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BUSY BEE EDITING SERVICES – WHAT WE GIVE YOU

Our prices are extremely competitive, starting at 13 SA cents per word for comprehensive copy-editing. This price is aimed at university students and graduates. Other prices vary, according to the complexity of the work.

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Academic Editing

Our academic editing services are tailored to meet the rigorous demands of university students, researchers and academics. We enhance the quality, structure and flow of your work, ensuring that your ideas are communicated effectively.

This service includes:

Refining grammar, spelling, punctuation and syntax.

Jmproving sentence structure and readability.

Ensuring adherence to academic style guides (e.g. HARVARD, APA,MLA, AND CHICAGO)

Tracking to allow you to see what is correct, giving you the option to either accept or reject changes.

Providing feedback on structure, coherence and strength of arguments.

Verifying citations, checking references, and formatting to meet institutional or publication requirements.

Guarantees

A polished, professional document, ready for submission.

Confidentiality and data security for all your work.

Compliance with academic integrity standards

Turnaround Times

Shorter documents (up to 5000 words– 2-3 business days

Longer documents (5000 – 50000 words) – 4-10 business days

Urgent requests – Rush services are available for an additional fee.

Manuscript Proofreading and Editing

Our Manuscript proofreading service will improve all genres, including fantasy, historical books or memoirs, biographies,science fiction, thrillers, horror, biographies, mystery, romance, adventure fiction, gothic novels, drama, young adult stories or books, poetry, humour, cookbooks, history, short essays, self-help and inspirational books,religion and stories for children.

Non-fiction

Non-fiction work is polished and ready for submission. We provide a meticulous review of your work to catch surface-level errors while preserving your unique voice and style

Key features of our service include:

Correcting grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and typographical errors.

Identifying inconsistencies in tone, style and formatting.

Ensuring proper use of dialogue, capitalisation and correct word usage.

Tracking to see what was corrected, giving the author the  option to either accept or reject changes made.

Providing a clean, professional document, free of confusing distractions, for your readers.

Guarantees

A polished, professional document that is error-free and publication-ready.

Strict adherence to your deadlines.

Full confidentiality and respect for your creative process.

Turnaround times

Shorter documents (up to 5000 words0 – 2-3 business days

Longer documents (5000 – 50000 words) – 4-10 business days

Urgent requests – Rush services are available for an additional fee.

Non-fiction work is polished and ready for submission. We provide a meticulous review of your work to catch surface-level errors while preserving your unique voice and style

Key features of our service include:

Correcting grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and typographical errors

Identifying inconsistencies in tone, style and formatting

Ensuring proper use of dialogue, capitalisation and accurate word selection.

Tracking to see what was corrected, giving the author the  option to either accept or reject changes made.

Providing a clean, professional document, free of confusing distractions for your readers.

Guarantees

A polished, professional document that is error-free and publication ready.

Strict adherence to your deadlines

Full confidentiality and respect for your creative process

Turnaround times

Shorter manuscripts (up to  20,000 words) – 3-5 business days.

Longer manuscripts (20,000 – 100,000 words) – 7-14 business days.

Urgent requests: services are available for a fee.

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Meet Busy Bee

Busy Bee Editing is a South African proofreading and editing service founded by experienced editors Brenda van Rensburg and Hugo Chandler. Together, they help students, authors, academics and businesses present polished, professional writing with confidence.

Whether you're submitting a master's thesis, publishing your first novel, preparing a journal article or finalising an important business document, every piece of writing receives the same meticulous attention to detail. Their goal is simple: to ensure your words say exactly what you intended, clearly, accurately and professionally.

Because every great piece of writing deserves one final careful read.