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Our Services


We’re happy to work with your budget and offer flexible paym

Design Services

Art and storytelling go hand in hand—and the right visuals can elevate a book to another level. PirateCoreArt brings your story to life through collaborative design, detailed feedback, and multiple revisions to ensure the artwork reflects your vision. Kylee enhances that work with clean, professional formatting that showcases both the story and its visuals. A $5 PayPal fee applies to all services.

Custom Logo Design

$25

📌 Rate: $25

Give your brand a logo that feels uniquely yours! Choose between two custom design styles, both created specifically for your brand or business:

  • Canva-Designed Logo: A polished, versatile logo designed by Kylee and tailored to your brand.
  • Hand-Drawn Logo: Custom artwork created by PirateCoreArt for a more illustrated, distinctive look.

👉 Best for: Authors, creators, small businesses, and anyone looking for an affordable, personalized logo.

eBook and Paperback Covers

$95

📌 Rate: $95 for cover, including both the eBook and paperback editions. 

This price includes any and all design elements, including detailed backgrounds, customizable color palettes, foreground elements, and multiple characters. PirateCoreArt is happy to work with you until the cover is exactly how you want it. Communication is key, and multiple drafts are not an issue. 

👉 Best for: Authors who want beautiful, publication-ready covers without the stress.

Book Formatting

$80–$250

📌 Rate:

Up to 80,000 words

  • eBook: $80
  • Paperback: $120
  • Bundle (eBook + Paperback): $180

Over 80,000 words

  • eBook: $120
  • Paperback: $160
  • Bundle (eBook + Paperback): $250

Clean, professional formatting for eBooks and paperbacks, including custom chapter pages, scene breaks, footnotes, and text-bubble layouts. Trim sizes can be adjusted to your needs, and all files are delivered upload ready.

👉 Best for: Authors who want beautiful, publication-ready interiors without the stress.

Formatting Art Packages

$25–$50

Formatting Tier 1: $25

  • Simple chapter headings
  • Simple chapter dividers
  • 16% cover discount

Formatting Tier 2: $50

  • Single-character illustration
  • Complex chapter headings
  • Complex chapter dividers
  • Custom font
  • 16% cover discount

Add a little extra personality to your book with custom formatting elements designed to complement your story and cover.

👉 Best for: Authors who want to take their interior design beyond standard formatting.

80K Cover, Formatting, & Marketing Bundle

$285-$305

📌 Rate: For novels up to 80,000 words

  • Tier 1: $285
  • Tier 2: $305
    (See Formatting Art Packages above for tier details.)

Tier 1

  • eBook & paperback interior design
  • eBook & paperback formatting
  • eBook & paperback cover
  • 5 social media promo posts

Tier 2

  • eBook & paperback interior design
  • eBook & paperback formatting
  • eBook & paperback cover
  • 5 social media promo posts
  • Single-character illustration

👉 Best for: Authors who want their entire book designed in one convenient package.

80K+ Cover, Formatting, & Marketing Bundle

$355-$375

📌 Rate: For novels over 80,000 words

  • Tier 1: $355
  • Tier 2: $375

Tier 1

  • eBook & paperback interior design
  • eBook & paperback formatting
  • eBook & paperback cover
  • 5 social media promo posts

Tier 2

  • eBook & paperback interior design
  • eBook & paperback formatting
  • eBook & paperback cover
  • 5 social media promo posts
  • Single-character illustration

👉 Best for: Authors who want their entire book designed in one convenient package.

Character Art

$30-$45

📌 Rate:

Full Illustration — $45

  • Background
  • Multiple characters

Character Design — $30

  • Single character
  • Flat background

👉 Best for: Authors who want custom character art to bring their stories and characters to life.

Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory... it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”


J.R.R. Tolkien

Editing Services

Your story deserves to shine, and we’re here to help make that happen. As a freelance editor, Kylee Kosoff specializes in refining manuscripts at every level—from developmental feedback to line editing and proofreading. Rates are based on word count and genre, with complex genres such as fantasy, sci-fi, and historical fiction priced accordingly. Send the first 1,000 words of your manuscript for a free sample edit and see what Kylee can do for your story.

