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Best Proofreading Services in 2024

Approval Ready Consulting(ARC) offers the most comprehensive academic proofreading services in the industry. Our proofreading services cover virtually all mechanical and structuring issues reviewed by an academic audience, including course instructors, professors, research supervisors, and master’s or doctoral dissertation committees. As with all proofreading tasks, ARC’s primary focus is to correct or refine all mechanical aspects of your writing including but not limited to spelling, grammar, punctuation, flow, sentence and paragraph structure, passive voice, anthropomorphism, and subject/verb agreement. The secondary focus is to ensure syntactical consistency, meaning the proofreading conducted should not alter the author’s intended meaning. Finally, proofreading services may also include correcting any errors in formatting as well as citations and referencing according to the stylistic guideline of your choice (e.g., APA 6th and 7th editions, Harvard, Chicago, Turabian, Vancouver, AMA, MLA).

Expert Proofreading and Dissertation Editing Services

Many of ARC’s clients seeking proofreading services are graduate students working on their doctoral or master’s degrees. Most graduate degree programs in the U.S. require students to complete a dissertation consulting & editing or thesis manuscript consisting of original research. While the focus is on the research itself and demonstrating new findings surrounding an existing topic, proofreading is important for ensuring that your research and findings are presentable to your academic reviewers. Depending on which college, university, or research institution you attend, each chapter or journal manuscript typically ranges between 15 to 50 pages (or 100 to 250 pages for an entire dissertation or thesis). At the master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels, students and researchers typically work with an advisor/supervisor who provides regular feedback on submitted work, meaning proofreading services should be an iterative tool to improve the quality and rigor of your research.

The best part about ARC’s proofreading services may be that our consultants and proofreaders take complete responsibility for your writing until final approval. In cases where your reviewers request additional modifications or minor revisions on the completed work, those are handled by ARC’s proofreading team free of charge until your academic and/or professional reviewers are 100% satisfied. In this way, you know that your paper will undergo multiple rounds of proofreading work until there are no errors on your dissertation, thesis, journal, or book manuscript. Please contact us at our (212) 609-1354 New York line during our business hours (12 PM to 9 PM EST during weekdays, 12 PM to 5 PM EST on Saturdays) or visit contact us page to get started!

Types of Proofreading Services Offered

Dissertation Proofreading Services – ARC can follow your degree program guidelines to address the improvements needed for mechanical and syntactical consistency in your writing. If you’ve completed your research or are nearing completion, proofreading services can be instrumental in whether your master’s or doctoral committee approves your dissertation. For students who are 100% comfortable with their research and writing content, cost-effective proofreading services may be the only thing left to receive final approval and successfully embark on the graduation stage.

Journal Article Proofreading Services – ARC can proofread your journal article prior to submission to ensure the paper is error-free and submission ready. Our team is very familiar with

the guidelines of top publishers including ProQuest, SAGE Publishing, Elsevier, MDPI, IEEE, and ScienceDirect. ARC will provide the highest quality and quickest proofreading services until your journal article is published in a prestigious academic journal.

Book Proofreading and Copy Editing – ARC can proofread your book content prior to publication. Our clients have published their books or book chapters with publishers including Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble. The range of genres covered include autobiographies, fiction, non-fiction, and academic textbooks.

Differences between Proofreading and Editing

Perhaps the best way to differentiate proofreading and editing is, proofreading is one of the most important components of editing. Editing includes proofreading in addition to improving the content and structure of the writing. As consultants, ARC’s usual recommendation is to hire us for your exact academic needs—if you feel comfortable with the content of your research and even the formatting and structuring, then ARC’s proofreading services may be for you.

 

ARC was founded with a mission to assist writers with all aspects of academic editing. Proofreading is always included with our comprehensive academic support, where we are available 24/7 to proofread your course assignments, comprehensive exams, dissertations, theses, journal articles, books, and other academic research content prior to submission. This meticulous attention to detail and comprehensive coverage of your writing, editing, and proofreading needs is what allows ARC to consistently rank #1 for anyone searching for ‘Dissertation Help in New York NY’ or ‘Dissertation Editing Help in New York NY’ on google.com and other search engines.

ARC’s Proofreading Services Preserve your Personal Voice

The best proofreading services also address any potential syntactical errors resulting from word usage. Especially for original research content, there are many cases where the author’s intended meaning for the audience is at least somewhat ambiguous. Our team pours our passion into ensuring that students’ voices are preserved as much as possible during all our editing and proofreading services, as we believe no proofreading task is complete until we make sure to improve the consistency and tone of your writing in addition to the mechanics and the syntax. When your proofreading task is delivered, you will also be provided with a tracked changes copy where you can accept or reject the changes made prior to publication. Our team is also on standby 24/7 to provide any requested revisions until you and your reviewers are completely satisfied.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I hire ARC’s proofreading services for my academic or business needs?

 You can call our New York line at (212) 609-1354 during our business hours, between 12 PM to 9 PM EST during weekdays and between 12 PM to 5 PM EST on Saturdays. We can also be reached by email 24/7, 365 days a year, at info@approvalreadyconsulting.com for immediate or urgent consultation requests.

As soon as you contact ARC, you will be provided with a one-way nondisclosure agreement (NDA) guaranteeing confidentiality and ownership of any results obtained from our collaboration. There is no signature involved, and you can reply to the email with the document you’d like us to proofread in addition to any associated guidelines for the proofreading task (e.g., rubrics, samples, templates, etc.). Once we’ve reviewed your document, we will be able to provide the exact details of what will be covered and what the total cost will be. If you don’t like the plan or the cost, you can let us know what should be adjusted to make the plan completely tailored to your academic needs.

What are the qualifications of ARC’s proofreaders?

ARC’s academic consultants and academic editors are hired only from the most prestigious institutions in the U.S. and Europe. Most of our editing and proofreading team members hold degrees from Ivy League universities and R1 universities with very high research activity, with years of research, teaching and/or industry experience. ARC’s proofreading services are also quite popular in regions including Europe, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa where our team has been providing top-end competitive proofreading services in U.K. English in addition to U.S. English.

What editing styles can ARC’s proofreaders work with?

ARC can work with virtually all common styles including APA 6th and 7th edition, Harvard, Chicago, Turabian, Vancouver, AMA, and MLA. ARC can also handle more esoteric styles including ASA, MHRA, and LaTeX for discipline-specific proofreading.

What is the range of costs and turnaround times for ARC’s proofreading services?

The cost depends on your proofreading task’s specific requirements, the current condition of your draft, and turnaround time requested. If you prefer to know the cost range before sending us your document, you can call us at our (212) 609-1354 New York line or email us at info@approvalreadyconsulting.com with the general scope of your proofreading needs (including subject area, master’s/doctoral/postdoctoral level, general requirements, etc.), and we’ll be sure to provide the expected range based on our past client data. For turnaround times, ARC can work with virtually all turnaround times requested by your reviewers; being “on time” more than anyone else is the key factor differentiating ARC from other professional proofreading services.

What methods of payment are accepted?

We accept payments via all major debit/credit cards, Apple/Google Pay, and Zelle. As soon as a payment is received, our proofreading team will be alerted to start work. A receipt will be sent via email within 24 hours. If you’ve decided to hire our proofreading services and are ready to get started on our collaboration, please visit: https://www.approvalreadyconsulting.com/payment.

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