Copyediting Services
Perfect Every Page. Catch Every Error.
Your story deserves to look as professional as it sounds. Our copyeditors comb through your manuscript for grammar, punctuation, and consistency, ensuring it’s clean, credible, and ready to impress.
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What Is Copyediting?
Copyediting, often called mechanical or technical editing, is your manuscript’s final line of defense before layout or proofreading. It ensures accuracy in grammar, spelling, syntax, and consistency, applying professional style guides and publishing standards.
This stage doesn’t rewrite your sentences or restructure your story. Instead, it ensures your polished draft is truly error-free and presentation-ready.
What We Correct:
- Grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Word usage and syntax accuracy
- Consistency in names, dates, and tense
- Capitalization, hyphenation, and number formatting
- Minor formatting issues like italics, quotation marks, and list styles
What You’ll Receive
A fully copyedited manuscript with tracked changes
Margin notes explaining editorial decisions
A consistency check for style, voice, and timeline accuracy
Optional style sheet (Chicago Manual, AP, MLA, or custom preference)
Why Choose Edioak?
Our copyeditors are trained professionals with sharp eyes and deep publishing knowledge. We’ve worked on everything from debut novels to Amazon bestsellers and academic theses. Every project is treated with the same level of care and precision.
Why Authors Trust Us:
Every edit done by a trained human expert
Familiarity with both US and UK English standards
In-house editorial team — no freelancers or outsourcing
Experienced across fiction, nonfiction, business, & academic manuscripts
Trusted by authors featured on Netflix, Forbes, and Amazon Charts
Editing Levels Comparison
Feature | Developmental Editing | Line Editing | Copyediting |
Focus | Structure, plot, and pacing | Sentence flow, style, tone | Grammar, punctuation, consistency |
Stage | Early draft | Near-final draft | Final check before layout |
Objective | Strengthen story | Refine expression and clarity | Eliminate surface-level errors |
Includes | Editorial letter and inline notes | Tracked edits and rewrites | Grammar fixes and consistency review |
Is Copyediting Right for You?
You’re ready for this step if:
You’ve already completed developmental and line
You’re preparing your manuscript for layout or agent submission
You want your book to look professionally edited
You need to follow a specific style guide (Chicago, AP, MLA, etc.)
You’re confident in your structure and voice, but want a final technical cleanup
Book Editing Testimonials
50000+ Copies sold
#1 Amazon Bestseller
International Bestselling Author
NYT bestseller 100,000+ copies sold
#1 national and WSJ bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
Teresa Torres Teresa Torres
Author of Continuous Discovery Habits
I’m really pleased with the work. It was initially such a mess and needed lots of rewriting … I sweated blood over it and it never seemed to get into a nice flow untill i seeked the services at Edioak. You are the best editing compny one can ever find, and certainly the standard of your work so far is dazzling! Thanks again for fitting this in at short notice. Probably one of the best things ever to be put in the mag!
Rick Breitweiser
Author of Sales And Selling Yourself
They (Edioak), and my contact there Melissa were so predictable answering all my emails quickly over 17 weeks of a full edit of my first book to them. They spent extra time to make sure that I was completely satisfied. Customer service like this is incredibly rare. I was so happy with the makeover of my manuscript, that I gave them a book already selling online to perform a “”full edit”” on shortly they began one book for me.
Dennis C Grant
Author of The Developing Grant Park
Communication was easy and I appreciated the speed and completeness of the answers to my questions. The editors made a tremendous adjustment that improved my story and guided me in directions that would improve my future endeavours. I enjoyed the experience and felt it was worth the cost.
Callie D
Author of Homicide at the Vicarage
As a writer I know the importance of delivering a polished manuscript to the readers, and their proofreading service helps me achieve my goal. Their attention to detail ensured that every sentence was flawless. If you are looking for a proofreading service that exceeds your expectations then this is the right place.
Steve M
Author of In a New World
I love Edioak. I pondered over using them for two years. I reviewed their website repeatedly. I finally took the plunge after not enjoying my experience with so called Editors. I have not looked back since! Their services are built for humans.
Melissa B
Author of Life Skills for Teens to Thrive
The final proof of my manuscript was done really well. It went though several rounds of editing. It was also priced right and I intend to use them for my future manuscripts!
