atw: Re: hourly rate for writing and editing

Exactly, Caz, and thanks for your contribution.  I received a couple
off-line as well.

 

It seems it is all hit and miss, and at the end of the day I have ended up
quoting pretty standard TW industry contract rates, ranging from $50.00 to
$100 per hour depending on the nature of the work.

 

Regards

Christine

http://www.christinekent.net/

http://christinekent.blogspot.com/

 

 

From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Caz.H
Sent: Friday, 19 December 2008 9:42 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: hourly rate for writing and editing

 

Which might be useful Hedley, if the role was as a book editor and if any
gov't department in the country had a clue what book editors are or should
be paid.  Having worked for years in federal (in Canberra) and some fewer
years in state government, departments have a budget, they have work to be
done, and they pay as little as possible, without reference to rates that
might apply anywhere else.   They do, however, pay contractors a little more
than perm staff.  

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Hedley Finger <hfinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Christine:

Try the Societies of Editors websites and mailing lists for someone who
could tell you how few peanuts book editors are paid.

Regards,
Hedley

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