Copyediting – Finalizing Your Text

Copyediting means carefully reviewing and revising your text. The purpose of copyediting is to create a text that reaches its full potential.

A skillfully copyedited text gives a professional and knowledgeable impression of its writer. A text that doesn’t serve its purpose may create a negative impression of a company’s image and brand, and even affect sales.

A copyeditor is a professional who reads through the text with fresh eyes and pays attention to both details and the text as a whole. A copyeditor works together with the client and discusses the editorial changes with the client. If you are not yet sure about the demands you have for your text, contact us and we will help you.

Copyediting guarantees quality

There are different types of copyediting, and each work is different. For this reason, we listen to our clients’ wishes and carefully review the requirements for the text.

Copyediting is a combination of content evaluation, mastery of the large-scale aspects of the text, knowledge of the target audience, and proofreading. Copyediting is a way to ensure that the text is logical, and that the style, tone, and register of the text are suitable for the purpose of the text. A copyeditor will often also check that the content is up to date and correct. Copyediting is first and foremost a way to ensure that the text is consistent and logical. In many ways, copyediting is a form of quality control.

For us, copyediting means revising the text so that it is ready for publication and reflects our client’s wishes. We can either compile a text from different parts, or expand it as per request.

Copyediting benefits both the text and the client

The purpose of copyediting is to fulfill the writer’s goals and the reader’s expectations. Because of this, every text benefits from professional copyediting.

Copyediting is cooperation, and the client sets the goals for this cooperation. Some people need a professional's comments to see what is important in their text, while others may not have time to polish their text because producing the content requires so much from them.

Outsourcing your copyediting saves you time. It also saves you energy and money, as you don’t have to copyedit your text during breaks from your regular job. Outsourcing your copyediting to a professional also guarantees the quality of the copyedit.

Copyediting for Publication

When we copyedit for publication, we edit the text to suit the publisher’s style and requirements. A copyeditor will make sure that the text serves its intended audience.

We offer tailor made copyediting services. The service may, for instance, include writing marketing material, such as cover texts, blurbs, and translations. By request, we can also compile your material for press.

Texts we copyedit for publication include

  • non-fiction and academic literature for publishing houses
  • self-publications
  • manuscripts
  • translations.

Academic Texts

Academic texts, such as articles, are copyedited to increase their chances of publication. Academic publishers have high requirements for the articles and studies they publish. Not fulfilling these requirements may delay the publication of your study, or even prevent it altogether. Besides copyediting, we will help you with your bibliography.

Texts we copyedit include

  • articles and essays
  • article and essay compilations
  • presentations, speeches, and lecture notes
  • theses or parts of them
  • dissertations
  • research plans and manuscripts.

When requesting a quote, please state the intended publication or publishing format of your text.

Business Texts

Texts published by businesses have to take their audience into consideration in order to make the customer interested in the business and its services. Texts written by businesses are important in brand and image building. Because of this, the texts have to further the aims that the business has.

Common business texts include

  • newsletters, corporate magazines, internal magazines
  • marketing materials, such as brochures, product descriptions, and catalogues
  • contract documents
  • websites.

We copyedit English and Finnish texts.