About Edit 1st

Edit 1st is a full service manuscript editing company.  Our editorial staff have an average of 20 years of publishing experience in a wide variety of roles including very senior level positions in major publishing houses.  You may read some of our editor’s biographies.

Edit 1st was founded to help meet the growing demand for editorial services for individual authors and independent presses.

Edit 1st was started by AALBC.com in 2012.  Launched in 1998,  AALBC.com, is now the largest and most frequently visited website dedicated to promoting books by or about people of African descent.