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A little late, but yeah, I use the EFA and the Writer's Market rate guides to set my rates.
There's also differences between proofing, light and heavy copyediting.
If you're editing, like, critique AND line-edits, then the rate goes UP.
I'm raising my rates in November, but I generally charge about $30/hour for proofing, $35/hour for light copyedits, $45/hour for heavy, and $55/hour for editing.
Hope that helps!!
Thanks Erin, that does help. It's editing work that she has for me, I was gonna ask for $50 an hour.
$50 for editing is pretty decent, Burrell. Sounds good!
Have fun! I'm a freak -- I looooove editing and copyediting. *pets style guides and multiple dictionaries adoringly*
Erin. What is a fair rate for heavy layout for a glossy graphic heavy magazine? That includes cropping, sizing and do other types of graphic editing to raw graphics. Also stuff like working with client to select fonts. Maybe some critique -as in "I can't use that photo, provide another that does not have problem x".
The link you provided only went through newletters, but I presume magazines are a very different animal in terms of work and price.
Typo, I'm really sorry, but I don't have an answer. I have no experience with the graphics/layout/formatting end of publishing magazines.
I found this, and it might give you more of an idea to work with: [link]
I HATE not having answers! :(
Typo, I think any magazine would have its own staff who would do that. I work for an association that puts out a quarterly magazine; we've outsourced it to a publisher which takes care of layout, image editing, etc. When we were doing it in-house, the work was done by staff.
Even pick a dog from the audience and do a demonstration.
Inntterrresting. I could totally do a "kreskin' with an audience member.
I am going to do a raffle for email addresses...a free session.
How awful about Frankie getting bitten. Is he doing okay? Actually, I know the answer to that. How are YOU doing with it? Can you forgive and forget?
I guess the reason I asked about magazine, is that laying out the graphics and text in my second book is a lot like that. Another comparison is children's books. I hope to have the package ready to get quotes on in a matter of weeks now.
Per page, laying out a newsletter isn't particularly different from laying out a magazine.
bonny, I'm telling all my dog owner friends because apparently this is not the first time this dog has attacked another, and I don't want anyone else to get hurt. I'd really like the owner to pay for my vet bills, but am absolutely not counting on it. Otherwise, pretty much over it. Sucks that some people are irresponsible dog owners.
/natter