Medical book editing (per 10,000 words)

from $350See levels and order

This service edits book-length medical text: a monograph, a textbook, or a multi-author volume. It is for authors, volume editors and institutional presses that need consistent language and style across chapters written at different times or by different people.

The unit is 10,000 words, which is roughly one long chapter or two short ones. The same editor stays on the book from first chapter to last, working from one style sheet.

Specification

You provide

The manuscript by chapter, the publisher style guide, the contributor list, and any decisions already made on spelling, terminology and units.

We do

Edit each chapter to the level ordered, record every style decision on the style sheet, raise queries for the author, and check consistency across chapters.

You receive

Tracked and clean files for each chapter, a style sheet, a query list; at Premium a developmental report on each chapter.

Reporting standard

AMA style unless the publisher style guide says otherwise, with the publisher guide taking precedence. Reference lists follow the style the publisher names, for example Vancouver.

Turnaround

5 business days per 10,000 words.

Revision rounds

1 round of query resolution.

Team

A subject-matter editor with a PhD or MD in the field of the book, and a second editor who proofreads the clean files.

Levels, each priced per 10,000 words

Same at every level: query resolution rounds, 1.

One order covers one 10,000-word block, which suits a sample chapter or a single contribution. Larger scopes, including whole books, are by quote.

How the work is checked

• One style sheet for the whole book, updated as chapters are edited and delivered with the files, so later chapters follow earlier decisions.
• Cross-chapter check of terminology, drug names, units, abbreviations and heading hierarchy.
• Numbering check: figures, tables, boxes and their call-outs in the text, chapter by chapter.
• Query list reconciled after author replies, with each query closed or carried forward.
• Proofread of the clean file by a second editor.

Not included

Writing new chapters, verifying each reference against its source, redrawing figures and indexing. These are covered by Medical book chapter writing and Book production support.

Ordering and payment

Order one 10,000-word block to have a chapter edited and to judge the level before committing the book. Or use "Request this service", send a chapter, and pay after the edited draft only if it meets your expectations; edited files may be used once payment is made. An official invoice and receipt are issued for publisher, press or institutional accounts. For a whole book, send the word count and contents list through the quote form.

Questions

Part of Medical books. Related: Book production support and Medical book chapter writing.