Revision Policy

Children's books are made by refining them. This policy explains what counts as a revision, how many are included with each service, how to ask for one, and when a change becomes a new piece of work. It forms part of our Terms & Conditions.

1. What a revision is

A revision is a change that improves the work we have delivered while keeping to the brief we agreed. Reworking a paragraph that does not read well, adjusting a character's expression, changing a cover's colour palette, correcting spacing in a layout — all of these are revisions.

A revision is not a change of direction. Replacing an approved concept, rewriting a story around a different plot, restyling finished illustrations, or adding pages or artwork beyond the agreed count is new work. We will always tell you which category a request falls into before we start, and quote for anything that is additional.

2. What is included

Unless your quote says otherwise, each service includes the following rounds of revision at no extra cost. A "round" means one consolidated set of changes, gathered and sent together.

• Children's book writing — two rounds on the story outline, then two rounds on the full manuscript.
• Children's book editing — two rounds on the edited manuscript, including discussion of any changes you would rather we did not make.
• Children's book illustration — two rounds at the character and sketch stage, then one round on each final illustration.
• Children's book cover design — two rounds on the chosen concept.
• Children's book formatting — two rounds on the interior layout.
• Publishing support — corrections to files and metadata until they meet your chosen platform's specification.

Illustration and design are the stages where an early change costs least, which is why the bulk of the included rounds sits before anything is finished to final quality.

3. How the stages work

Projects move in stages, and each stage is approved before the next begins. Revisions belong to the stage you are in. Once you approve a stage, we build the following one on top of it, so going back to it later means undoing finished work — that is additional work, not a revision, however small the change looks.

This matters most at the sketch stage of an illustrated book. Changing a character at sketch stage is quick; changing the same character once twenty-four pages have been finished to final quality is effectively a new commission.

4. How to request a revision

Send your notes in writing, by email or through your project contact, as a single list covering everything you want changed at that stage. Please be specific — a page or paragraph number, or a note against the illustration concerned, is far more useful than a general impression.

If several people are reviewing the work, please collect their comments into one list before sending it. Contradictory notes arriving separately are the most common cause of a project falling behind, and each separate set counts as a round.

5. Timescales

Please send revision requests within 14 days of us delivering a stage. After 30 days with no response we will treat the stage as approved so the project can move on; if notes arrive after that we will do our best to accommodate them, but they may be treated as additional work.

We normally return a round of revisions within 3 to 7 working days, depending on the service and the size of the request. We will tell you if a round needs longer than that.

6. Additional revisions

If you need more rounds than your project includes, we are happy to carry on. Further revisions are charged at our standard rate, or by a flat fee for the piece of work, and we will quote before starting so there is no surprise on the invoice.

7. Corrections we make at our own cost

Where we have not delivered what was agreed — work that misses the brief, a file that does not match the specification, a typo introduced by us, artwork at the wrong size — we correct it at our cost, and it does not count against your included rounds. Tell us as soon as you spot it.

8. After final delivery

Once final files are delivered and the project is closed, revisions are complete. We will correct a genuine error on our part for 30 days after delivery at no charge. Changes you decide on after delivery — a new title, an added page, a revised dedication — are quoted as a new piece of work.

Please check names, dates, spellings and factual details carefully before approving final files. Once a book has been sent to print or uploaded to a platform, correcting it means producing and resubmitting new files, and reprinting costs are not recoverable.

9. Where this sits

This policy works alongside our Terms & Conditions and our Refund Policy. Revisions are the route to work you are happy with; we would always rather revise something than have you ask for a refund, so please tell us early if a stage is not going the way you hoped.