H'm. They look really polished and pretty reasonably priced (not that a discount code wouldn't hurt -- but not yet, this is just the very beginnings of info-gathering).

And, sigh, I'm sure the Recalcitrant One will have a hundred reasons why it's obviously much better for him to keep doing everything. Which translates into him doing the ten most urgent things on the to-do list while website updates slip to the bottom of the list, as the website is not actually on fire or killing people.

Ok, the current discount code I know of is "TNT11" I think it's 10%.

No comments on the ezine/newsletter pricing?

The subject came up again yesterday and looks to be moving forward in January. I need to come up with a proposal. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

bonny,

I think you should charge (roughly) by time it takes you to do it. If you were being paid to do this elsewhere, how much would you charge?

You may want to give a discount for whatever promotion/additional business it might get you, but I wouldn't discount much. You don't want to do it, so the price should be fair, but factor in a slight "I don't wanna" premium.

My assumption is about $45 per hour for the writing and graphics combined.

Is that reasonable?

others will have to weigh in about that.

Squarespace is some decent templates, and the reviews generally say it's user friendly.

(JZ, insent to your profile address.)

Bonny, that's quite reasonable. It's actually somewhat low for a professional, but prices are all over the map. You may be happier estimating your time and coming up with a project or per-issue price, with a caveat that work beyond the agreed-on scope will be billed hourly at X rate. Sometimes hourly pricing is awkward with someone you work with regularly, because conversations may include a lot of time talking about the newsletter, but it's hard to know how to bill that time.

I'd charge $60, and come down to $50. Iffn you want, I can also send you my writing contact template, though you may have one such. You'd need to tweak it, but the tweaks would be easy. It was vetted by a Real Live Lawyer.

Make sure you have a rider about # of revisions or edits, or a job you get paid $250 for ostensibly 5 hours of work will be for more like 15 hours of revisions.

JZ, go to the recalcitrant one with a plan and budget in hand, with backup info on how vital branding is when one is a small press? And that he is doing too many vital tasks that HAVE to be done by him, but that this DOESN'T, and it will leave him time to focus his energies on what he's needed for? Maybe?

Strix, the other business partner is gearing up to do just that. It definitely helps to have some specific options and a budget range to point to, as well as confirmation from folks who aren't either her or me that this stuff does matter and absolutely needs to be either a constant top priority or handed off to someone else, so thanks hugely to everyone who gave input. It helps so much.

Thanks Strix! I would SO appreciate your template. Many, many thanks. You know the address.