Commercial Services

Kathryn is a dual national British/Australian citizen living in Melbourne. She is a qualified professional writer and editor who has been freelance fiction editing since 2014. She works across all genres with new and experienced writers and on a freelance basis for several small publishers. She’s passionate about story and teaching authors the craft of good storytelling.

Services Offered
Developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, manuscript assessment
Address
Melbourne, Victoria
Contact Name
Kathryn Moore
Website
Submission Information
Submit enquiries to [email protected] • You will receive a reply email to discuss your project and provide a quote • You will receive a reply within 24 hours • Files submitted for editing should be submitted as a Word document.
Tips & General Information
Kathryn is often booked in advance, so please bear this in mind if you require an immediate start date.
Fees
Contact Kathryn to receive an editing quote. Fees are calculated by service required, word count, and the level of editing needed.

Laurel Cohn is an editor passionate about communication and the power of narrative to engage, inspire and challenge. She has been working in the industry since the 1980s. Services include editing, manuscript assessment, manuscript development, publishing consultancy, mentoring, design and layout, project management and prepress. Laurel and her small team of professional editors, writers and designers have helped many authors successfully realise their print and online publishing goals.

Phone
(02) 66803411
Address
179 Moffatts Road, BILLINUDGEL NSW 2483
Contact Name
Laurel Cohn, Principal Editor
Fees
Assessment rates vary according to word length. Contact for a quote.

Senior Editor for IP Pty Ltd, Lauren Daniels has served annually as a literary contest judge since ’05. She holds a BA and MFA in Creative Writing and offers 20+ years international experience in publishing, mentoring, manuscript appraisal and editing for fiction and non-fiction. In Australia and the US, Lauren has delivered writing workshops with universities, corporations and outreach programs. She is the editor for 40+ Australian titles and has a published track record of her own starting in 1987.

Contact Name
Lauren Elise Daniels, Senior Prose Editor, Assessor, Mentor
Fees
See website for fees and testimonials.

Formerly the National Book Council Manuscript Assessment Service, Lynk provides expert assessments and copy edits across all genres. Team of professional editors, authors and academics offer emerging and established writers sensitive feedback and guidance.

Phone
(02) 66245750
Address
30 Northcott Drive, GOONELLABAH NSW 2480
Contact Name
Sean Doyle

Mackenzie Editing and Secretarial Services can assist with small, medium and large (including ongoing) projects on an hourly, daily or weekly rate. Services include style guides, copy-editing, proofreading and formatting technical and business documents.

Phone
0412 188 319
Contact Name
Lynette Crowley
Fees
Contact for quote. Estimates available on website.

The Manuscript Appraisal Agency, established in 1996, provides professional manuscript development services for authors, agents and publishing houses. We offer manuscript appraisals, mentorships and editing (copy editing, structural editing and proof reading). We use senior, experienced publishing industry personnel to work with your manuscript. Our work is widely supported by the publishing industry, literary agents and writers associations as a professional service for writers.

Services Offered
Editing (Line Edit),Editing (Structural),Manuscript Assessment / Appraisals
Phone
0422 783 313
Address
PO Box 356, KATOOMBA NSW 2780
Contact Name
Kit Carstairs, Director
Fees
Appraisals: up to 50,000 words for $535; 50,000 to 80,000 words for $625; 80,000 to 120,000 words for $700. Additional $55 per 50,000 words etc. Children’s picture books $450. See website for more details and testimonials.

Marisa is a Perth based freelance fiction & non-fiction editor and journalist. She has worked for publishers, government departments and organisations and has written for national newspapers, for TV and radio news and for online publications.

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Fees
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Midnight Marketing, founded by Sasha Buntman, assists individuals and businesses with copywriting and digital marketing. What you get in your complimentary copywriting consultation: Brainstorming and discussing your marketing goals. Helping your customers clearly learn about why they need your service or product. Determining the best way to explain how your business solves your customer’s issues. A framework for your first, unique, targeted advertisement. A discounted opportunity to complete your first advertisement professionally, so that it gets notice…

Services Offered
Content / Copy Writing, Marketing (General)
Mobile
0425 711 036
Contact Name
Sasha Buntman – Founder & Director

Natasha Gilmour has years of experience acquiring, editing, and representing bestselling fiction and non-fiction in the print and digital markets. Natasha has substantial in-house experience in publishing and has worked with many aspiring authors, guiding them to the stage where their manuscript is taken seriously. Her eye toward manuscript details and overall cohesiveness raises the quality of your writing.

Contact Name
Natasha Gilmour

Over the course of 10 years working in the publishing industry, Barbara Ivusic has amassed an invaluable skillset in publishing, editing, writing and cultivating talent. Barbara started her career by working in well known Australian Literary Agency, Rick Raftos Management. She then established New Author Literary Services to provide clients with manuscript assessments, editorial reports, copy-editing and proofreading. She has helped hundreds of authors polish their manuscripts to get them ready for publication.

Services Offered
Editing,Manuscript Assessment / Appraisals,Proofreading / Beta Reading
Contact Name
Barbara Ivusic, Editor
Fees
Free quotes fore diting, proofreading and author mentoring services.

We want to help you bring your work of fiction to life. After more than a decade of helping authors by editing and proofreading their works (plus over thirty years running an IT consultancy, where I wrote, edited, proofread and published several hundred technical documents), I put together a small group of likeminded people and started Patrick Editing. We work in all genres of fiction, by providing the following services: Proofreading, Editing, Copy Editing​, Stylistic Editing, Developmental Editing​ and Co-authoring.

