My Services

Children’s Book Editing

First Meeting and a Read-through of Your Manuscript: Free

First Round Line-editing and Editorial Assessment: $300

Includes one round of line-by-line edits, helping improve word choice, grammar, syntax, and rhyme (if applicable), plus an overall assessment of next steps for your story development, layout and character formation.

Line editing, all subsequent rounds: $225

Second round of editing includes written art notes and layout description to prepare your manuscript to send to an illustrator.

Proofreading: $100

Once your book’s illustrations and design have been completed, a proofread will be performed to catch any errors, correct text placement issues, recommend art edits, and ensure all files are ready for upload to publishing sites.

Nonfiction & Adult Fiction Copyediting

First-meeting/phone call: Free

First Round Line-editing and Editorial Assessment: $.03/word

Includes one round of line-by-line edits, helping improve word choice, grammar, syntax, and rhyme (if applicable), plus an overall assessment of next steps for your story development, layout and character formation.

Line editing, all subsequent rounds:

Cost TBD based on length of book. Proposal provide after free consultation.

Proofreading:

Cost TBD based on length of book. Proposal provide after free consultation

Author Assistance

30-minute Consult: Required to establish the author's needs and provide a proposal.

Allie can tailor a package of services according to the needs of authors looking for help in their publishing journey.

As an author assistant, I can help you find an illustrator and/or book designer, communicate with these professionals on your behalf, file for copyright, purchase ISBN, get quotes for offset printing, assist with uploading files to online publishers such as KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu and/or Draft2Digital (etc.).

Setup of publishing includes keyword optimization for Amazon via Publisher Rocket.

What Others Have Said

  • When working with Allie, she was extremely responsive and worked very efficiently. She was great with uploading and formatting books to fit KDP’s guidelines. Allie was very knowledgeable on the process and was able to answer and provide further feedback as needed. Allie was a great reference to have as a first time author and was a big help to me along the way!

    Heather P., author of the children's picture book Lookin' Within

  • “I was fortunate enough to utilize Allie's editorial and consulting services for my children's book. Her corrections were well stated and her suggestions were insightful. She has a good eye for spotting errors while being open to finding opportunities to greater expand existing ideas within the project. ”

    McKay M., children's book author

Ready to Get Started?

To hire Allie for editing, simply confirm by email which service(s) you choose, and we’ll send over a contract.

To hire Allie for author assistant services, we require a 30-minute meeting (in-person or virtual) in order to outline your goals and the services to be provided. We’ll then provide a proposal with hour estimates and a contract. A fee of $50 will be charged for the project meeting and proposal development.

Questions? Please email feel free to email me at Allie.Davis.writing@gmail.com