Among other things our editor will reorganise and reword sentences to improve sense and legibility, and ensure the structure of the text is logical. Those who may wish to use the Standard Editing service will include those who are used to writing but require the assistance of a professional to ensure it has reached a publishable standard.

A well-edited book is a well-read book. With this Advanced Editing option your work will enjoy the dedicated professional service of a traditional publishing house, but at prices you can afford.

Among other things our editor will ensure the copy meets the stated objectives of the author and assess the suitability of the text for the intended audience, and rewrite as required. Those who may wish to use the Advanced Editing service will include new authors with little recent writing experience, experienced authors with specific technical requirements, or authors for whom English is not their first language.

A good text deserves a professionally produced index. However well your book is written, if your reader is unable to navigate their way around the text, all your good work is undone. A professionally produced index gives the reader another route into your work, and thereby significantly enhances its overall appeal.

Those who may wish to use the Indexing service will include authors who have produced reference works or texts in specialist areas, or authors of works which are not intended to be read from start to finish, but may need to be accessed at different points at different times.

What often distinguishes a book produced by a professional publisher from one that is self-published is not the quality of the writing, but the way it is presented on the page to the reader. A well-designed page will enhance your message; a poorly laid-out book will put a barrier between you and your reader.

With more than two decades’ practical experience of page design and layout, we will ensure that your work is given a professional finish, so that your words achieve their maximum potential.

They say that you should not judge a book by its cover. But it must be remembered that your book is competing for attention with hundreds of other titles and needs to make an immediate impact on the potential purchaser. Similarly, a poorly executed cover can give the browsing customer the misleading impression that what lies between the covers is also lacking in finesse. Etica Press uses top quality cover designers to ensure the cover attracts the attention your text deserves.

Should some or all of your text not be held electronically, or should you have illustrations that are not available electronically, we are able to ‘capture’ these for you and return them to you in an electronic form.

While Etica Press offers you the opportunity of purchasing any of the pre-publication services you may need to publish your work on Lulu, we also offer a complete Project Management service. We will take your raw manuscript and undertake for you all the various functions – data and image capture, copy editing, proofreading, page layout and preparing the text for printing, cover design – delivering to you files ready for you to upload to Lulu for printing. We have helped many Lulu authors to publish their works and would welcome the chance to work with you

Ensure your book makes the impact it should by having it professionally copy-edited. Using our Basic Editing service to have a fresh pair of eyes review your text will allow you to publish your work with complete confidence.

Among other things, our editor will check basic spelling, grammar and punctuation for accuracy and consistency, and correct as necessary. Those who may wish to use the Basic Editing service will include experienced authors requiring the reassurance of a ‘second pair of eyes’ or those with extensive writing experience but in other formats.