USA Author Services

Is your manuscript a mess?

Don't send it to an agent!

If it's formatted badly, it will only generate a reject slip.

If you have a completed, or partially completed, novel or nonfiction manuscript, Recipes for Word can repair and reformat your manuscript so it complies with the Chicago Manual of Style and Writer's Market Manuscript format. Make life easy for yourself. Let us fix your manuscript. Your new document will be editable and compliant with the Wizard's standard. Now, you can use wizards like Ghost Reviewer, Burster, Joiner, Front Matter, Book Doctor, Agent Wizard, and more. No need to start over.

Here's what you need to supply:

A file, or set of files written or converted to a text only Microsoft Word 97/2000/2002/2003/2007 document.
You must have MS Office Word 97 or higher running on Windows 98 or higher. In addition, Macs must have Virtual PC or an Intel based MAC.

Here's what you get:

• A CD copy of Wizards for Authors (a $120 value). Includes a database of over 450 US and Canadian literary agents.

• A reformatted manuscript conforming to the Wizards standard, Chicago Manual of Style, and Writer's Market manuscript format. Easily editable, correctly formatted and cleaned up of extraneous blank lines, tabs, spaces, etc. Includes title page, chapter numbers and titles, headers, pagination, scene markers, block quotations, epigraphs, etc. (Click here to see sample) In addition, for Nonfiction manuscripts, the repair includes a Table of Contents, Part and Section Headings.
   

  • Burst into separate chapter-files (supplied on a CD), ready for a Ghost Reviewer (included in Wizards for Authors) run.

  • Joined into one contiguous copy (all chapters-on CD).

   

• Priority Mail shipment (USA only)

• Custom commentary for steps you should take to succeed.

Here's what it costs:

$79.99 plus $2.00 per 1000 words (40,000 word minimum)

For example for a 73,235 word novel, the price would be $79.99 + $148 =$227.99

Submitting your documents.

You will be asked to upload your document(s) to our web server. Within a few days, your documents will be reviewed and  price will be quoted. We want to make this easy for you. After all, that's what you're paying for; however, along with a quote, you may be asked to identify certain elements, for example, block quotations in your manuscript. Once you have paid the invoice and provided the element information (or tagged the elements and resubmitted your manuscript), we will reformat and repair your documents. We will priority mail a CD containing your entire manuscript as one complete file, i.e., Chapter One to The End. In addition, the CD will contain multiple files, each containing a chapter of your manuscript. We will include a custom commentary on what steps you should take to succeed in getting published. Furthermore, you'll get a CD containing Wizards for Authors.

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FAQs

Q. Will someone steal my book?

A. No. U.S. copyright law states that your original work is copyrighted the moment you write it. Furthermore, your documents will be safeguarded and never released to anyone other than you. We retain your documents for 90 days in case we need to assist you. After that, our copies are destroyed.

Q. What if I already have Wizards for Word Version 3.0, Wizards for Authors, or Wizards Deluxe?

A. Deduct $50 from the above price. The Wizards for Authors CD will not be included.

Q. Can I submit multiple files instead of one large file?

A. Yes, you only need identify the chapter numbers of each file.

Q. How do I determine how many words my manuscript contains.

A. Open each document of your manuscript in Word. Click Tools>Word Count. Click Ok. Use the total word count (sum) of all the documents to compute the charges.

Q. Do you provide this service outside of the USA.

A. Yes; however, there is a surcharge for shipping that varies by country and shipping method. You will be notified of the surcharge before we proceed.

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