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Please note: we offer a 10% discount to full-time students. Prices quoted below for students are inclusive of this discount.

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The following services are charged at:

£25.00 per hour plus V.A.T.: word processing, administration, desktop publishing, proofreading, light copy editing.

£27.00 per hour plus V.A.T.: substantive copy editing, editorial copy writing, internet-based research.

For in depth advice and pricing for transcription please see our sister site Penguin Transcription

Telephone, fax, email, stationery and postage costs will be applied where appropriate at cost.

Urgent Deadlines: if an express service is required with a 24 or 48 hour turnaround, this may be liable to a surcharge. Please contact us for details.


Proofreading/copy editing Price per 1,000 Words

Proofreading /light copy editing

(usually charged at £22.50 per hour plus V.A.T. but a per 1,000 word price is available for students and authors, depending on degree of editing required)

From £8.50 plus V.A.T per thousand words. (Please send sample for firm quote)

These rates are only available for text elements - tables, indecies etc. will be charged per hour (or contact us for a specific quote).

Substantive copy editing and/or English as a second language

(usually charged at £22.50 per hour but a per 1,000 word price is available for students and authors, depending on degree of editing required)

Fom £9.50 plus V.A.T. per thousand words.(Please send sample for firm quote)

These rates are only available for text elements - tables, indecies etc. will be charged per hour (or contact us for a specific quote).

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