If you’ve written something to be published – for example a book or report, or pages for your website – the next step is to have it edited. This free guide has some tips on how to prepare a draft non-fiction text before sending it to a copy-editor. Following these basic tips will help speed up the editing process, and therefore save you money.

This guide includes:

• Good practice in preparing your text for copy-editing.
• Text formatting tips.
• Tips on preparing images, tables and elements set apart from the main text.

This guide is also available as an article if you prefer not to download a PDF.