River Road Editorial offers a broad, flexible range of editorial services—from the lightest of touches to deep, sentence-level editing. We currently offer copyediting, proofreading, developmental editing, formatting, and indexing services for fiction works, nonfiction and academic works, and dissertations. We can also tailor a package specifically to your writing project, including whatever services are most useful to you.

Every project starts by assessing where you are in the writing process and your goals for the project. Once you identify which of the below services might optimally suit your needs, get in touch by emailing us for a free consultation and quote. Our quote will be based on the complexity of your requirements, the level of service you require, and the type and word length of your project. We will provide you with a clear labor rundown and price range for our services. We guarantee transparency, honesty, and accuracy in all our invoicing and billing.

Our priority is delivering an impeccable final draft of your book, article, or dissertation within a timeline that works for you—all at a reasonable price. We also offer discounts for transgender individuals and for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).

When you have an idea of the kind of editing you’d like, contact us by email for your free consultation and quote at: riverroadeditorial@gmail.com.

  • Our copyediting service involves meticulously combing through your manuscript for spelling mistakes, punctuation errors, typos, and other grammatical issues, while also improving the overall clarity and coherence of your prose. Our goal is to deliver an impeccably written, well-organized, and beautifully presented final product that retains your unique authorial voice and style.

    As part of this service, you’ll receive a digital copy of your manuscript with errors highlighted and corrected by our professional editors, as well as a style sheet that consistently tracks the details of our editing.

    Our turnaround time for copyediting depends on the length and complexity of your manuscript, but 3-5 weeks is a good ballpark figure. You’ll get a polished manuscript for a competitive price—book us today!

  • Proofreading is our lightest form of editing, usually occurring after the copyediting stage. It involves checking over a completed manuscript for typos, spelling and punctuation errors, formatting errors, or other lingering issues.

    You’ll receive a digital copy of your manuscript with errors highlighted and corrected. Our eagle-eyed editors will scour your manuscript to make sure your text is mistake free.

    Our turnaround time for proofreading depends on the length and complexity of your manuscript, but 3-4 weeks is a good ballpark figure. You’ll get a tidy, publishable manuscript for a competitive price—book us today!

  • Also known as line editing, this is our most involved editing service. We will provide in-depth stylistic, rhetorical, narrative, and sentence-level editing for manuscripts. We deliver you deep and detailed feedback on every aspect of your writing. This includes all the grammatical and syntactical services in copyediting—but with special attention to sentence structure, style, flow, and the clarity and rhythm of your writing.

    You’ll get a digital copy of your manuscript with suggestions and corrections by our professional editors, as well as a style sheet that consistently tracks the details of our editing. For nonfiction projects, we include a reader’s report with recommendations for strengthening the thesis and argumentative structure, addressing unclear sections, and removing repetitions. For fiction projects, our reader’s report will outline areas for improvement and revision, story mechanics, and narrative direction.

    Our turnaround time for developmental editing depends on the length and complexity of your manuscript, but 4-6 weeks is a good ballpark figure. You’ll get valuable feedback and a polished manuscript for a competitive price—book us today!

  • Many writers, academics, and creatives are excited to create and publish their work, but struggle with the nitty-gritty details of formatting their manuscripts for submission or publication. That’s where we come in.

    We provide formatting for all types of works and projects—dissertations, theses, fiction submissions, article drafts, CVs and job market materials, and beyond. Our turnaround time for formatting depends on the needs of your project, but 1-3 weeks is a good ballpark figure.

    Our formatting service will adhere your text to industry-specific standards for citation styles, footnotes/endnotes, bibliographies, house styles, pagination, image captions, and more. For a competitive price, we will ensure that your manuscript is correctly laid out, beautifully presented, and ready to go—book us today!

  • An index is usually one of the last tasks to be completed before a book is printed. Our indexing services specialize in nonfiction works in the humanities and qualitative social sciences. We will create an index for your work following specifications and guidelines outlined by your publisher.

    Our turnaround time for indexing varies based on your book’s length and discipline, but 4-6 weeks is a good ballpark figure. For a competitive price, we will ensure that your book has a thoroughly helpful, cross-referenced, and reader-friendly index—book us today!

Once you have an idea of what type of services you would like, contact us ASAP! If you still aren’t sure, drop us a line and we can talk through the needs and parameters of your project.

We are so excited to help you unlock your best writing!