I've been offered a freelance technical editing gig. The guy offering it to me is asking me to quote him an hourly rate. I've never done freelance tech editing, so I'm not really sure what a reasonable rate would be to quote. On the one hand I don't want to sell myself short; on the other hand I don't want to ask for too much. It will be 30-40 hours of work over a month, if that makes a difference in rate-quoting.
I'd really appreciate it if any of you could advise me on what industry standards are about this sort of thing.
I'd really appreciate it if any of you could advise me on what industry standards are about this sort of thing.
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Re: Industry Standart Rates for Editing?
Wed, March 16, 2005 - 1:21 PMI'd try the Writer's Guide to the Market, look there, and go on the high end of whatever they say. -
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Re: Industry Standart Rates for Editing?
Wed, March 16, 2005 - 10:26 PMThank you! I hadn't really thought to look there.
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Re: Industry Standart Rates for Editing?
Wed, March 16, 2005 - 3:28 PMI love that the title of this thread had a misspelling in it!!!
"Industry Standart Rates for Editing?"
(I'm assuming it was intentional, of course)
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Re: Industry Standart Rates for Editing?
Wed, March 16, 2005 - 10:22 PMI'd hire you to be my copy editor for sure :-) -
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Re: Industry Standart Rates for Editing?
Wed, March 16, 2005 - 11:50 PMI could use a job!
(...and I hope yours goes well for you, too!) -
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Re: Industry Standart Rates for Editing?
Fri, March 18, 2005 - 3:31 PMwhat kind of tech editing? like run the software (hardware? OS?) and check for accuracy? is it also *copy* accuracy, as in making sure screen shots/menu names reflect the UI accurately? and is there code involved?
this varies a lot, and it depends how many people see it after you (CE, proofer, etc.).
if you're an expert code monkey it's more $$; if you're running Flash or something then less. -
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Re: Industry Standart Rates for Editing?
Tue, March 29, 2005 - 3:25 PMDefinitely go high-end for tech editing, even if you're not an expert in the field. Most places seem to expect to pay $40 or more hourly for that type of work. May as well aim high and get bargained down--or be pleasantly surprised.
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