The evaluation process employed by The Iowa Book Doctors is both intensive and thorough. So that we can offer you the best editorial treatment, every project is assigned to three different readers, each with a fresh, distinct perspective.

These readers approach the manuscript and each produces an individual analysis. Then the readers work together as an editorial board, to synthesize their assessments and incorporate their distinct voices into a larger analysis, so that they can offer you one simple document to help your work achieve its full potential.

The use of multiple readers ensures that issues of subjectivity (i.e. personal taste, our gender, our backgrounds, etc.) do not cloud the final analysis. After discussion, we complete a thorough line-edit of the work, and then write an analysis that comprehensively details the strengths and weaknesses of the manuscript. The final analysis explains the revisions that need to be made before the manuscript can be submitted to publishers.