Introduction

Whilst many authors are confident about the drafting and formatting process and manage this themselves, we appreciate that some people prefer to use professional services. There are a range of optional services that arima can offer to assist authors complete their manuscripts.

Proof-reading

You should normally have had your manuscript proof-read before making your submission to arima. However, for authors who require a professional service, arima can arrange for your work to be checked by a professional, for spelling, punctuation and typesetting errors.
Guide Cost: £8 per 1000 words
(We will provide a fixed quotation based on the manuscript)

Image scanning

If you require images to be scanned for inclusion in your book, arima can offer this service for photographs, line diagrams and pictures etc.
Cost: £7.50 per image

Typing service

For handwritten manuscripts, the OCR process is normally not suitable. In these cases the manuscript will need to be typed into a word-processor. If you require this service, arima can produce your work in an appropriate, digital format.
Guide Cost: £5 per 500 words
(We will provide a fixed quotation based on the manuscript)

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

For authors that do not have a digital (computer) file of their manuscript (eg where it has been typed on a manual typewriter) then the pages will need to be individually scanned and run through an OCR program. The OCR process will then create a digital file from the scanned text.

Whilst, OCR technology is becoming very advanced the process is currently about 98% accurate. The digital version of the manuscript will therefore need to be subjected to a further detailed proof-read.
Cost: approx £0.80 per A4 page