Pay as you go. One package reads the whole book, credits cover the conversations and re-reads that follow, and credits never expire. There’s no subscription.These are the prices we plan to launch with. Nothing is for sale yet: join the waitlist and we’ll tell you the day RedPencil opens, and whether any figure has changed.
Try it
At launch, see how RedPencil reads before you commit.
One chapter, up to 6,000 words(to be confirmed)
Recommended
The whole book
One manuscript, all four reports, and credits to keep working.
150 credits included · up to 120,000 words
About a year of editing for one payment.
A way to picture it, not a time limit. Nothing in the package expires.
Top up
For more conversations, re-reads and reruns, whenever you want them.
About 10¢ a credit, less in the larger packs
Credits never expire.
Planned launch pricing. Leave your email and we’ll write when RedPencil opens.
How credits work
The package covers the whole read and all four reports. Credits cover what comes after: a question for the editor, a re-read of a chapter you’ve revised, a fresh Cold Reader run. Length counts once, when the book is first read.
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Talk it through | |
| Chat message | 1 credit |
| Whole-book chat message | 3 credits |
| Whole-book chat message, books over 120,000 words | 8 credits |
| Read again | |
| Scene re-read | 3 credits |
| Chapter re-read | 5 credits |
| Cold Reader rerun | 40 credits |
| Reprocess a revised manuscript | 50 credits |
| Apply a continuity change set | Free (0 credits) |
| New reports | |
| Editorial Letter regeneration | 25 credits |
| Marketability and Query PackageFor when you query agents: who the book is for and where it sits on the shelf, drawn from your Story Bible. | 30 credits |
Applying a continuity change set costs nothing: it’s a fix you approve, carried out without the AI.
DraftThese weights are a draft. We’ll confirm them before launch and publish any change here first.
Length
Long books are welcome. Up to 350,000 words reads as one manuscript; above 120,000, the read adds a length surcharge and nothing else changes.
Credits never expirestill yours at draft four
Estimator
about 370 manuscript pages
Your book fits the standard read.
The 150 credits included would cover, for example:
Where it fits
Three different ways to get a read of your book, and roughly what each costs. Only the middle one is RedPencil.
Elsewhere
Around $50a report
One report on one question, usually from a sample of the book.
Ours
the whole book
$49a manuscript
The whole book read, four reports, and 150 credits for what comes next.
A person
worth it
$1,500 and upa manuscript
A person’s judgment over weeks. RedPencil doesn’t replace that.
Use RedPencil before you hire an editor, so the edit you pay for starts from a map of the whole book, or alongside one, between rounds.
No. Credits stay in your account until you use them, whether that’s next week or next year. Nothing in the package expires either.
No. At launch you’ll pay once for a Manuscript Package and buy a credit pack only if you want more. Nothing renews, and there’s nothing to cancel.
The read adds a length surcharge: $15 up to 200,000 words, and $30 up to 350,000. That’s the most we read as one manuscript. If yours is longer, write to us and we’ll talk it through.
Yes. Reprocessing a revised manuscript costs 50 credits. If you’ve only changed part of the book, re-read just that part instead: 5 credits a chapter, 3 credits a scene.
We’ll publish the refund policy before launch, on this page, before anyone can pay. Until it’s settled we won’t promise terms here.
Yes. At launch, deleting a book removes it and its reports from your account at once. Encrypted backups clear within 30 days. The AI provider keeps its own short-lived copies on a separate schedule, which the Transparency page sets out.
Card payments through our payment partner at launch. We’ll list the accepted cards and wallets here before then.
Yes, 1 credit per message. A whole-book message, where the editor answers with the entire manuscript in view, costs 3 credits, or 8 credits for a book over 120,000 words. The 150 credits in the package cover 150 standard messages.
Nothing is for sale yet, so leave your email and we’ll tell you the day RedPencil opens and whether any price has changed.