Nose to Tail Editorial is a full-service publishing shop. To begin, we will help you produce better work than you thought you could with a comprehensive and sensitive developmental and line edit. When your manuscript is ready, we copy edit and proofread it to make it clean and ready to go into production. If you’re looking to print on demand or self-publish as an ebook, we can design your cover and the book interior, and do the layouts for both, whether fixed or reflowable, in whatever format you choose, for a variety of platforms. We can also design advertising materials and graphics. Bring us your manuscript in whatever stage you’re at and we’ll work with you to get it to the finish.

But we don’t focus only on the publishing process. Need a white paper or report? A long- or short-form article or book review? Newsletter content? Copy for your new website? Blog posts or advertising copy for a special project? Need a document formatted or designed for publication? Your dissertation citations checked for form and accuracy? From research to writing, from editing to final proofing to readying for publication, we offer a wide range of individual services and personally tailored project packages.

But the most important service we offer is personal attention to your project and an extra set of eyes. We’re interested in what you want to accomplish, and in helping you find the best and clearest way to express your ideas in your unique voice. We’re a small enough shop that we can share the labor and give you a more thorough edit than any single editor can.

See our list of services below or contact us for custom packages and an estimate.

Editing, Research, Writing, Document Design Services

• Developmental editing
• Copy and line editing
• Proofreading
• Research
• Citation proofing and formatting (AP, APA, CMOS, MLA)
• Document and manuscript formatting
• Ebook and print publication design

Subject Areas/Expertise

• Fiction (literary, science fiction and fantasy, mystery and thrillers)
• Creative nonfiction
• Labor and organizing
• Gender/LGBTQIA+ 
• History (medieval, 20th century, history of medicine)
• Environmental science and urban planning
• Biology

Software Proficiencies

• Microsoft 365
• Google Docs
• WordPerfect
• Adobe Creative Suite
• QuarkXpress
• WordPress
• HTML/CSS, some Javascript
• Apple text programs

Scam Prevention

Purchase of any required equipment will be the sole responsibility of the client. We do not accept payment in advance to purchase anything to perform the services we offer.

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