Contracts
For each project, we will send you a contract that lays out the details that we’ve discussed with you in our complementary initial meeting. Our contracts are adapted from Editors Canada’s fundamental contract. For our contract template, please click on this link to download a sample.
Please note that every project is distinct and you will receive a tailored contract which may include additional details or omissions from our template, depending on the types of editing that your project requires, your turnaround time, the payment platform on which we agree, and so forth.
If you have any industry-specific confidentiality contract that you would like us to sign, please send it our way. We are serious about confidentiality around your writing.
Plagiarism is never acceptable, and it is your responsibility to ensure that your writing is in your own words, with all references to other texts cited explicitly according to the style guide that your department/conference/target journal requires.
Billing
Based on the sample of your manuscript that you have sent us, your total word count for your project, your turnaround time, and the type(s) of edits that you require, we will prepare a personalized quote that will be billed at our standard hourly rate of 75 CAD.
If a project takes longer than we had quoted and you have not made any alterations to it during that time, we will cover any additional time. When a project takes less time than quoted, you only pay for the time spent.
Taxes
For our Canadian authors, due to Canadian tax law, we are required to charge the tax of the province in which you reside on top of our hourly rate. This will be included in your quote, and you will pay the tax in full when you pay the balance of your invoice, once we have completed the edits.
Payment
Methods
For Canadian clients, we recommend payment via e-transfer; and for all clients, we accept payment via PayPal and Xoom.
Deposit
We require a 50% deposit upfront for any project with an initial quote of more than 250 CAD, along with a signed contract before we can begin work on your manuscript. (The full deposit amount will be deducted from your final invoice’s pre-tax amount for Canadian residents).
Invoice
Once we have completed the work on your manuscript, we will reach out to you with a final invoice that tells you how long we took, the total amount owed before and after tax, and the remaining amount that you owe after we have subtracted the deposit you paid.
Payment is due within 7 days.
Once we receive your payment for the final invoice, we will return your edited file to you with our in-text feedback and a style sheet that includes our high-level summary of your writing tendencies and how we have worked with them to enhance your voice and your clarity in your manuscript.