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Freelance Fees Guide
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| British Dental Association Editing transcriptions of lectures to compile them into a book to help small business owners, such as medical practices |
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2018 |
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200.00 |
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| Contract publishing per day to run project as editor including concept, pitching to client, client handling, commissioning text and subbing the text, plus social media and press releases related to project. Each book project lasts about a year, sometimes working every day, so |
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2018 |
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250.00 |
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| Courier graphic designer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) |
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2020 |
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300.00 |
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| ILO (International Labour Organization?) per day book editing - CHF 5000 = |
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2016 |
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3500.00 |
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| Ink Global editor day (via #FreelancerPayGap) |
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2020 |
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235.00 |
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| Lars Wagner design a book (8 hours) |
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2017 |
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500.00 |
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| LexisNexisUK per hour - |
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2018 |
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24.00 |
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| Non-fiction book per day proofreading 90,000-word book |
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2019 |
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1500.00 |
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| Non-fiction book per day proofreading 90,000-word book minimum, more if rush job, find publishers willing to renegotiate if unanticipated extra work eg rewriting |
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2019 |
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1500.00 |
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| Non-fiction book per day proofreading ghost-written autobiography, then renegotiating to cover massive rewrite |
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2019 |
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6000.00 |
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| Non-fiction book per day heavy edit on non-fiction book, £3000 agreed then major rewrite-plus led to renegotiation to... |
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2019 |
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4750.00 |
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| Non-fiction book per day proofing/light edit on non-fiction book minimum |
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2019 |
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1000.00 |
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| Proofreading - recommended minima Copyediting per hour |
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2022 |
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31.30 |
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| Proofreading - recommended minima Substantial editing, rewriting, development editing per hour |
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2022 |
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36.00 |
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| Proofreading and editing - recommended minima basic proofreading - as if there were any basic jobs |
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2022 |
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26.90 |
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| Publishing editor day (via #FreelancerPayGap) |
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2020 |
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320.00 |
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| Publishing graphic design day (via #FreelancerPayGap) |
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2020 |
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250.00 |
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| Publishing/arts & heritage graphic designer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) |
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2020 |
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250.00 |
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| Reviewing as-yet-unpublished scientific pamphlet per day - paid in advance |
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2017 |
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480.00 |
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| Self-published book copy-editing book- took 29 hours - per hour |
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2019 |
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35.00 |
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| Unnamed Nambian publisher unspecified activity, per day "OK as Namibian rate!" |
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2016 |
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60.00 |
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Key to the rates, by column:
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| 1 Publication / Programme, any details of work and licence |
| 2 Owner at the time the rate was reported, where known | Group |
| 3 The year in which the rate was reported | Year
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| 4 Currency: either or or (US) |
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| 5 Amount paid (total of basic licence and extra licences for web use, database resale...) | | Amount
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| 7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it: | | | GR
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| or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement: | | | HA
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| 8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor: | | 50.00 | | X
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| or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised: | | 1500.00 | | O
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