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  • What's a "Premium" Posting?

    When a publisher or agent logs into our website, the first manuscripts they see are the latest Premium Postings (view a screen shot of the Publisher's Desktop). They can browse through these postings, or they can do their own search by category and/or keyword.

    You can have your manuscript listed on the Premium Posting page by using our HonestEditing service (see the description below), or it will automatically be included when 5 or more publishers/agents save your manuscript to their clipboard. As a bonus to our authors, anyone who publishes a book through our service will have Premium Posting status for all their manuscripts as long as the manuscripts remain in the system.

    Our HonestEditing Service:

    No puff, no fluff, no undeserved flattery here! Just an honest evaluation of your manuscript and straight answers on how you can make it better. That's why we call it the "HonestEditing" service.

    Most of us have received the typical beat-around-the-bush variety of rejection letters that really tell us nothing about what's wrong with our manuscript...and so we believe what the publisher's form letter says about the material "not being suitable for their publishing needs at this time." Another favorite is: "Thank you, but our quota of this category of manuscripts is full for now."

    Now you have a service that will give you the truth: what's right and what's wrong with your manuscript, and more importantly, what you need to do to fix it.

    Our editors are trained professionals from a variety of publishing fields. The editors we use as referrals are trained professionals from a variety of publishing fields. They work directly with you to improve the quality, scope, and style of your manuscript. Many of these editors have "day jobs" in the editing field -- they work as professors, teachers, freelancers and more, and they are dedicated to helping you achieve the best possible outcome to your manuscript.

    If you have any questions about our editing service, please don't hesitate to contact us. We are here to serve your publishing needs and to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Thank you for your interest in our program!

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