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Thanks for that Martyn, Samuel and Michael, it was interesting to see how different your individual rates seem to be. My problem with "by hour" is that it does not takes into account the distinct speed of different editors so it ends up being very subjective.
Then again, “per words” does not consider the text difficulty. ..
Coming from having my editing paid by word, and, to make things harder, with "academic rates" I find this whole “how much should I charge” a pain in the neck. Actually that has been, surprisingly, one the things I struggle most with since becoming a freelancer.
As an academic at least you have a salary and then everything else you do goes for free. It does not make you rich but at least you don’t kill neurons thinking about how much you are worth
Ok, please indulge me in one last thing here – I know there is no straight answer - let's say a 1,000-word piece of text, one not too complicated or exceedingly easy, how long, roughly, should it take to edit? With no maths to check
And thanks a lot for the help
Best
Catarina
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Hi Catarina,
By hour is more usual. Suggested minimum rates from Society of Editors are £30 per hour.
http://www.sfep.org.uk/pub/mship/minimum_rates.asp
Of course, you should always factor in the wealth of the client and the worth of the work to scale up or down accordingly, and to make sure you are including enough money to cover project management, your overheads and profit.
I always invoice separately for project management as this can eat up a lot of time in addition to actual doing the work.
Best regards
Martyn
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