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MANUSCRIPT REVIEW

Understand your manuscript’s strengths and revision priorities.

A £395 review of your complete manuscript before publication, including a substantial revision of a previously published book. You receive an editorial assessment, the strengths to keep and revision priorities grounded in the text, within 10 working days of Steve receiving the manuscript.
WHAT IT COSTS

Manuscript Review: £395, any manuscript length.

The £395 flat fee covers your complete manuscript, whatever its length. Nothing is charged and no work starts until you have accepted a written scope setting out the work, the price and the delivery date. An optional Follow-Up Revision Review, after you have revised, costs £145.
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WHAT IT COVERS

The complete supplied manuscript.

Editorial status and overview

The manuscript’s main strengths, overall editorial status and issues affecting the whole book.

Structure and progression

Structure, pacing and development of the story or argument, including whether the ending fulfils the book’s promise.

Character, voice or authority

Character, viewpoint, dialogue and voice for fiction; authority, clarity and reader trust for non-fiction.

Reader experience and consistency

Clarity, consistency and places where your intended reader may lose the thread.

Copy-edit readiness

Readiness for copy-editing, with recurring sentence-level and presentation issues flagged.

Prioritised revision actions

Revision priorities supported by the text, alongside strengths to retain. There is no fixed quota of recommendations.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Your editorial assessment and revision priorities.

Your review is delivered as PDFs, which are yours to keep, and in a private Notion workspace you can use for 90 days. Every report is signed by Steve Castledine.
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Executive snapshot and editorial status
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Manuscript overview and strengths to retain
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Findings supported by examples from the manuscript
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Relevant findings on language, presentation, structure, pacing and fiction craft or non-fiction clarity and authority
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Prioritised revision actions
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Final editorial assessment and recommended next step
OPTIONAL FOLLOW-UP

Follow-Up Revision Review: £145.

Once you have revised, Steve reads the new version against the earlier findings and tells you which changes work, which issues remain and what to tackle next. £145, on the same written-scope terms.
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For manuscripts Casover has already reviewed, after substantial revision
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Reads the revised manuscript against the earlier findings
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Confirms which changes work and which issues remain
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Sets the next revision priorities
CLEAR BOUNDARIES

What the Manuscript Review does not include.

The review is an assessment, not an edit. It does not include:
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Rewriting, copy-editing or proofreading the manuscript
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Full fact-checking, specialist legal review or permissions work
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Cover design, interior design or production of publication files
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Researched Amazon metadata, categories or keywords; sales copy or sales strategy; launch marketing, advertising campaigns or KDP publication
HOW IT WORKS

From enquiry to your review report.

01

Tell us about the manuscript

Tell us about the book and its intended readers. They provide the context for the review.
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Confirm the scope

Steve confirms the review suits your manuscript, sends the written scope with the price and delivery date, and tells you how to send the manuscript securely.
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We review the complete manuscript

AI reads and analyses the whole manuscript. Steve Castledine directs that work, checks the findings against the text, decides what matters and writes the report, which he signs. If Casover adds a reviewer as the work grows, they will be named in your report and work to the same method. How Casover works with AI, in full.
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Receive the report and decide

You keep creative control and can accept, adapt or decline the recommendations. Questions about the report are welcome whenever they come; the project records are kept. Reviewing a revised manuscript is new work, covered by the £145 Follow-Up Revision Review.
"The amount of feedback could initially feel daunting, but it was relevant, practical and consistently useful in helping authors strengthen and finalise their manuscripts. The turnaround was also quick, given the level of analysis involved."
Phil Stevens, former publisher at FDC Publications, who used the method behind this service across dozens of author titles
ENQUIRE ABOUT MANUSCRIPT REVIEW

Tell us about your manuscript.

Tell us what you are writing and what you want the review to help you decide.
Manuscript Review Request

This is a request, not a payment.

Nothing is charged and nothing is committed until we have agreed the scope with you in writing.

Manuscript Review is £395 for any manuscript, whatever its length. It is paid in full once the scope has been agreed in writing.

We use your details only to prepare and discuss your review, as set out in our privacy policy.
A standalone service

Tell us where your book stands.

Not sure whether your manuscript is ready? Tell us where it stands. This review is a standalone service, with no obligation to buy further support.
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