Your Inquiry
Send me an email with your inquiry and submit your text to: info@lektorat-johnson.de
Getting to know each other
In a short conversation, we discuss expectations and answer open questions about the editing process. Free of charge.
Trial Edit
A trial edit helps you get to know my way of working. I edit your text and stop the clock after exactly one hour. Afterwards we discuss my feedback for your text.
Offer
Alongside the feedback of the trial edit you will receive my offer for editing the entire text. You decide if you accept the offer and inform me accordingly.
If you book my services to edit your entire text, I will include the fee of the trial edit in the overall offer.
Payment
Once I receive your payment (or a receipt of payment) I begin the editing work. Installment payments can be negotiated for large projects only.
Editing
At the agreed upon due date you receive the edited text from me. In a final conversation we discuss my feedback for your text.
The Editing Process
When I edit your text, I review your text for style, choice of words, as well as structure and logic of arguments. I also check your text for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Editing of academic or other specialist texts also include a review of the factuality of the content. Anything revised by me will be marked directly in the text. Feedback may be added as comments in the margins.
What’s not included in the editing service: I will not suggest alternative wording or even rewrite entire passages. Why? For one, that would force my voice upon yours. Secondly, I would turn into your co-author, texter or ghostwriter. That is not my job as editor (and in some cases not even legal). My goal as editor is to always strengthen your text and YOUR voice.
My promise: I will always examine your text carefully. Nevertheless, I cannot guarantee 100 percent absence of errors. In fact, such a claim is an indicator for an untrustworthy business. Because there is no such thing as 100 percent absence of errors. No matter what anyone offers you: Experienced editors find around 80 percent of errors in any text.
Prices.
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Prices listed are general guidelines (see price table below). With detailed information about your editing needs as well as text length (standard pages), text genre, and timeline for completion, I will happily provide you with a customized quote for your text project.
Trial Edit
Helps you to get to know my working style. Timed editing period of 60 minutes. 50.00€ flat rate.
Standard page
Price calculation is based on the number of standard pages. One standard page is defined here as 1,650 strokes (incl. white space).
Prices
Based on a text sample I can calculate a customized offer. See price list below. According to §19 Ustg no VAT is charged.
Price Table
Trial Edit
Time limit: 60 minutes.
I set the timer and edit your text for exactly one hour. Afterwards, I return the edited text to you and we discuss my feedback in a phone call.
EUR 50.00 flat rate
For those who are undecided and want to get to know my working style.
Express rate (only upon consultation): 50% surcharge.
If later you decide to book my services to edit your entire text, I will include the fee of the trial edit in the overall offer.
Full Edit
Reviewing your text for style, choice of words, as well as logic of structure and arguments.
Includes a review of your text for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
customized price calculation
The cost of editing depends on the type and length of the text. It also depends on how time-intensive the editing process is.
With a sample of the text I can provide you with a specific quote for overall cost. Alternatively, a trial edit can also help to determine the exact cost.
10-page Edit
Reviewing your text for style, choice of words, as well as logic of structure and arguments.
Includes a review of your text for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
EUR 150.00 flat rate
For texts of up to 10 standard pages (16,500 strokes, incl. white space).
Express rate (only upon consultation): 50% surcharge.
Citations
Reviewing citations for correct format in your academic text. Formats offered: Chicago and MLA.
1.00€ per quotation
Express rate (upon consultation only): 50% surcharge.
Minimum flat rate of €20.00.
Standard line.
Standard page.
What exactly are standard line and standard page? Learn more about how to calculate standard pages here.
Explanation
Standard line and standard page are standard sizes to determine the length of any text. The exact lenght is critical for price calculations.
Standard page
One standard page is defined here as 30 lines with 55 strokes (incl. white space) or as 1,650 strokes (incl. white space).
standard line
One standard line is defined here as 55 strokes (incl. white space).
Sample Calculation
Divide the total number of strokes (incl. white space) by 1,650 (the number of strokes in one standard page).
Example:
Your text consists of 16,500 strokes (incl. white space). This equals 10 standard pages.
Your text constists of 421,500 strokes (incl. white space). This equals 250 standard pages.