We only look at Erotica eBooks & novels for editing.
Services We Offer:
Copy Editing - Includes proofreading, correcting errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. We'll improve your writing mechanics, sentence structure, and thought flow where needed.
Proofreading - Sometimes it gets really difficult to catch all the errors in a manuscript when you've lived with it since conception. Let Bearlife do your proofreading for you. We'll catch grammar mistakes, typos, spelling errors, and improper punctuation, then send you a detailed report and correct the problems at your request.
Critiquing - One of the most common reasons why manuscripts are rejected is poor or inadequate writing ability. Many of these manuscripts could be salvaged if the writer would have them professionally critiqued. Writers often overlook weaknesses in their own works which could be caught and corrected by another writer. We can provide professional review and critique services for your work.
If you chose to us Saltyvixenstories.com, we will edit your eBook and/or book the triangle way. What is that?
we edit 3 ways and we give you our edit in 3 ways. Why? because editing is a human opinion. You get to decide which edit you want to use, or what is beneficial to make your book amazing! Once we edit your copy, you will get an attachment with our 3 different edits.
we do a computer edit.
Human voice edit - yep! We read the manuscript out-loud and make 'voice' corrections on the paper. (if it doesn't sound right, we will make notation of that)
Acting Edit. Acting edit is, we print the manuscript, and act out the scenes to make sure the story flows.
Once we complete those three things, you will get all three markups, and you can use all or one to make changes if you desire to do so.
Salty Vixen Publishing, LLC Fees:
Salty Vixen Stories is part of Salty Vixen Publishing LLC, and yes there are fees. We will keep the fees low as editing can be costly! You should never pay a ton of money to get your book edited! Editing is an opinion of the person ,who is editing it.
How Much Does an Editor typically Cost?
As with any self-publishing service, depends on a lot of factors. That said, for copyediting/proofreading, you’re generally looking at $1,000-$3,000 per book. For developmental editing — the higher level stuff — you’ll be looking at $5,000-$10,000 per book. (yikes! that is A LOT of money!)
Many writers look at Editorial Freelancers Association rates page as a guide toward setting editorial rates. The EFA rates page lists various editing and writing tasks and their attendant hourly rates as self-reported by EFA members who took the rates survey. They break down editing into five subcategories and list proofreading as a separate category. (Tip: they also list per-hour and per-word rates for writing work.)
For comparison purposes, let’s look at the editing rates and use an average page-per-hour and an average hourly rate. For instance, the EFA lists basic copyediting of 5–10 pages per hour at a cost of $30–$40 per hour, so I’ve assumed 7.5 pages per hour at a cost of $35 per hour. The other total calculations also use their respective average rates.
For a 70,000-word book, your editing costs could be:
- Developmental editing: $.08 per word, or $5,600 total
- Basic copyediting: $.018 per word, or $1,260 total
- Proofreading: $.0113, or $791 total
Yep! that is a lot of money and between you and I, with gas and grocery prices the way they are, we can't afford those prices!)
Salty Vixen Stories prices: $1.00 per page. that is it! We don't do per word, that is tedious and can get expensive!
It can take up to 48 hours to get your manuscript edited/proofread. We accept payments via PayPal.