Aarti Kapur
Author of The Unknown Girl
We had the pleasure of working with the awesome team from Edioak. As a first time author I was overwhelmed and nervous about publishing my book.
We discovered this gem online and the team was super responsive and soon the worry of having quality editing done was behind me.
I am grateful for their engagement and contribution throughout the process for my book – the unknown girl. If you are looking to get help with editing- look no further. We highly recommend Edioak!
Dr.Gerald Draleti
The team at Edioak did an amazing job on the manuscript that I submitted for copy editing. I was very impressed by the quality of the copy-edited manuscript that I received and I can’t wait to have it published in a Journal.
When I first submitted my work for a free sample edit, I was contacted through email after a few hours and I loved what they did to the document. This motivated me to allow them work on the entire document.
The team also keeps you updated all the way to completion of the work.
They are very professional with top notch customer service and care.
John D
I’ve had five novels edited by them, and they’ve all turned out beautifully.
Edioak has edited five of my novels, and they always perform an excellent job. Their customer service is outstanding. My most recent work had so many plot holes that after the first round of development edits, I asked if they might opt for one more round of development edits, which my editor graciously accepted and proceeded with; I highly recommend this organisation.
Vruha James
This is the most promising book editing company I have ever worked with. Though it took a little longer but at the end it was a fruitful journey all along.
Kishore Vastani
Author of Sinners Of The Sauna: Corporate Murder Whodunnit
Once you work with Edioak for editing your novel. They become your favorites , such satisfying is their services. You will never look around for your next book. They are excellent in every aspect ,right from appointing authors anchor to prime editor. Their editing team is excellent in every aspect of editing. My script is now much simpler and easier to understand. I highly recommend them .
Maria A
Submitted a manuscript for line editing. Editor did a fantastic job. I was convinced that there were no typos in my 200 pages but they found a half-dozen (along with all the other edits and suggested phrasing changes). I was very pleased with the process and the results. I was told it would take 10 business days to complete but had finished edits in my hands within 5 business days. Always nice when someone performs faster than promised.
Praths J
Since I have my doctorate in English and a very firm opinion that the work should always be reviewed by a different author. Before trying their sample edit, I already paid 2 editing companies for my book and the quality was sub par. This time I had so many questions and was vary of spending my money. These people after the Sample Edit won my trust. Big cheers to the Editors.
Robert O
Just wanted to tell you that I’m really pleased with the editing of my book. At first I was apprehensive about Edioak’s service, I’m so glad I let you do the work. Not only did you do a superb job, but you also educated me along the way.
Sitanshu E
I submitted the manuscript for my first book. There was a lot of work to be done in the 200+ pages of the rough draft. I had my apprehensions as a new writer, but the team at Edioak helped me in an encouraging and friendly manner. While the team remains professional in its services, the editors also connect on a personal level tackling each writer according to his/her writing proficiency.
I loved the final version of the manuscript after three rounds of editing. I will definitely recommend their services to other authors like me.
Jacob
Thank you Edioak Team. On time delivery was very important as we were approaching the publishing. I sent multiple revisions to them and they maintained the language and consistency across them while improving the flow and impact. This has been a great experience working with them. Will surely work with them in future!
Rick L
It’s rare when you get exactly “as advertised”. Edioak spent so much time on my manuscript until I was completely satisfied with the finished book. They replied like “clockwork” and were never a day late with delivering an edit or response. I was so satisfied with the way they treated me, I gave them a book already in circulation to redo for me. I have no reason, neither should you have any reason to look for another editor.
Copyediting FAQs
How is copyediting different from line editing or proofreading?
Will you correct every grammar and punctuation error?
Do you use a specific style guide?
Can I request UK or US English?
Of course. We’ll align spelling, punctuation, and language to your regional preference.
My manuscript already seems clean. Do I still need a copyedit?
I’ve already done developmental and line editing. Is copyediting next?
How long does copyediting take?
How much does it cost?
Will my book be ready to publish after this?
What if I find errors after delivery?
I’m a first-time author. What if my writing isn’t perfect?
That’s what we’re here for. We meet you where you are and help polish your manuscript without changing your voice.