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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
With publishers and other content providers being squeezed financially, editing is taking it in the shorts. Established editors who do good work will generally do OK, because they have a reputation and contacts. They've also had much better opportunities to learn.
This environment is terrible for new editors, especially freelancers, because they have to learn their trade in more of a vacuum. And with the way things are going, pay will continue to stagnate or drop.
Despite that, I don't discourage people from following their interests. There's a line between getting experience and being exploited, though. I figure everyone should make their own decisions about where that line is. They should at least find out what the pitfalls are, what the market is paying.
I think content farms exploit people, which is why I don't recommend working for them. But I figure aspiring editors and writers can use them for pay comparisons, if nothing else. Plenty of info is available online. I think any aspiring editor should be able to find the info on his/her own, as part of learning the trade.
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I'm sorry, I'm a little confused here. You tell me that the content farms pay better than .01 a word, but they're also exploiting people so you don't recommend them. At .01 a word, if you can do ten manuscript pages an hour that's about $25/hr. Many of us consider that to be a pretty good amount of money. So, exploited how? They don't actually pay? Way too short deadlines?
Honestly, I thought you were indicating you knew good ones that treated people fairly and paid well. I know you can find pretty much anything online. I was attempting to find your recommendation.