Preditors and Editors ™
A guide to publishers and publishing services for serious writers
Editing, Copywriting, Ghostwriting, Indexing, & Software - P
Pacific Literary Services: Not recommended. A critiquing and editing service. "Highest Quality Low-Cost Editing, Rewriting, Critiques, Marketing and Self-Publishing Assistance." Contributed by Victor West. Here is the text of Mr. West's email letter to Preditors & Editors (tm) received on 4 December 1997 demanding removal of his name and company from our warning list. You may also access his site for his view of the matter. Link to his site no longer functions.
Pantheon Literary: A ghostwriting and editing service owned by Mark Sullivan of the Mark Sullivan Associates literary agency.
3P {PapyrusPixel Productions}: Quality, courteous services at reasonable rates. Let 3P help improve your manuscript with in-depth critiques and edits by a degreed professional with 18 years of experience. References available. Website also includes CyberSusan's Netrider Guide, featuring entertainment, education, reference, and general interest Net sites. Link reported broken.
Pen Friends UK: A writer's advisory service featuring editing, proofreading and MS assessment.
Penn Group: A ghostwriting and copywriting service that also features other services. P&E finds their prices appear to be on the high side and has seen no documentation backing up any of their claims.
Pennenstreek: Offers writing, editing, and translation services for Dutch and English.
Pens On Fire Editing Services: A new online editing service.
Perfect Editing Solutions: "Offers Proofreading, Copy editing Service to make error-free websites and documents. Corrects and edits English grammar, punctuation, spelling, links and a lot more for mainly websites, letters, applications, CVs / resumes, business advertisements, manuals/ brochures, e-newsletters and e-mail messages."
Perfect Prose: "Full-service editing, writing, research, manuscript preparation, and tape transcription – based in Washington, D.C."
Phantom Court Publishing: "First-Tier Editorial, Writing & Literary Salon for Discriminating Clientele, serving Literary, Professional, Business & Academic Communities; full-spectrum concern catering to all phases of editorial and writing manuscript development and literary evaluation needs for pre-published works of fiction/non-fiction; all genres accepted. For all works of fiction and non-fiction, editorial refinement, writing and rewriting, literary analysis/critiques, ghostwriting." Link reported broken.
Playwrights' Ink: Goods and services helpful to the playwright.
Precision Editing Group: "As advertised in Writer's Digest, we offer line editing, content editing, query writing, and much more! We coach new writers and offer evaluations for seasoned writers. Visit our blog: http://writingonthewallblog.blogspot.com/ to hear from our editors. We offer competitive pricing. Try us out with our FREE ten-page critique offer."
Pro Novel Editing Services: "offers the following to novelists of all skill levels:
- proofreading
- light to heavy copy editing
- developmental editing
- book doctoring
- manuscript critiques
Pro Novel Editing Service's published writers, experienced editors, and creative writing professors provide the best online editorial services available for your novel manuscript. We not only fix your manuscript's grammar and syntax but provide developmental assistance as well. We can tighten your story, develop dialogue, provide much needed exposition and description — whatever your novel manuscript requires. For more detailed information and a free sample edit of your manuscript (included with every price quote so you can see exactly what Pro Novel Editing's services can do for your creative writing project), please contact our founding writer and editor at proediting@earthlink.net."
Professional Editing Services: An editing service located in Dallas, Texas. Frequently recommended by Karen Lewis & Company. We've received complaints about this service.
Professional Home Secretarial Service, The: Professional typing/printing services. Appears to be in the United Kingdom.
Proofed to Perfection: A "full-service editing company that offers quality proofreading, copyediting, developmental editing, book proposal editing, and manuscript critiques for nearly all genres. Our staff of professional editors ranges in experience and background. We pride ourselves in personal customer service and professionalism. We have a strict quality assurance policy to ensure that each manuscript goes out with as few possible errors. We offer a free sample edit and sample book evaluation to all new clients so that a potential consumer can compare the editor’s style and approach to outside editors. Our primary goal isn’t to score every job that comes our way, but to make a connection with the client and take on projects that the editor can pour his/her heart into to achieve the best possible product. Though it sounds "cheesy," we truly are about the heart of each book and maintaining and enhancing the author’s passion through our editing."
ProofIt: Proofreading services through mail or e-mail.
Prose Laboratory, The: An editing service located in Rolling Hills Estates, CA. Further Information unavailable.
