The Editorial Evaluation is the cornerstone of our editorial services line-up. Industry freelance editors will assess your manuscript and offer you a comprehensive overview to help ensure that your title meets the basic requirements of a professionally published book.:

Typos and grammatical errors are not the only mistakes that can keep your manuscript from being a quality publication. Our editorial lineup includes more than a dozen book editing services to lift the quality of your book to professional, marketable standards.

Pre-Manuscript Services

iUniverse has the technology to convert your typewritten manuscript, or previously published book, to a word-processed format. Editorial services include:

Core Editorial Services

Core editing services focus on improving the "nuts and bolts" of a book: grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, structure and continuity. Services include:

Advanced Editorial Services

Sometimes manuscripts need specialized attention that goes beyond grammar, spelling and punctuation improvements. Our experienced editors take an in-depth look at your book's content and other high-level stylistic considerations, including content, plot and pace. Services include:

 

Author Assistance Editorial Services

While all of our Editorial Services aim to assist authors, this new category of services takes an extra step, providing professional guidance to authors during the crucial revision stage, following a Core Editorial Service. First-time authors, especially, may find that working with the necessary editing technology and addressing an editor's changes and suggestions can be time-consuming and daunting. The following services offer the ultimate in support to authors involved in this critical stage of the editorial process.

Quality Review Services include:

After you review and revise your edited manuscript, the Quality Review editor checks your work and corrects any new errors that arise.

Editorial Assistant Services Include:

Researching 

Informational researchers will gather data, statistics and other information; and photo researchers and graphic artists are also available to help provide professional-looking artwork for your book.

The quest for editorial quality shouldn't end when your manuscript goes to production. Post-layout quality checks are equally important in creating a positive first impression of your book. Services include:

• Footnote or Endnote Formatting
• Proofreading
• Proof Corrections (Blocks of 50)
• Proof Corrections (over 151) plus revised manuscript
• Indexing

Book Formats

Through digital print-on-demand (POD) technology, we can offer our authors three distinct formats for their books including:

View our Book Binding Sizes and Types

Our team will work with you—incorporating your photos, graphics, sketches and ideas—to create a professional book cover that beautifully represents your book's contents.

Cover Design

When you publish a book with iUniverse, our design team will work with you to create a unique book cover that exceeds your expectations. Services Include:

Agents, booksellers, reviewers, as well as average consumers, judge books by their covers.  In reality, a quick and lasting first impression is based on little more than appearance. Services include:

Interior Page Layout

If you want your book to sell, you’ll want to do more than just hope for the best. Our selection of promotional products and services allows authors to build a dynamic platform for effective bookselling and promotion. Create your marketing plan and materials with our simple step-by-step tools.

Core Marketing

Core marketing focuses on giving you the basic materials to create a do-it-yourself marketing program. Services include:

Web Marketing

The Internet is the fastest-growing marketplace for books.  As a published author, you’re in a great position to take advantage of the Web as a powerful marketing and sales tool. Services include:

Publicity and Media Services

Get your book noticed from a unique platform created by our publicity and media services. Services include:

Co-op Advertising

Statistics show that authors who actively market and promote their works sell more books. We offer a wide array of promotional services to help your book get the attention it deserves.

Advanced Publicity

Personal Media Publicist

Event Marketing

Once your book is published, we will make your book available for order online and in more than 25,000 retail outlets worldwide.  Our bookselling promotional services provide you the opportunity to actively promote your book.

Bookselling Promotions

iUniverse has established great options for you to choose from when deciding on the best promotional mix for you and your newly published book. Services include:

Registration

 
As you make your work available to the public, you want to make sure you have the appropriate protection. These services provide that protection: