Services
The standard proofreading and light copyediting services offered by Riva Reading℠ are:
Please contact me to discuss more complex copyediting services you require. I will provide only the level of service that you define, and will confirm the types of changes and corrections I’m authorized to make before starting any project.
I will verify that your work is formatted to and in conformance with your preferred style guide. My standard reference materials are The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition for style, punctuation and grammar, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition for vocabulary.
I am able to work with hard copy, as well as electronically with Word, Excel and Adobe Acrobat PDF documents.
I understand, respect and can be trusted to comply with your delivery deadlines, and will treat your documents with the utmost confidentiality.
Rates
A project deadline will be agreed upon before work begins. My standard rates for projects with completion deadlines of three to five business days are:
A $10 per hour premium will apply to projects with deadlines of 48 hours or less (i.e., $40 per hour for basic proofreading, and $45-$50 per hour for basic copyediting).
My minimum billing time is one hour, and a page is the industry standard of 250 words.
Please contact me for a quote on your project, or to discuss flat rates for long-term or high-volume projects.
- Reviewing a document for overall readability and sense
- Checking for and correcting typographical, spelling, punctuation, grammar and word usage errors while preserving meaning
- Comparing and marking discrepancies between a current document proof and its immediately preceding version
- Highlighting and/or correcting errors or inconsistencies in a proof that an editor may have missed
- Reviewing page layout, font and typesetting per specifications
Please contact me to discuss more complex copyediting services you require. I will provide only the level of service that you define, and will confirm the types of changes and corrections I’m authorized to make before starting any project.
I will verify that your work is formatted to and in conformance with your preferred style guide. My standard reference materials are The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition for style, punctuation and grammar, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition for vocabulary.
I am able to work with hard copy, as well as electronically with Word, Excel and Adobe Acrobat PDF documents.
I understand, respect and can be trusted to comply with your delivery deadlines, and will treat your documents with the utmost confidentiality.
Rates
A project deadline will be agreed upon before work begins. My standard rates for projects with completion deadlines of three to five business days are:
- Basic Proofreading: $30 per hour; 9 to 13 pages per hour
- Basic Copyediting: $35 - $40 per hour; 5 to 10 pages per hour
A $10 per hour premium will apply to projects with deadlines of 48 hours or less (i.e., $40 per hour for basic proofreading, and $45-$50 per hour for basic copyediting).
My minimum billing time is one hour, and a page is the industry standard of 250 words.
Please contact me for a quote on your project, or to discuss flat rates for long-term or high-volume projects.