If you have no time or money to hire an editor, book editing software can be a good alternative. They can provide corrections and tips for your writing immediately and with less cost than human editors.
The most famous software for book editing are autocrit editing wizard, whitesmoke and stylewriter. A problem, when you want to choose the right one among them for your editing, is their websites contain too much information and therefore makes it difficult to catch main features and price information of the programs.
I collected essential information of each program and made a simple comparison table. You may make an initial selection based on the table and search for more information by clicking the linked name of each software. I hope this table will help writers out there looking for book editing programs.
By the way, if you don’t want to spend a single dime for the software, you may try free book editing software like Editminion.
Comparison of Book Editing Software
| Book editing software | Price | Type | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| AutoCrit Editing Wizard | one year membership with unlimited submissions $47 (1,000 words limit for each submission) $77 (8,000 words limit) $117 (100,000 words limit) | online software | - overused words - sentence variation - cliches & redundancies - repeated words & phrases - phrases summary - pacing - dialog - initial pronouns - readability - homonyms |
| WhiteSmoke | $79.95 (single user One Year license for one computer), $169.95 (single user Life Time license for one computer) | computer software (Internet connection required) | - Clichés - Wordy Phrases - Overwriting - Foreign Words - Jargon - Spell-check - Grammar Checker - Readability - Good Style Analysis - Thesaurus - User Customization |
| StyleWriter | $150 (single user license for one computer) | add-on to Microsoft Word (No Internet connection required) | - grammar, punctuation and style checkers - Automatic checks of emails sent from Outlook - Works wherever you write (Word, PPT, etc.) - Self-improvement writing tool - usage examples with matching adjectives - Corrects regular & contextual spelling mistakes - Alerts to word repetitions and missing words - Translation of full texts - Hundreds of letter templates |