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Harvard University Press Manuscript Editing Services

Order Manuscript Editing Harvard University Press publishes across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences for a broad readership, with editors acquiring in history, law, politics, economics, philosophy, and science and technology. Audience comes up early. HUP's proposal guidelines ask whether your book is for specialists, general readers, or students.

Off the Grid Editing prepares manuscripts for Harvard University Press submissions in Chicago style and applies HUP's own guidelines when you send them. We edit for a thesis stated plainly and an argument that a reader outside your specialty can follow from the introduction onward. Every sentence gets attention.

Human Manuscript Editor

Natural Intelligence for Harvard University Press

Natural Intelligence is our name for editorial judgment: an editor who reads your manuscript the way HUP's acquisitions editors and peer reviewers, including the reader from outside your field, will and verifies every change before it comes back to you. We read the way a general scholarly reader does. Track Changes stays on throughout.

Our Promise

We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Harvard University Press. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.

Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.

Manuscript Editing Services for Harvard University Press

We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.

Manuscript Copy Editing

Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.

Manuscript Line Editing

Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.

Manuscript Proofreading

Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Harvard University Press.

Writing for a Broad Scholarly Audience

Our editors point out passages addressed only to specialists, terms that need a brief definition, and sentences that can be simpler without losing precision. Send any author guidelines you have. Harvard University Press sets out what a proposal should include in its book proposal guidelines. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.

For more, see our pages on manuscript editing for all academic presses, book and manuscript editing services, developmental editing, and dissertation to book editing.

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Ready to prepare your manuscript for Harvard University Press? Use our secure portal to generate an immediate, word-count-based quote and secure your delivery deadline.

Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.

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Direct Support

Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Harvard University Press submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.