clients are repeat customers or come from referrals.

Our editors will analyse your manuscript carefully and pay close attention to the structure, content and style of your manuscript along with many other elements such as character development, dialogue, pacing, plot and narrative. We can identify the core strengths and weaknesses in your manuscript and offer valuable feedback with a detailed report of recommendations on how to improve your novel or non-fiction book.

Our book editors edit fiction and non-fiction manuscripts. We can also tailor our service to meet the unique needs of first-time writers, as well as experienced writers who are hoping to get signed by a major publisher or seeking representation from a literary agent. We can advise you where to send an unsolicited manuscript once a manuscript assessment has been completed and it is ready to be submitted to a publisher.

Hire an Editor in the UK

Our field of expertise is in contemporary (realistic fiction), historical fiction, literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and memoirs. We don’t assess academic books, children’s books, cookbooks, poetry, plays, scripts, self-help books, sports books, travel books, or well-being books. If your fiction or non-fiction book is within our field of expertise, use the form below to submit your manuscript for a professional appraisal.

Manuscripts should be submitted as a single Microsoft Word document, with a clearly recognisable file name (usually the book title) in size 12 Times New Roman Font, 1.5 line-spaced and all pages numbered. We require a synopsis with your manuscript (under 500 words). If you are submitting multiple manuscripts, each manuscript is regarded as a separate submission. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that permission has been granted for any copyrighted images or if other works are quoted from extensively.

You can also send your manuscript to us by mail or email us to discuss the service you require. Once your manuscript requirements and a fee are agreed upon we will send you a Manuscript Assessment Agreement along with payment details. Work will not begin on your manuscript until the Agreement and payment have been received by us. No copies of your work will be made or retained and all rights remain with the author.

We provide a report to you by email approximately 3-4 weeks after the submission of your manuscript and will confirm a deadline with you once the manuscript is received.

As a guideline, our reports are generally 2,000 to 3,000 words depending on the type of manuscript you are submitting. Services can be negotiated in advance and tailored to suit your needs.

Manuscript Assessment Fees

The manuscript assessment fee is calculated at £8.75 per 1000 words with a minimum of 50,000 words.

Note: Manuscript assessments don’t include proofreading or copy editing. We offer substantial discounts to authors requesting a manuscript assessment who need to hire an editor for further editing or proofreading.

** We also have an express evaluation and expert evaluation service which is a more economical option for writers who want a quicker turnaround time while still receiving expert advice from a professional book editor. Highly recommended!

Hire an editor for a manuscript evaluation.

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Our manuscript assessment service is available for writers in the following areas in the UK:

Aberdeen, Armagh, Bangor, Bath, Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Carlisle, Coventry, Derby, Dundee, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Newry, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston, Salford, Sheffield, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Swansea, Winchester, Wolverhampton, York.