$20 per 1000 words. One round of revisions included.
Copyediting goes deeper than a proofread. Grammar and punctuation get fixed, but so do sentence clarity, awkward phrasing, inconsistent terminology, and anything structural that needs flagging before it becomes a reader's problem. I work in tracked changes, follow existing house styles, and have an Honours degree in Publishing from the University of Pretoria.
I copyedit fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, business and marketing copy, web content, blog posts, and long-form editorial work. If something needs more work than a copyedit can fix, I'll say so before the invoice does.
Turnaround is up to 2000 words per business day, calculated from deposit clearance.