Services

At Emerging Ink Solutions, clients receive personalized, one-on-one service and communication from the editor. 
An explanation of the various levels of editing and formatting offered can be found below.

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Personalized Editing
Formatting
Book Cover Design & Artwork
Manuscript Appraisal
Quick Critique
Online Editor Collaboration Session

 

Personalized Editing 

The goal of Emerging Ink is to help you create a well-constructed, beautiful piece of work. Whether it's a simple outline, an essay written in the early hours of the morning, or the final draft of your manuscript, Emerging Ink Solutions is there for you! 

Proofreading: This is the most common editorial service and focuses on grammar, typos, spelling, and punctuation. 

Copyediting: This service provides an overall insight into your work and includes commentary on plot and character development, consistency, citations, and more. Your editor will offer suggestions and advice on content, structure, and style. Basic grammar, spelling, and punctuation proofreading is included. 

Developmental Editing: Sometimes clients have a great idea or book concept with a few pages of rough ideas but need professional assistance with fleshing their ideas out. This is where Emerging Ink Solutions comes in. Need help further warping a character's personality? Do you have the knowledge for your non-fiction historical account but need guidance in locating and utilizing citations? Need help deepening the plot of your YA novel? Is your self-help book lacking structure? Developmental editing services can help. 

Substantive Editing: Is English your second language? Perhaps you've spoken it most your life but just aren't great at narration, word choice, or paragraph structure. Substantive Editing focuses on content, organization, and presentation of the text as a whole. Allow Emerging Ink Solutions to shape your manuscript and give it purpose! 

 

Formatting 

Emerging Ink Solutions provides the following basic formatting services for all manuscripts. These include: 

​Margins
Fonts 
Gutters
Page Numbers
​Chapter Titles & Subtitles
Headers/Footers
Widows/Orphans

Advanced Formatting Additions*
​Style Adjustment (APA/Chicago)
Citations
Bibliography

Format adjustments on manuscripts made by Emerging Ink Solutions are based on the commonly-accepted rules of formatting for books. Because publishers have certain in-house formatting requirements for manuscripts dependent upon preference, the adjustments might not be applicable. The editor will be in constant contact with the client. 

*Non-fiction authors: Depending on the length of the manuscript, how many sources you utilize, and the state of your citations/bibliography upon submission, Advanced Formatting Additions might require further inspection and subsequent quote adjustments. 

 

Manuscript Appraisal 

Not sure you're ready for an editor? Why not explore our Manuscript Appraisal service? 

For a fee, we will read/review your manuscript and create a report detailing the work's strengths and, more importantly, its weaknesses, as well as our advice and suggestions. A Manuscript Appraisal focuses not only on the syntactic technicalities and grammar of the book, but on the manuscript's plot and character shortcomings. ​

 

Quick Critique

Just want to know if you're heading in the right direction? Ask about our Quick Critique service. Submit up to 10,000 words of your book to Emerging Ink Solutions to receive a detailed report analyzing your grammar, technical writing ability, and creative voice. Allow us to make gentle suggestions on how to better your work to create a book that properly conveys your vision! 

​Flat rate of $200.

 

Book Cover Design & Artwork

Looking to self-publish via a digital platform but don't have a cover? No worries! We've got you covered! 

Let us make your vision come alive. Whether you want your cover to be photorealistic, a quirky oil painting, or vector art - let us cater to your dreams. Use your specially-tailored book cover to self-publish across all digital platforms. 

 

Online Editor Collaboration Session 

Dying to ask an editor how to better write a difficult character or searching for additional resources for your nonfiction manuscript, book an Online Editor Collaboration Session! Let's brainstorm, discuss, and problem solve together via Zoom! 

Flat rate of $50/hr. No more than two hours at a time.