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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared
So this sounds like two-tier pricing then, one which includes proofreading and the other not.
If the publisher requires output of at least one ePub per day, and it could require 20+ hours to proofread, then there aren't enough hours in the day.
Do publishers usually pay per ePub or do some pay by the hour? |
Only a total wanker would pay by the hour. By the book is the standard, and in fiction, certainly, $200/book is way at the upper end, exclusive of proofing. I don't know anyone in the biz professionally that really offers that as part of a package; it's just too bloody expensive. I have a big honking paragraph in the Production Checklist I give clients that states emphatically that copyediting isn't included in the quote. It doesn't dissuade almost all of them from doing it; but I try to keep it to a low roar, as copyediting post-epub state is a lot different than fixing stuff in Word or OO.
Within reason, the html clean-up is standard stuff. It's one of the reasons I quote by the actual book--I don't have "one size fits all" pricing. However, the original figure by Nate pretty much covers the gamut of fiction at the low end to non-fiction/DIY/self-help books at the higher end, and in my shop, anyway, that includes a Kindle version (MOBI) as well.
HTH,
Hitch