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Manuscript Editing for Doubleday

Order Manuscript EditingDoubleday, part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group at Penguin Random House, publishes commercial fiction, literary fiction, and serious nonfiction. The list is broad. A commercial novel and a work of serious nonfiction ask different things of an editor, and a manuscript headed to Doubleday should meet the expectations of its own genre before it is sent.

Off the Grid Editing prepares novels and nonfiction manuscripts for Doubleday. We edit fiction for voice, pacing, and scene-level clarity, and nonfiction for paragraph structure and a clear argument, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. We work in Chicago style. When you send the press’s own guidelines, we apply them.


Human Manuscript Editor

Natural Intelligence for Doubleday

Natural Intelligence is our name for editorial judgment: an editor who reads your manuscript the way Doubleday’s editors will and verifies every change before it comes back to you. You receive every edit in Track Changes.

Our Promise

We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Doubleday. 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 Doubleday

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 Doubleday.

Doubleday Submission Standards

Doubleday publishes commercial fiction, literary fiction, and serious nonfiction within Penguin Random House. Penguin Random House’s guidance for writers explains how manuscripts reach its editors. Read it before you send anything. If you have received editorial guidelines or reader feedback, include them with your manuscript and we will address them throughout our edit. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly.

See also our pages on editing for all trade and literary publishers, book and manuscript editing services, developmental editing, and fiction and creative nonfiction editing.

Human Reviewed Quality Trade Mark for Off the Grid Editing

Manuscript Instant Invoice

Ready to prepare your manuscript for Doubleday? 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.

Manuscript Instant Invoice

Direct Support

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