Services Offered
Editing
Phone
+61411851462
Mobile
+61411851462
Address
19 Brisbane Water Drive,
Koolewong, NSW, 2256,
Australia
Contact Name
Jim Patrick

As one of Australia’s long-standing premier typesetting companies, Post Pre-press Group’s quality typesetters, formatters, designers and proofreaders deliver superior typesetting, book formatting, e-publication and scanning services to businesses, individuals, self-publishers and publishing houses all over Australia. With competitive pricing and assistance with editorial contacts, provides services to any genre from personal manuscripts and novels to educational texts and technical works.

Phone
(07) 33952022
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Proudly Australian-owned, assisting authors to self-publish their books since 2010. We offer a range of services including editing, typesetting/book formatting, cover design, ISBN registration, printing, ebooks, and global online distribution. Our authors retain all of their rights and earn 100% of their royalties.

Phone
1300 301 591
Mobile
0402 807 440
Address
PO Box 395, COOLANGATTA QLD 4225
Contact Name
Andy McDermott

Punch Bowl Design specialises in designing book covers and internals, graphics and marketing materials for a range of local and international publishers and self-publishers.

Mobile
0431 268 899
Address
PO Box 403 BALLINA NSW 2478

Whether you are a published author or you have just embarked on your first project, all writing can be improved by being closely examined and given constructive feedback from a professional editor. Mistakes can make the difference between a piece looking amateur or polished and professional. Queensland Writers Centre works with several editors at various career stages and will pair you to the best fit for your work. Your editor will assist in ensuring your writing is consistent and correct, and that its content, language, style and layout are both fit-fo…

Phone
(07) 3842 9922

Manuscript assessments give writers access to the objective opinions and analytical skills of literary professionals. We’ll pair your work with the best fit from our broad-ranging list of assessors to ensure you receive constructive, expert criticism from someone with expertise in your area. They’ll look at the overall structure, content and style of your work to give you a ‘big picture’ overview of its strengths and weaknesses, potential for improvements, and further suggestions. You may request an assessment focusing on a few specific areas, or simply…

Phone
(07) 3842 9922

Get yourself a one-on-one consult with a team member at Queensland Writers Centre and leave this thorough thirty-minute consultation with three solid recommendations tailored to your specific project to move your writing forward. Our writing consults are designed for writers at any stage, and this isn’t a critique – it’s a time for a judgement-free fresh perspective.

Phone
(07) 3842 9922

Quikmark Media is a boutique PR consultancy specialising in business profile building & national publicity campaigns for non-fiction books.

Mobile
0418 475 801

Rafaela Novelli Editing Services specialises in manuscript assessments, story development, structural editing, and copyediting. Rafaela offers services to established and aspiring authors of fiction, non-fiction, and children’s/YA to help refine and polish their manuscripts before submission to agents and publishers or self-publication. Rafaela is also available to edit reports, academic theses, essays, and articles.

Services Offered
Editing (Structural Edit), Manuscript Assessment / Appraisals, Editing (Line Edit), Proofreading / Beta Reading
Contact Name
Rafaela Novelli
Fees
Please contact for a quote.

Robin is a writer and accredited editor with experience in the publishing industry in Australia and overseas. She has edited projects in the following sectors: primary, secondary and tertiary education; business and professional; Vocational Education and Training; and Western Australian State Government resources. She has worked with the following organisations: Longman Australia (Melbourne), Macmillan (Australia), Thomas Nelson (Australia), Pitman Publishing Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Pearson Professional Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Macmillan (China), and…

Services Offered
Editing and manuscript assessment
Contact Name
Robin Bower
Fees
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Provides large print, daisy and braille versions of existing works. E-books and text conversions.

Tips & General Information
If you have already been published and want to republish, provide all details of first publication. If you have not been published, please send email with description of work.

S.R.Graphic Design is a Graphic Design and Printing company located in Melbourne. Specialising in print based communication products, we can create the solution that best meets your needs from a simple ad to a corporate identity program. And all our projects are completed efficiently, economically and on time.

Phone
(03) 94669677
Address
PO BOX 474, HAWTHORN VIC 3122
Contact Name
Stan Rimbas, Graphic Designer
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Sally Collings works with writers and organisations to turn great ideas into great books, specialising in non-fiction projects – particularly memoir and first-person narratives. Sally is a bestselling author, editor and publisher with 25+ years experience. Now based in California, Sally helps Australian writers succeed in the US market through proposal writing and editing services and industry briefings.

Phone
(650) 3089068
Address
PO BOX 1014, PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA 94302
Contact Name
Sally Collings, Founder
Fees
Check website for rates

Do you have a manuscript that has some way to go but you don’t know how to proceed? Sandy Wagner is back to appraise manuscripts, doing what she had been doing since 1995; a detailed written report to guide, develop and even draw out what is not yet there. A goal in her assessing is to keep your vision so you have the confidence to work with it further. Original contact can be a phone call or email to discuss and receive the table of assessment fees, policy and expectations. Afterwards, follow-up conversation or/and correspondence to discuss the report a…

Services Offered
Manuscript Assessment / Appraisals
Phone
+61 438 856 939
Address
240 Gumms Road, HAROLDS CROSS NSW 2622
Contact Name
Sandy Wagner, Director

Script Central is a team of 15 writers, script editors and script consultants who provide expert script services, rewrites, adaptations, proofreading and commissioned scripts to writers of all levels of experience, producers and others interested in taking their scripts to professional levels of development.

Mobile
0407 785 688
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