Scribendi: editing and proofreading for students, authors and businesses

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Scribendi is a Canadian online editing and proofreading service that has been working on other people's writing for more than two decades. You upload a document, choose a service and a delivery speed, and an editor returns it with tracked changes you can accept or reject, plus a short summary of what they did and anything that still needs attention. It suits students polishing essays and admissions statements, researchers getting papers ready for journals, fiction and nonfiction authors, and businesses that want reports, proposals or marketing copy to read cleanly.

The site says it is ISO 9001:2015 certified, keeps uploads encrypted and never claims copyright over your work. There are no fixed prices on the service pages: the cost comes from the Instant Quote tool, which works it out from your word count and how quickly you need the file back.

What's worth a look

Here are six of Scribendi's services, from short student papers to full-length books.

Book EditingDevelopmental and copy editing for manuscriptsView at Scribendi Book CritiqueA written assessment of plot, pacing and salabilityView at Scribendi Academic EditingPapers, articles and proposals, with citation formattingView at Scribendi Student Essay EditingEssays, term papers and college applicationsView at Scribendi Dissertation EditingTheses, dissertations and proposalsView at Scribendi Business EditingReports, proposals, plans and marketing copyView at Scribendi

Book Editing covers both developmental editing (plot, characters, pacing) and copy editing, and takes novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry and general nonfiction. Turnaround runs from 4 hours for up to 1,500 words to 5 weeks for very long manuscripts. If you'd rather have an overview than line-by-line changes, Book Critique gives you a one-to-two-page report on plot, dialogue, characterization, structure and salability.

Students get a dedicated Student Essay Editing service, which looks at word choice, structure, tone and the strength of your argument. Scribendi is clear that it does not write papers for students; it edits what you've written. For bigger projects, Dissertation Editing adds in-depth commentary and can format citations to your chosen style guide.

Current offers

Scribendi runs separate discount codes for different kinds of writers, so pick the one that matches your project:

• Business documents: code BUS26 (Scribendi 2026 Business Discount).
• Authors and book manuscripts: code BOOK26 (Scribendi 2026 Author Discount).
• Academic and scientific papers: code ACASCI26.
• Students: code STU2026 (Scribendi 2026 Student Discount).
• 10% off student essay and admissions essay editing with code STUDIOUSSCRIBE.

The student essay and dissertation pages also mention a 10% student discount through the site's own Student Discount page.

How to save more

• Pick the slowest turnaround you can live with. Prices are based on word count and delivery speed, so planning ahead and choosing a longer deadline in the quote tool is the simplest way to bring the cost down.
• Ask for the free sample edit before you commit to a long manuscript or thesis, so you know the style of editing suits you.
• If you're submitting to a journal, look at Scientific or Humanities and Social Sciences Editing: Scribendi offers a second round at 50% of the original cost on these, as long as the revised file is within 10% of the original word count.

Products, prices and offers checked on the store's own website on 3 Nov 2026. Prices and stock can change.

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