Hire a Book Editor
Transforming Writers Into AuthorsSince 1998
Book Editing Associates is a small, carefully
vetted group of elite editors.
Award-Winning, Bestselling Editors
Only the Best Editors
We screen, test, and monitor editors, proofreaders, and publishing consultants.
Hire the Right Editor
We help you find highly experienced book editing, proofreading, and publishing professionals.
Avoid the Fakes
Avoid self-appointed but untested “copy editors,” “proofreaders,” and other online pitfalls and scams that target writers.
A Service You Can Trust
Your work is treated with the highest of ethical standards.
“It seems strange to be writing this, since I was a member of the network, too. But I know from experience on both sides of the fence that network members are always the best. We hired a copyeditor through the network, and she is outstanding.”
Serving Writers For 21 Years
Book Editing Associates was formed in 1998 to help writers avoid online scams and match writers with experienced and proven professionals in the publishing industry.
Major Publishers
Simon & Schuster, Regency, St. Martin’s, HarperCollins, Avon, Lyons Press, Penguin Random House, Bethany House, David C. Cook, NavPress, Kensington, Tor, John Wiley & Sons, Addison-Wesley, McGraw-Hill, Knopf, Doubleday.
Network Members Include:
Developmental editors
Copyeditors
Indexers
Ghostwriters
Screenwriters
Proofreaders
Book designers (layout/formatting)
We help you find the book services you need by connecting you with experienced book editing, proofreading, traditional publishing, and self-publishing consultants.
How To Use The Book Editing Associates Website
Choose A Book Editor
Review our editors and submit a sample using our submission form. You can select more than one editor, and we can help you find a good match.
Matchmaking
Select Your Editor
Professional, Ethical Editing Services
Our book editors and proofreaders work with nonfiction and fiction manuscripts targeted for literary agents, traditional publishers, or self-publishing services such as Kindle Direct Publishing, Smashwords, BookBaby, Barnes & Noble Press, Kobo, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, and Lulu.
Even in the age of self-publishing, our standards have not changed. Our editors who have self-publishing experience only must pass the same entry tests as editors with in-house publisher experience.
If you intend to self-publish you don’t need to shape your manuscript for literary agent representation or a particular publisher. Instead, you and your editor have the freedom to realize your vision without literary agent or publisher considerations.
Have your nonfiction or fiction manuscript, short story, script, poem, screenplay, or article professionally edited before submitting to a literary agent, publisher, or book printer.
A professionally edited self-published book helps get the positive feedback you and your editor want.
Need help with your submission? Call (682) 747-6999 M-F, 9a-9p (Eastern).
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Manuscript critique services The three primary reasons you want to hire a book editor for a manuscript critique and evaluation: You want to know: 1) Is it salable? 2) Is it good enough to offer to a literary agent or publisher? 3) Should you go through the expense of...