Developmental Editing

$0.010–$0.015

📌 Rate: $0.010–$0.015 per word (Approx. 1.0–1.5¢ x 80K = $800–$1,200)

Developmental editing is the big-picture stage of editing. Kylee provides in-depth feedback on your story’s structure, pacing, character development, plot consistency, and world-building, along with a detailed editorial letter outlining what’s working and what could be improved.

👉 Best for: Authors looking for story-level feedback before moving on to sentence-level edits.

Line Editing

$0.008–$0.012

📌 Rate: $0.008–$0.012 per word (Approx. 0.8–1.2¢ x 80K = $640–$960)

Line editing focuses on clarity, tone, and style. Kylee refines your sentences to improve readability, flow, and emotional impact while preserving your unique voice and eliminating awkward phrasing and inconsistencies.

👉 Best for: Writers who want to elevate their prose while maintaining their unique voice.

Proofreading

$0.006–$0.012

📌 Rate: $0.006–$0.012 per word (Approx. 0.6–1.2¢ x 80K = $480–$960)

Proofreading is the final polish before publication. Kylee will catch typos, grammar and punctuation errors, and formatting inconsistencies to ensure your manuscript is clean and publication-ready.

👉 Best for: Authors with a near-final draft who need a final quality check.

The First 20K Edit

$250

📌 Rate: $250 for the first 20,000 words

  • Developmental Feedback:  Plot, pacing, character, and worldbuilding
  • Proofreading: Typos, grammar, and consistency
  • 5 Personalized Deep-Dives: Focus on your biggest concerns
  • Mistake Watchlist: Track recurring issues to watch for
  • Action Plan: Practical strategies for revising the rest of your manuscript

👉 Best for: Authors who want affordable, high-impact feedback on their first 20K, plus the tools to revise the rest themselves.

Manuscript Review

$75-$150+

📌 Rate:

  • Up to 80,000 words: $75
  • Over 80,000 words: $100
  • Over 200,000 words: $150 + $15 per additional 25,000 words

A thorough, professional read-through of your manuscript with feedback on plot, characters, voice, and overall impact. Kylee will highlight what’s working, what’s confusing or needs attention, and offer clear suggestions for next steps.

👉 Best for: Authors who want an honest, professional reader’s perspective to see what’s working and what to focus on next.

Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.


Stephen King

Other Services

We’re here to support you through every part of the process, from pen to published—and beyond.

Author PA

$150-$250

📌 Rate:

Launch Support: $250

  • Need an extra set of hands for your next book launch? Kylee can help with social media, Canva graphics, newsletters, ARC and admin tasks, Discord setup, emails, blog updates, and more.

Monthly Support: $150

  • Ongoing assistance tailored to your needs, including social media, newsletters, emails, community management, blog updates, and general author admin.

👉 Best for: Indie authors who need a little extra help managing the many moving parts of author life.

Writing Coaching

$40-$110

📌 Rate:

  • One-hour session: $40
  • 3-session package: $110

Personalized support to help you develop your writing skills, set goals, overcome obstacles, and strengthen your storytelling. Sessions can include brainstorming, plotting, character development, and motivation tailored to your needs.

👉 Best for: Writers looking for guidance and accountability to grow their craft and complete their projects.

Custom Social Media Bundles for Authors

$45

📌 Rate: $45 per bundle (15 posts)

Custom promotional graphics designed to help market your book on social media. Each bundle includes:

  • 15 high-quality images optimized for social media
  • Branded designs tailored to your book’s theme and genre

👉 Best for: Authors who want branded, visually appealing content for book launches, giveaways, and ongoing promotion.

Self-Publishing Consultation

$30-$55

📌 Rate:

  • One-hour session: $30
  • 2-session package: $55

Personalized guidance on self-publishing, marketing, formatting, cover artists, platforms, and more. Kylee draws on her own research and network of self- and traditionally published authors.

👉 Best for: Authors looking for practical advice to navigate self-publishing with confidence.

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