Book editing services that read like a major house.
Line editing, copyediting, and proofreading in one pass, by editors who prepare books for print. Your manuscript comes back clean, consistent, and ready to publish.
Every price is published with no hidden fees, your manuscript comes back in 3 business days, and The Barker Guarantee stands behind it: book a free strategy call and leave with your exact price for your word count.
Three passes. One finished manuscript.
Three passes in one: line editing, copyediting, and proofreading, so the manuscript comes back finished, never half-fixed.
Priced in the open: one per-word rate up to 90,000 words, and your exact number on the call before you pay.
Back in 3 business days, publish-ready, and covered by The Barker Guarantee: beside a traditionally published title, the editing holds.
Editing is the first thing a reviewer feels and the last thing an author can see in their own manuscript. A professional pass is the difference between a book that reads self-published and one that reads chosen.
From the call to print-ready in three steps.
Book your free strategy call
45 minutes with Sophie, our publishing manager. You leave with a plan for your book and your exact price for your word count, no commitment.
Send your files
Upload your manuscript or brief. Your work stays confidential and you keep 100 percent of your rights.
Receive your work
Delivered in 3 business days after payment and your manuscript is received. Files arrive ready to publish, no endless revisions.
The Barker Guarantee. Put the finished book beside any traditionally published title: if this work does not hold up, we revise it free until it does. In writing, in the agreement. Read the full guarantee
The manuscript were reviewed by our team members.
The manuscript was reviewed by our editors.
Hand us your manuscript. Get back a clean book.
Up to 90,000 words. Your final word count is confirmed when we receive your manuscript.
Secure card payment via Stripe · Kickoff confirmed within 1 business day · You keep 100% of your rights
This craft is built into every edition.
First, Signature, and World carry it with the rest of the book, plus $17,700 of included launch value.
Book Editing questions, answered.
Ready for pages so clean readers only notice the story?
Talk to a real publisher first. You leave the call with your exact price for your word count.