Price for Typing a Manuscript
There is no minimum sized project requirement and no work is outsourced.
Costs for typing a manuscript are transparent (no hidden fees), fixed (on a per 1,000 words basis) and agreed up front (so you can estimate the likely cost from the start). Charges vary according to the condition of the original manuscript. Work that is difficult to read, has passages with dialect or foreign references will require more time to process, so the quote will reflect the likely time required to complete the work.
Manuscript typing prices range as follows:
- from £10-£12 per 1,000 words for copy typing from printed/typed text
- from £13-£15 per 1,000 words for copy typing from handwritten text
- a "per audio minute" rate applies to digital audio files (please ask me for a quote)
- £26 per hour for any other standard word processing tasks (charged in 15-minute increments)
(Prices up-to-date as at 2025)
Prices include:
- All copy typing from the original materials
- Word document produced in a custom style or UK manuscript standard
- A Table of Contents (where required)
- Typical in-page features, such as, page numbering, headers, footnotes, etc.
- Online verification of foreign names, places, unusual words, etc.
- Correcting any behind-the-scenes formatting anomalies
- Ensuring consistency of layout, punctuation, spelling, page flow
- Ensuring the accuracy of the Table of Contents at project end
- Automated Word spellchecking of the finished document
- Full proofreading of the finished document from a printout
- Regular progress updates throughout the project
- Fully detailed list of queries supplied upon project completion
What Is Excluded in the Price
Additional costs may apply for producing any in-document elements, such as tables, or other extra features, such as graphic insertion, etc. This extra work would be applicable at my current hourly rate and charged in fifteen minute increments.
The fixed price offered excludes multiple or subsequent rounds of changes to the finished, newly-typed manuscript document. This is undertaken optionally as an "add-on exercise" upon completion of the main typing phase at my current hourly rate, this being an ongoing process until the document is completely finished. Updates on time spent are provided throughout this phase and will be invoiced for separately upon completion. You will, of course, ultimately be in receipt of the finished document and so can make changes to it yourself, thus requiring no further input from me.
Also excluded is postage and packaging of returned materials, CDs/DVDs/memory sticks, printing.
Payment Process & Payment Methods Accepted
Upon acceptance of a quote, a deposit is required in advance, with the balance due on completion and before the document is released. Invoices are e-mailed and all banking details are provided therein.
I can accept electronic/online money transfers via internet banking, BACS payments, banker's drafts, cheques, payment via telephone banking if you have this facility, etc. (Sorry, no credit/debit card payments accepted.)
Upon completion of any project, a final invoice will be e-mailed for the outstanding balance, which will be due before the finished document is submitted. Then upon receipt of cleared payment, the finished document will be e-mailed as an attachment and any original materials returned.
A full copy of my Terms and Conditions is supplied with all quotations and invoices.
All work is undertaken by me, ensuring continuity and confidentiality. Please contact me today or request a FREE quote here.